Keyword: chemical industry

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Toward a Sustainable Future

29.04.2015 - Chemical distribution is and will continue to be a vibrant and professional industry that has demonstrated its strength by overcoming challenges and emerging intact despite the...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Will The Future Bring Growth And Sustainability?

29.04.2015 - Publication of the 2014 figures of Brenntag, DKSH and IMCD has shown that last year was a good one for chemical distributors. Sales growth was moderate, but measures to increase...

Strategy & Management

Chemical Connections

23.04.2015 - Chemicals are vital to our well-being. They help us grow more abundant crops and preserve our food. In the form of plastics, rubber and foam, they help make our homes, factories...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Large Industrial Plant Manufacturing

25.03.2015 - The member companies of the German Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers Group (AGAB) booked orders valued at €19.6 billion in 2014, a 11% decline compared to the previous year....

Markets & Companies

Low Oil Prices Pose Challenges for European Chemical Industry

24.03.2015 - The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...

Markets & Companies

Coatings in China: Present and Future

24.03.2015 - Lacquer derived from tree sap originated in China about 7,000 years ago. This lacquer gave objects a hard protective coating that provided water resistance. Indeed, most of the...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Technology vs. Execution Expertise

23.03.2015 - The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers. Among other things, the shale gas bonanza in the US is inundating European and especially German...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Roles Under REACh (Part 3)

23.03.2015 - Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, well-known as the REACh regulation, or Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of...