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Strategy & Management

Digitalization – Challenges and Opportunities

03.04.2017 -

Digitalization in chemicals and chemical distribution is the monetarization of data to significantly cut costs („Operational Excellence“) and to capture additional...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Going Digital

03.04.2017 - In this digital era, in which suppliers, distributors, business partners and customers are each time more interconnected and linked to other networks around the world, the...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

It Takes Two to Tango

03.04.2017 - In the drive to reach growth objectives, or to maintain and enhance “critical mass”, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) has been a theme for the chemical distribution industry for years...

Logistics & Supply Chain

U-Turn in the Supply Chain

03.04.2017 - Industry 4.0, Big Data, SMAC (social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies) — these buzzwords all point to one thing: the digitalization trend. This development means...

Logistics & Supply Chain

It All Starts with Chemistry

03.04.2017 - Reviewing the list of the world’s top chemical companies will confirm “the chemical industry touches all other industries.” You will see the inventors of Aspirin, Teflon, Saran...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Maintenance Stuttgart 2017 - the specialist trade show for industrial maintenance

02.04.2017 - On 17 and 18 May 2017, decision-makers and specialists from all industries will come together with industrial maintenance experts to find out about the latest solutions, to...

Markets & Companies

Environment Rollback Roils America

31.03.2017 - With the shock waves from 2016’s most unanticipated events – Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president – still reverberating, the earth sometimes seems to be tilting...

Strategy & Management

Imagine Chemistry: AkzoNobel's Challenge Generates More than 200 Ideas

22.03.2017 - An enthusiastic response to AkzoNobel's Imagine Chemistry initiative has resulted in more than 200 innovative ideas being submitted by chemistry start-ups, scientists, research...