• Buyers say chemicals demand is on the upswing in late 2009

  By David Hannon, November 19, 2009
  The chemicals industry has been hit as hard, if not harder, than other industries by the recession, but there are more signs that demand for chemicals is on the upswing. In Purchasing's latest buyers' survey, 35% of buyers at chemicals-consuming companies said business was improving this month and the business conditions index for chemicals-consuming firms (53.  More

• Chemical Distributor News

  November 19, 2009
  Univar, the top chemical distributor on Purchasing's Top 100 list, recently named John Zillmer as its new president and chief executive officer, replacing Gary Pruitt, non-executive chairman of the board, who announced his plans to retire as chief executive officer last April. Zillmer joins Univar after serving as chairman and CEO of Allied Waste Industries from 2005 to 2008.  More

• Pharmaceutical makers look for ingredients closer to home

  By Gordon Graff, November 19, 2009
  Has the mounting wave of outsourcing manufacturing of ingredients to Asia by U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers run its course? While there are no hard and fast statistics to prove this, circumstantial evidence suggests that importing active drug ingredients from Asia has lost its allure for at least some U.  More

• Chemical distributors convey cautious optimism on 2010

  By Rich Weissman, November 19, 2009
  The depth and severity of the recession has sent shock waves throughout the chemical industry. But, like a patient who gets a dreadful diagnosis from a doctor and then mends his ways to a speedy recovery, the chemical distribution industry seems poised to exit the recession with a new found appreciation for inventory management, cost controls, better supply side relationships and a spirit of im...  More

• Demand for chemical management services to grow

  November 19, 2009
  Results of a new survey of customers and suppliers of chemical management services (CMS) show that despite the global economic recession, the CMS industry will more than triple in size in the next 5–10 years. Right now, the market in the U.S. is estimated to be approximately $1 billion, according to the CMS Industry Report 2009, conducted by the ChemQuest Group, for the Chemical Strategie...  More

• ACC report: Chemicals industry stabilizes in third quarter

  November 19, 2009
  A recent report from the American Chemistry Councils says that "the global chemical industry is stabilizing, with a bottoming out of activity earlier this year, and recovering activity in nearly all regions since then. The report, compiled by Thomas Kevin Swift, chief economist and managing director of the American Chemistry Council, says in the U.  More

• Chemicals Industry Business Intelligence

  November 19, 2009
  1.7% Forecasted 2010 expansion in U.S. chemicals output Source: American Chemistry Council WHAT IT MEANS: After declines of 4.7% in 2008 and 7.2% in 2009, the slight growth in U.S. production will be a welcome change for producers as well as buyers looking to source closer to home. 32% Buyers reporting plastics price increases in October Source: www.  More

• Air Products to build new U.S. hydrogen plant

  November 19, 2009
  As part of a new supply deal with agricultural giant Monsanto, industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals will build a new hydrogen production plant at Monsanto's Luling, Louisiana facility. The new plant will be capable of producing 100 million standard cubic feet of hydrogen per day when it comes online in January 2012.  More

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