09.05.2019
- For many years, the chemical industry was asleep regarding logistics. Although logistics costs played a significant role for many chemical companies, in many cases they were seen...
08.05.2019
- The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) consists of ten Eurasian countries formed following the break-up of the Soviet Union. Three years after its inception in 1991, United...
30.04.2018
- The European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) picked the tagline “Shaping successful partnerships for the new market demands” as the theme for this year’s annual...
26.04.2018
- In many sectors of industry, logistics has become an economic key factor beyond pure cost. This is particularly true in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and it is one of...
26.04.2018
- Everywhere in business today, customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders or owners, consultants and other pundits, and also the media seem to only have one topic. It is...
08.01.2018
- The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...
08.01.2018
- On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...