12.08.2020
How Data Analytics Can Be Used In Chemical Companies
Every day, larger and larger amounts of unstructured data are created. In order to generate added value from the data through analysis and to be able to use this for business processes, appropriate technologies and extensive know-how are necessary. This has coined the term Big Data that includes the collection, analysis, and evaluation of large […]
21.01.2020
Digital Trends: These Topics Will Keep the Chemical Industry Busy in 2020
Hardly any other topic in the chemical industry had gained such great importance as the digital transformation did at the end of the last decade. It turned out that digital solutions are being placed higher and higher on the agenda of chemical companies. In the new decade, the future of the chemical industry will therefore […]
28.11.2019
4 ways to make your logistics operations greener and help save the environment
Guest Post by TankContainerFinder.com In this article we’ll look at greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions in the logistics industry, and give you 4 innovative ways to lower your emissions and make your operations greener while saving the environment. Whether you’re a forwarding agent, a carrier or a trucking company dealing with industrial chemicals, or a logistics […]
14.11.2019
Future Trends in Marketing: 5 Trends that will Revolutionize B2B Marketing
The business-to-business (B2B) world has changed rapidly in recent years. The latest advances are based on factors such as globalization, digitalization and the intelligent networking of machines and processes along the lines of industry 4.0. The millennials and their working methods also have a decisive influence. At the same time, B2B marketers are facing new […]
30.10.2019
Cost Management: How Companies Reduce the Cost of Chemicals
World trade enables the economic growth of an economy. It generates additional prosperity and creates more jobs through international division of labor. Economists agree that without the positive effects of globalization, traded products and services would be more expensive within the affected economies. For companies oriented on the world market, however, world trade is above […]
17.10.2019
Emerging Chemical Parks: a Comparison of Europe and China‘s Chemical Centers
For a long time, Europe was regarded as the El Dorado of chemical centers. Within less than two decades, numerous companies throughout Europe have merged to form powerful chemical parks. Driven by the rapid development of the Chinese chemical industry, nationally important chemical centers were established in China too. In this blog article we compare […]
03.10.2019
The „Last Mile“ in Chemical Logistics
In logistics, the „last mile“ describes all the challenges that logistics service providers are confronted with on the last leg of the goods delivery. In the recent past, the last mile problem has mainly occupied companies in the B2C and C2C sectors. With increasing globalization and digitalization of the chemical industry, handling the last mile […]
23.09.2019
Interview Series with Christian Bürger (chembid), Alexander Lakemeyer (PINPOOLS) and Wolfgang Falter (Deloitte)
Watch the interview series with Christian Bürger, CEO of chembid, and Alexander Lakemeyer, CEO of PINPOOLS, interviewed by Wolfgang Falter, Global Chemicals Leader of Deloitte. Interview Part 1: Chemical Digitalization & Personal Experiences Interview Part 2: The Present Status of Online Chemical Trade Interview Part 3: The Future of Chemical Trade Interview Part 4: The […]
19.09.2019
Buyer’s Guide: 5 Things to Keep in Mind when Buying Chemicals Online
The unstoppable triumph of digitalization has changed the procurement behavior of many buyers and sellers in the chemical industry over the last few years. Especially young and digitally savvy procurement specialists buy chemicals primarily via online search engines and marketplaces, as these platforms are more cost-efficient and transparent than analog purchasing. However, similar to non-digital procurement, […]
08.08.2019
Green Chemistry – The Impact of Sustainability on the Chemical Industry
Sustainability has always had a special place in the chemical industry. After the construction of the first large-scale chemical plants in the 1950s, exhaust air filters and wastewater treatment processes were developed and implemented shortly afterwards in the research departments of chemical companies. With increasing production possibilities, however, the responsibility of the chemical industry towards […]
23.07.2019
The Chemical Industry in China
The Chinese chemical industry has long been one of the largest and most important chemical markets in the world by revenue. Since 2011, the year in which China’s chemical industry outperformed all other chemical markets for the first time, the advantage of Chinese companies over foreign companies has been growing continuously. But that is not […]
11.07.2019
Successes and Barriers of Digitalization in the Chemical Industry – an Analysis Report
Almost a decade has passed Chemistry 4.0 began the era of digital transformation in the chemical industry. What were the changes brought by the fourth stage of development? The international EY organization published the long-term study „DigiChem SurvEY 2019”, which examined the effects of digital transformation on the chemical industry in an industrialized economy, using […]