07.03.2012
- Raw Materials for the Middle Class - China's rapidly expanding midlevel market appeals to both multinational companies and to domestic chemical companies, though they approach it...
07.03.2012
- Competing for Land - The way we use our land is changing. As the world's population increases and greater pressure is put on global resources, we need to think carefully about how...
06.03.2012
- Customer Relationships in a Tough Economy - Against the backdrop of an increasingly uncertain economic climate marked by low confidence and a widespread fear of another emerging...
06.03.2012
- Focus On Stability - The last several years have been one of metamorphosis for the American chemical company Ashland. The company, which was founded in 1924 in Kentucky, has little...
06.03.2012
- Change Is the Only Constant - Most would agree that legislative reform of the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is long overdue. Few agree on what to change and how best to...
06.03.2012
- Into The Future - Accenture recently embarked on a market study of chemical use in the European Union. The consultancy set out to help chemical producers better determine how to...
21.02.2012
- BASF announced its third acquisition in battery technology in two months, saying it would buy Merck KGaA's electrolytes business for high-performance batteries to tap into growing...
21.02.2012
- Chemicals and plastics firm Solvay said it was experiencing a broad market recovery after a sell-off of inventories depressed its fourth-quarter profit. Solvay, the world's largest...
21.02.2012
- Belgian chemicals and plastics group Tessenderlo swung to an unexpected fourth-quarter net loss as demand for fertilizers dropped in countries hit by "Arab Spring" revolutions and...
21.02.2012
- AkzoNobel, the world's largest paintmaker and owner of the Dulux brand, said it was now passing on to customers most of the rise in raw material prices that pulled down its fourth...
