Economic Crisis

News Economic Crisis

• Stable demand strengthens confidence in the chemicals and plastics industry

  Although geneal mood in the chemicals and plastics industry continues to cool down, companies all over the world are beginning to become more optimistic in regard to future development. However, structural problems in some states as well as the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone continue more

• Chemical industry holds firm: 2011 better than 2010, worse than expected

  For the chemical industry, up until now 2011 has been a better year than 2010. However, it has not been as good as was expected at the start of 2011. In the first quarter, there was a growth in production of 2.7% compared to the same period in 2010. However, production declined in the following two more

• New site agreement for BASF Ludwigshafen site

  BASF SE management and employee representatives signed a new site agreement for the company’s Ludwigshafen site. The agreement, titled “Safeguarding the future through flexibility and operational partnership,” applies to the approximately 33,000 BASF SE employees at the site for the period from the more

Publications Economic Crisis

• Sustainability, Vol. 4, Pages 2818-2837: Economic Growth, Capitalism and Unknown Economic Paradoxes

  The paper deals with failures of capitalism or free market and presents the results of economic analysis by applying a logistic capital growth model. The application of a logistic growth model for analysis of economic bubbles reveals the fundamental causes of bubble formation—economic paradoxe more

• Raising the decision‐making level to improve the enterprise‐wide production flexibility

  Abstract When the market demand significantly changes, as in the ongoing worldwide economic crisis, many production plants are forced to operate far from their nominal conditions. In this case, the current plant‐wide optimization of production sites is a myopic approach that could lead to plant more

• [News Focus] Archaeology: Economic Crisis Forces Spanish Archaeology to Rethink Its Roots

  After riding high for a decade, commercial archaeology in Spain faces a crisis in the wake of a real estate and economic bust. more

Market studies Economic Crisis

• Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Market in Europe to 2017 - Pricing and Reimbursement Initiatives Supporting Generic Drug Growth, with CMOs Expected to Account for Major ...

  GBI Research’s report, “Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Market in Europe to 2017 - Pricing and Reimbursement Initiatives Supporting Generic Drug Growth, with CMOs Expected to Account for Majority of the Manufacturing Activity” provides detailed insight into the Europe API market. The researc more

• Asia Pacific PVC Industry - Low Cost Coal and Strong Construction Sector in China Driving the Demand

  Introduction Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is one of the most widely used commodities and is preferred over other plastics due to its versatile structure, toughness, fire resistance and good thermal insulation. The major sectors that consume PVC are construction, packaging, agriculture and electrical. T more

• France Petrochemicals Report Q2 2012

  Output in 2011 was supported by household spending and export growth, although these diminished as the year progressed. French chemical industry association UIC has cut its growth forecast for the country's chemical output for 2012 to 1.8% from 2.4%, due to the economic crisis and delays in restocki more

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