Fine Chemical Firms Plan Multimillion-Dollar Investments

Despite gloomy predictions for fine chemical firms struggling under cost pressures from excess capacity and stiffening international competition, the Informex fine and specialty chemicals expo held in San Francisco earlier this month was awash with companies planning to install multimillion-dollar fine chemical manufacturing capacity. More than 10 companies at Informex told CW that those investments are driven by an anticipated increase in outsourcing from Pharma companies and rising customer demand. Also, early phase projects in contract manufacturers’...

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