12.02.2014
- Strategy - The prolonged Great Recession has signaled a new period of sustained market volatility. A recent Chemical Customer Connectivity Index (C3X) survey of 150 chemical...
03.09.2013
- In recent years, chemical players have managed their businesses with little clear direction in the light of continuing volatile markets. They aimed to address the key strategic...
03.06.2013
- Top Management Survey - The previous edition of C3X found that the European chemical industry can generate additional sales of up to €25 billion if it is able to better exploit the...
31.05.2012
- Value Chains - A.T. Kearney, CHEManager Europe and Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy)...
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...
06.09.2011
- Since the Great Recession, the European chemical sector has experienced a major turnaround and significant volume growth. The financial performance of many industry leaders has...
30.05.2011
- Managing The Future - Over the last months, chemical companies across all regions reported increasing production volumes and sales. Even though in many cases pre-recession levels...
10.09.2010
- Marked Improvement - Economic times are changing for the better, markets have returned to life: Chemical demand is outperforming recovery of the global economy following last year...