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June 12, 2009
The soft demand for durable goods, especially in the automotive and construction industries, has taken a toll on engineering plastics in the last year. Volatile raw material costs have...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Slow-Automotive-Demand-Drags-on-Engineering-Plastics-Growth_19506.html June 12, 2009
Dow Chemical says its basic plastics business strategy has not changed, despite the economic downturn and collapse of its proposed petrochemical joint venture, K-Dow, with...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Dows-Basic-Plastics-Weathers-Economic-Storm_19507.html June 12, 2009
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is urging chemical companies to become active participants in international chemical safety and sustainability programs. The aim is for...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Corporate-Social-Responsibility-Regulators-Push-for-a-New-Level-of-Cooperation_19508.html May 29, 2009
The chemical distribution sector can no longer call itself “recession resistant” as it did in fourth-quarter 2008 when the economic turmoil began to affect most of the...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Distribution-Riding-Out-the-Storm_19246.html May 27, 2009
Some of the chemical industry’s mega-mergers have resulted in further consolidation of the water treatment market and in the creation of several mega-size market players. These...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Water-Treatment-Demand-Keeps-Rising_19096.html May 26, 2009
The development of novel bioprocesses for producing chemicals is accelerating at a pace never seen before, thanks to the convergence of sophisticated information technology (IT)...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Industrial-Biotechnology-Heading-Toward-a-Wealth-of-New-Opportunities_19098.html May 22, 2009
BWA Water Additives (Manchester, U.K.) is taking the “asset light” strategy to an extreme. The company, owned by Seera Investment Bank (Manama, Bahrain), says it is...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/BWA-Water-Additives-Targets-Niches_19097.html May 11, 2009
Healthy demand in the solar cell industry has energized growth for the engineering and construction (E&C) firms serving the sector. Solar industry market sales are expected to...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Solar-Power-Brightens-E-and-C-Project-Demand_18838.html May 8, 2009
Heading for a Tumble Petrochemical projects in Asia and the Mideast have kept major engineering and construction (E&C) firms busy through the recession, but much of that activity...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Engineering-and-Construction_18836.html May 8, 2009
Petro Rabigh, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, is close to starting up its $10.1-billion refining and petrochemical complex at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia—one...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Rabigh-II-Offers-New-E-and-C-Opportunities_18837.html May 1, 2009
The global catalyst industry is growing at a healthy rate driven by advances in selectivity, yield, and process improvements. Suppliers are focusing R&D budgets on finding the next...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Catalysts_18634.html April 24, 2009
Navigating the Downturn The global recession has left Japan’s export-led economy in its most severe downturn since World War II and has upended recovery efforts of the domestic...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Japan_18476.html April 24, 2009
Brownfield redevelopment recently received a boost from a bill passed by state lawmakers after months of intensive advocacy efforts by the Chemical Council of New Jersey (CCNJ...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/New-Jersey-Breaks-Up-the-Brownfields-Logjam_18477.html April 10, 2009
India is arguably the last untapped major market for petrochemicals and plastics. The industry will develop rapidly to meet growing demand from the country’s largely young...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/India-Taking-a-Seat-With-the-Majors_18195.html April 10, 2009
The Indian chemical industry, outside the petrochemical sector, is not immune to the global economic downturn, and some sectors are going through a difficult phase. Specialty chemicals...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Specialty-Chemicals-Are-Looking-Up-Despite-Downturn_18196.html April 10, 2009
Companies are significantly increasing the movement of back office work, including accounting and human resources, to emerging regions, especially India, to save costs, analysts say...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Firms-to-Send-More-Back-Office-Jobs-to-Emerging-Regions_18197.html April 10, 2009
IT expenditures at U.S. chemical companies are expected to increase about 4.3% this year, to $6.2 billion, according to a recent study by Manufacturing Insights, a unit of IDC...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Software-and-Services-to-Drive-Increase-in-IT-Spending_18198.html April 10, 2009
Legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including cap-and-trade programs, is expected to significantly increase demand for carbon management software and related...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/New-Releases-of-Emission-Monitoring-Software-Emerge_18199.html April 10, 2009
Uhde Services says it will install Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System automation technology at Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries’ (Abu Qir, Egypt)...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Uhde-Chooses-Honeywell-System-for-Plant-in-Egypt_18200.html April 3, 2009
The economic turmoil has brought about a dramatic shift in senior management’s business challenges as cutting and managing costs, frequently with huge layoffs, have become top...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/cover_story/Talent-Management-Big-Pool-Big-Burden_18027.html |
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