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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...