Developing Innovative Ideas, Creating New Markets
As Managing Director of Asahi Kasei Europe, Hideki Tsutsumi has implemented the Japanese chemical company's growth strategy in Europe.
Strategy
Weylchem Advanced Intermediates Broadens Scope of Market Activities
CHEManager Interview with Antti Koivisto and Michael Badine, WeylChem Advanced Intermediates
Renewable Hydrogen
To take advantage of the opportunity hydrogen presents, the European chemical industry must engage in the emerging hydrogen market now, setting up specific pilots, develop an appropriate partner and ecosystem network and, most crucially, adapt the R&D portfolios and investment plans needed to capture a share of the hydrogen opportunity.
Expert Statement: Clemens Mittelviefhaus, Yncoris
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Thomas Wagner, GETEC
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Vivi Hollertt, Nouryon
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Frank Hyldmar, Currenta
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Jürgen Vormann, Infraserv
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Bernhard Kott, Symrise
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, Symrise
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Samia Nehme, Shell Chemicals
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Mark Williams, SABIC
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Matthias Braun, Sanofi-Aventis Germany
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Herwig Buchholz, Merck
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Zanna McFerson, Avantium
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Ralf Brinkmann, Dow Germany
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Wijnand Bruinsma, AkzoNobel
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Bernhard Hettich, CHT Group
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Hubert Fink, Lanxess
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Stefan Haver, Evonik
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Christian Haessler, Covestro
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Richard Haldimann, Clariant
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Walmir Soller, Braskem
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Delf Bintakies, Bayer
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Lucrèce Foufopoulos, Borealis
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Tatsuhiko Tokunaga, Asahi Kasei
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Rudolf Staudigl, Wacker Chemie
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Uwe Bergmann, Henkel
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
Expert Statement: Martin Babilas, Altana
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral.
CO2-Neutral Chemical Industry by 2050
The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral. Germany, as one of the major chemical manufacturing nations, has committed to achieve this goal by 2050. But companies need to translate this industry vision into their specific context.
The European Chemical Industry’s New Normal
A trusted adviser to major companies with a chemical industry background, and a Global Expert with the World Economic Forum, Paul Hodges, chairman of New Normal Consulting, reflects on the issues the post-Brexit chemical industry must tackle.
Steady in the Long Term Despite the Crisis
For the report "Value Creation in Chemicals 2020: Bouncing Back from a Year of Adversity", Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analyzed the development of the global chemicals market in the Covid-19 crisis in 2020 and in the years 2015 to 2019 using key figures. The result shows: The current crisis is forcing companies to increase their resilience. The entire value chain, exposure to the end industry, and technical, commercial and digital capabilities must be put to the test in order to respond more effectively to changes in the markets in the future.
BASF again Named World’s Most Valuable Chemicals Brand
A coalescing of factors has led to arrested growth across the chemicals sector this year, with the brand value of the top 25 most valuable chemicals brands contracting by 8% on average, according to the latest report by Brand Finance, an independent brand valuation consultancy.
Safety Is a Mindset, not a Department
Alexis Pey, Global SHE & Process Safety Manager at Dutch holding Stahl, talks about the company’s safety culture involving the whole organization.
A Sustainable Industrial Symbiosis in Flanders
Within the last 24 months, a whole range of companies announced a series of massive investments in their sites in Flanders, the Northern region of Belgium.
