ICIS Blogs : andrew liveris

Arise, Sir Evil?

Chemicals & The Economy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:20:42 GMT

Apparently its not just Jim Cramer who is less than happy with the current performance of Dow CEO, Andrew Liveris. The New York Times notes that merger arbitrageurs on Wall Street have started to spell his surname backwards, and re-christened him accordingly...(read more)

It's tough at the top.......

Asian Chemical Connections — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:40:16 GMT

It's easy to take pot shots at the boss, and everyone of course feels they have been underpromoted and could do the job better themselves. Andrew Liveris is just the latest in a long line of CEOs to experience both envy - and at the moment perhaps...(read more)

Cramer hits at Dow's Liveris

Chemicals & The Economy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:53:46 GMT

The credibility of some chemical industry CEO's seems to be under increasing attack, due to their apparent failure to develop proper contingency plans in advance of the current recession. One example this week comes from the USA, where Jim Cramer...(read more)

Dow Chemical moves to Plan B

Chemicals & The Economy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:53:10 GMT

A month ago, after the collapse of the K-Dow deal, the blog suggested that Dow would need to quickly move to a Plan B . It added that "nobody would be very surprised if it now sought to renegotiate the proposed Rohm & Haas acquisition"....(read more)

Dow warns of need for "radical actions"

Chemicals & The Economy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:56:47 GMT

Andrew Liveris, Dow CEO, has consistently warned that we are facing a major recession. Today , in a Bloomberg interview, he spells out the need for "radical actions" to "take out capacity". He notes that Dow's volumes are down...(read more)

Decision time in Europe, N America

Chemicals & The Economy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:52:55 GMT

Many Asian companies have been cutting back petchem production in recent weeks. Now TOTAL have become the first to follow suit in Europe, with the announcement that they will shutdown the Carling No 2 cracker for a month from mid-November. These decisions...(read more)

Can I have those coconuts, please?

Asian Chemical Connections — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:12:29 GMT

This article, by David Strahan, author of The Last Oil Shock, says that it would take three million coconuts to power one flight from London to Amsterdam on 100% biofuels. Some of the comments posted at the end of this excellent article, first published...(read more)

Liveris gets liverish on energy

Asian Chemical Connections — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:52:13 GMT

Great stuff from the big boss of Dow Chemical in this article from USA Today. Gems from the interview include "corn-based ethanol, one of the dumbest ideas of all time" and "the whole hydrogen (fuel cell) approach is dumb." He adds...(read more)

‘Don’t panic’ say Dow, BASF

Chemicals & The Economy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:14:01 GMT

Its not normally a good sign when chemical industry bosses feel the need to cheerlead on the outlook for the economy. Dow’s CEO Andrew Liveris therefore caught my attention at Davos, when he told CNBC that talk of recession was ‘over-reaction’. Particularly...(read more)