Keyword: chemical industry
Markets & Companies
06.06.2014
- The Right Dynamics -With a gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.2 trillion in 2013, the World Bank ranks Brazil as the world's seventh largest economy and one of the two economic...
Sites & Services
05.06.2014
- Monitoring Maintenance - Based on a benchmarking study with nine chemical parks and chemical-related industrial parks in Germany described in part 1 of this series, part 2...
Chemistry & Life Sciences
04.06.2014
- Refining and Petrochemicals - The golden age of refining which peaked in the first decade of this century is over. Now oil refining has become a far more complex operation. Since...
Strategy & Management
04.06.2014
- If Matthias Zachert mounted the steep steps to the new Lanxess headquarters on the Rhine River in Cologne, when returning to the German chemical producer as CEO on April l, he may...
Sites & Services
10.05.2014
- Performance And Potential - Based on a benchmarking study with nine chemical parks and chemical-related industrial parks in Germany, this first part of the two-articles-series...
Strategy & Management
09.05.2014
- Surplus and idle assets - Throughout industry, pressure to squeeze maximum return from each and every asset is intense. This principle drives process simplification and the focus...
Strategy & Management
08.05.2014
- Look at the Big Picture - Supply-chain management is a widely discussed topic, and the chemicals industry is no exception. At some companies, this is because supply-chain costs -...
Markets & Companies
08.05.2014
- Variety of Factors Influence Salaries - In the last 10 years, salaries in China have been rising at an average annual rate of about 14%. Though this rate has recently been somewhat...
