Keyword: China

Strategy & Management

Significant Value Creation

03.09.2015 - In September 2014, Merck announced the €13.1 billion acquisition of Sigma-Aldrich, which by mid-August has received antitrust clearance from all relevant jurisdictions including...

News

The Tianjin Explosions and Their Implications

19.08.2015 - On August 12, a fire at a dangerous goods warehouse operated by Ruihai Logistics at the Tianjin harbor quickly turned into a disaster as it triggered two substantial explosions...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Substance-based Supply-Chain Planning under BEPS

28.07.2015 - The agility of supply chains of multinationals driven by the globalization and continuous business changes combined with favorable tax regimes in various jurisdictions has given a...

Markets & Companies

A New SQAS

28.07.2015 - SQAS is widely recognized as a world-class system for the assessment of the safety, health, environment, quality and security performance of logistics service providers and...

News

China to Launch Carbon Trading Market by 2017

18.06.2015 - China is poised to start its national carbon-trading scheme in late 2016 or early 2017, as part of its strategy to promote green, low-carbon economic development, officials said at...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Mega Projects and Complete Packages

08.06.2015 - Sluggish growth, a number of regional conflicts and falling prices in global commodity markets had a major impact on the business climate in the chemical plant manufacturing sector...

Markets & Companies

Intellectual Property in China’s Chemical Industry: How To Protect a Key Component of Success?

07.05.2015 - Chemicals are an increasingly mature industry with a high degree of competition. In this situation, industry participants need to consider how to differentiate themselves and stay...

Markets & Companies

Current and Future Trends for Pharmaceutical Logistics

06.05.2015 - A wind of change is in the air when it comes to logistics in the pharmaceutical industry. Although most companies are still quite optimistic with regard to the current business...