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Roland Berger Strategy interview on video

I'm impressed at this video which Will shot on his own camera while interviewing a leading chemical industry consultant today in the leafy surroundings of London's Berkeley Square (of nightingale fame ). Will Beacham, European bureau chief of...

Published 23 Apr 2009 16:08 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, ICB, ICIS Chemical Business, media life, forecasting, Roland Berger, shutdowns
Fake Magazine Covers

This is from Magtoss , a website which uses computer-generated imagery to create fake magazine covers. Scientists among us, and regular readers of ICIS Chemical Business magazine, will enjoy the key feature articles in "The Hermit - the award winning...

Published 22 Apr 2009 13:45 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, ICIS Chemical Business, media life, media, computer, magazines
Help us find our Longest Standing Reader

I'm at the ICIS Training seminars in Brussels and as usual we give out free copies of our ICIS Chemical Business magazine (ICB, the Magazine Formerly Known As European Chemical News or Chemical Market Reporter), and during the workshop session I like...

Published 17 Mar 2009 16:49 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, media life, magazines, Chemical Market Reporter, European Chemical News
No more Free Stuff

I am reading with alarm that the days of Free Stuff are over, in this piece by our own correspondent, Doris de Guzman in New York. Surely not! Only last week I picked up this delightful tiny 4 GB USB memory stick (only 2.5cm long) from sponsors Gazprom...

Published 25 Feb 2009 17:00 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, conferences, baseoils, parties, Gazprom, ICIS Chemical Business, golf, yachts, freebies, Doris de Guzman
Ladies still run, despite Charlie's move to energy

Charlie Shaw, formerly of ICIS pricing, and now covering European gas and power markets for ICIS Heren, finds that his new vocation falls short in terms of turning him into a babe-magnet ... In my petrochemical reporting days, I would find myself trying...

Published 16 Feb 2009 17:30 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, trivia, gas, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, price reporting, ICIS Heren
The sweet smell of maple syrup chemicals

A mysterious maple syrup smell has been wafting across New York City and into the offices of ICIS Chemical Business (ICB) on Park Avenue South for the past five years. At last city officials have sniffed out the source of the sweet smell - a New Jersey...

Published 6 Feb 2009 16:04 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, ICB, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, maple syrup, Manhattan, New York City
Xperimania - Andy Brice's chemical online chat

Andy Brice from ICIS Chemical Business (first on the left in photo) was invited to host an online chat for students from 13 secondary schools around Europe on the role of chemicals in everyday life ... On a cold, wintry morning last month, I arrived in...

Published 3 Feb 2009 16:35 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, conferences, ICIS Chemical Business, Brussels, polypropylene, CEFIC, science education, Xperimania
Why golf and chemicals go together

The perennial topic of golf and chemicals is given another airing by my colleague Ivan Lerner in our New York office, in a humorous article in this week's ICIS Chemical Business: " Skip the First 18 Holes ." He espouses the theory that "the...

Published 12 Jan 2009 17:47 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, trivia, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, golf, shorts, Ivan Lerner
ICIS Top 40 Power Players, with added "People's Choice"

Today's issue of ICIS Chemical Business has the final results of the " ICIS Top 40 Power Players ." For the first time, readers were invited to vote for the controversial "People's Choice" on the networking site ICIS Connect...

Published 8 Dec 2008 12:14 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, corporate life, Volker Trautz, ICIS Top 40 Power Players
Lists of lists

The Blog loves Top 10 lists. We've had the Blog's Top 10 chemical movie scenes , top oil and chemical-themed cocktails , top chemical adverts , top chemical buzzwords , more top chemical movie scenes , top expensive capital hotels , top songs...

Published 27 Sep 2008 17:17 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, trivia, ICB, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, corporate life, chemical companies, Top 10, Top 100, lists
An homage to "Living without Polypropylene"

The Blog is shocked to see that our own ground-breaking article on " Living without polypropylene for a week - Cold Turkey " by Andy Brice in ICIS Chemical Business on 19 May 2008 has been the subject of an "homage" today by a reporter...

Published 1 Aug 2008 16:11 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: BBC, plastics, chemicals, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, media life, polypropylene, Andy Brice
Chemical team wolfs down army rations

Army food underwent the taste test in the offices of ICIS Chemical Business in New York this week and was judged to be "tasty" by editors Joe and Ivan. Illustrating an article on the importance of planning , but possibly just an excuse for dressing...

Published 8 Jul 2008 9:54 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: trivia, gossip, ICB, ICIS, ICIS Chemical Business, Army, chemical heritage foundation, US National Guard
ICIS at APLA 2007

ICIS is set to have a strong presence at the forthcoming APLA conference in Buenos Aires. Please come along and see us to pick up a copy of the latest ICIS pricing reports or to talk to us about our extensive range of services for the global chemical...

Published 13 Nov 2007 14:40 by New at ICIS

Filed under: ICIS, APLA, Chemical industry news, ICIS Chemical Business, Buenos Aires

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