Distribution

Top chemical distributors have successfully battled rising costs and regulatory pressures during the last six years, with many posting strong sales and earnings and some with ample funding for M&A. However, distributors are likely to soon start to feel the impact of the global financial crisis, tighter credit markets, and a possibly severe global recession, analysts say. Those challenges have already begun to push down chemical demand and prices, prompting analysts to forecast that this sector faces a major roadblock ahead. “There is a lot of anxiety...

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