09.05.2019
- So in the end, both the UK and the EU backed away from the spectre of a no-deal Brexit. Originally, the UK would, as a matter of law, leave the EU on Mar. 29, 2019, with or without...
09.05.2019
- Digitalization is a very important topic not only in the chemical industry as a whole, but also in chemical distribution. As Wolfgang Falter states in his article: Customers...
09.05.2019
- Companies across industries are torn between sustainability and profitability. But is this really a contradiction? Suppliers hold a key role when it comes to making supply chains...
09.05.2019
- For many years, the chemical industry was asleep regarding logistics. Although logistics costs played a significant role for many chemical companies, in many cases they were seen...
09.05.2019
- Clariant and Chinese engineering partner Wuxi Xiyuan have won contracts to supply their joint formaldehyde technology for two new plants in China. The deals, said Clariant, take...
08.05.2019
- There are ten megatrends which are different in type and kind that influence the logistics industry. Among those mega trends are globalization, demographic change, new lifestyles...
08.05.2019
- The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) consists of ten Eurasian countries formed following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Three years after its inception in 1991, United...
08.05.2019
- In today’s competitive global market, chemical distributors face not only growing compliance demands and have to deal with digitalization issues but also strive to increase their...
08.05.2019
- Three workers were killed in an explosion and fire that occurred on May 3 at the Waukegan, Illinois, plant of AB Silicones. The site is north of Chicago. On May 7, recovery crews...