Keyword: raw materials

Research & Innovation

Unilever Aims to Halve Environmental Footprint

18.04.2012 - The Front Line for Sustainable Growth - No corporate sustainability strategy can be credible without considering the environmental, social and economic effect of a company's entire...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

CO2 as New Carbon Source for Chemical Industry

07.03.2012 - Hidden Value - If one thinks about coal-fired power plants, what is it that comes first into one's mind? The picture of high-value starting materials or rather the picture of low...

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Strategic Raw Materials

08.11.2011 - Raw Material Shortages - Volatile markets are giving purchasers quite a bit of a headache for some time now. However, this might be the less severe problem compared to supply...

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Jean-Dominique Senard: Michelin Under Raw Material Pressure

16.05.2011 - French tire maker Michelin's next chief executive told a shareholders' meeting on Friday the company is facing "incredible pressure" from high and volatile raw materials prices....

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Michelin Hikes Prices to Offset Raw Material Costs

05.05.2011 - French tire manufacturer Michelin on Wednesday said in a statement it would hike truck, earthmover and tractor tire prices in Europe to offset rising raw material costs. Michelin...

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Fluctuating Raw Material Prices

24.08.2010 - Before the economic crisis, raw material prices knew only one direction: upwards. The sky seemed to be the limit. Now the situation has changed. No one seems to know in which...

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Geared Up For The Future

08.12.2009 - Well Connected - The central German chemical triangle located in the new federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia, 150 Kilometers from Berlin, has linked up...