The Chemical Industry The Birth and Growth of Crude-To-Chemicals Technologies A re-think of crude oil processing is placing the chemical industry on the edge of a new era.
The Chemical Industry The Three Ps of Chemical Industry Innovation At the heart of the most innovative and research-intensive sector of the global economy lies these 3 Ps to success.
The Chemical Industry Polymer Scientists Create Durable, Yet Self-Degrading Polyurethane By adding spores of plastic-eating bacteria into melted TPU, material scientists are well on the way to solving the issue of plastic waste.
The Chemical Industry Europe’s Petrochemical Future Questioned by LyondellBasell Review A strategic analysis of petrochemical markets or another nail in the coffin of Europe’s petrochemical sector?
The Chemical Industry The Chemical Industry 20, 40, 60 Years from Now What does the future hold for feedstock sources, processes, markets, and technology?
The Chemical Industry Value Based Pricing: The Latest AI Tool for Chemical Companies Rapid, adjusted pricing for chemical products is proving a useful tool in volatile markets.
The Chemical Industry Three Goals for Improving Chemical Industry Innovation Getting to the heart of how to achieve significant business innovation in the industrial chemical sector.
The Chemical Industry Is the Chemical Industry Really that Innovative? Are chemical companies living up to their reputations as centres of innovation?
Feed industry How Big Chem is Re-thinking Raw Material Supply Logistics Organising industrial chemical supply chains has moved from reactive to proactive with a new way of thinking.
The Chemical Industry Optimized Ammonia Production for a Cheaper, Greener Feedstock Chemical engineers adapt a well-known electrochemical reaction to reduce ammonia’s economic and environmental cost.
The Chemical Industry Compostable, Biodegradable Polymer Found Suitable for Bottle Caps Is PHA the ideal alternative to the fossil fuel-based plastics used to make bottle caps?
The Chemical Industry How AI Really Benefits Industrial Chemical Production and Supply Discover the real gain of AI for a chemical company in how it can pay for itself.
The Chemical Industry The Troubles Caused by China’s Aromatics Boom How China’s surge in aromatic chemical production is hurting Europe and Japan.
The Chemical Industry Chemical Recycling: Sustainable, Profitable, or Just Green-Washing? Is the advanced chemical recycling of plastics the best route for dealing with plastic waste?
Raw Materials When the Right Raw Materials Create Cooling Coatings Coating specialists and raw material suppliers team up to keep homes cool in the summer heat.
The Chemical Industry What Brainstorming for Sustainable Polymer Raw Materials Found How blue-sky thinking on the challenge of a circular plastics industry led to some surprising and some not-so-surprising conclusions.
The Chemical Industry Playmobil Toys Act on New Plant-Based Industrial Feedstock Playmobil figures step towards the sustainability that Lego failed to achieve.
The Chemical Industry Where is the AI in Chemical Manufacturing and Supply? Why aren’t more industrial chemical businesses taking the leap and adopting AI systems?
The Chemical Industry What Will a Fully Digitalised Chemical Industry Look Like? Research, production, or procurement and sales; how and where will digitalisation most impact the chemical industry?
The Chemical Industry To a More Sustainable Glass Industry with Lower Raw Material Costs A project which reused the raw materials from recycled greenhouse glass is showing a route to a more environmentally friendly horticultural sector.
The Chemical Industry The Multiple Challenges Facing the European Chemical Industry European chemical producers face a gloomy outlook thanks to the many issues combining to create a perfect storm.
The Chemical Industry Is this the Year of the Bioplastic? Technology, politics, and public opinion are all changing to support the development, investment, and expansion of European bioplastics.
The Chemical Industry Japan’s Chemical Industry Feels the Heat and Pledges Re-Organisation Demographics, competition, sustainable goals: can Japanese chemical companies modernise to stay profitable?
The Chemical Industry Polymer Researchers Renew Analysis of Tara Gum as a Feedstock Will the modification of this sustainable, bio-degradable polymer feedstock find improvements and greater versatility in the food packaging sector?
The Chemical Industry Counting the Price of War on the Global Economy How the fighting in Ukraine has impacted global raw material supplies.