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Economic slump hits recyclables

You would think that recyclable materials and chemicals should do well with manufacturers and retailers looking for cheaper and more environment-friendly alternatives during a global economic recession. Unfortunately the excess waste of the economic boom era as well as the current weak demand for products...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-20-2008
I will wait for this Lego truck to hit S$100

Yes, that's my target for the truck above, which is actually for 4-11 year olds and my son is only 22 months - but what the hell, don't we all deserve a second or, in my case probably a tenth or perpetual, childhood? And I am trying to teach him the value of recycling (the above picture is of...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2008
Buy small and local to survive

Chemicals demand still exists, believe it or not, but the new economic order -one that could last as long as six years - requires new approaches. Purchasing managers need to start acting locally as well as globally. Who would want to be a financial controller if you work for a big company or the jack...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-14-2008
All those wasted lives - but at least you got your bonus

Mr Obscenely Rich Got Out In Tiime Banker, please look into these eyes, see the pain from the last Great Depression and maybe you will give some of your obscenely huge bonus towards poverty relief. And perhaps also you'll be willing to pay for all the counselling that the children of this new Great...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-29-2008
Uncle Karl is back in fashion

Yes, indeed, with all the talk of the collapse of capitalism and with liberal economists running for cover , dear old Karl might once again be the flavour of the month. Oh how I remember those dewy-eyed days, standing on the picket lines in the pouring rain during the 1984-1985 Miner's Strike in...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-22-2008
"Real" people start to suffer even more

I grew up in a small town called Bingley in West Yorkshire in the UK, where there are two major employers - the head offices of a building society (or what was once a building bociety, but became a failed bank - see picture above) and a clothing business. My late parents worked most of their working...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-30-2008
Agencies place melamine measures

The Chinese melamine scare has spread far and wide across the globe (proving the powerful reach of China-made products) and so the European Commission announced several measures last week to protect Europeans from melamine-contaminated milk (and other melamine-contaminated products). The Commission banned...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008
Global chemical growth slows

The latest American Chemistry Council report on global production growth makes sombre reading for anyone outside the Middle East: • Global growth (dark green) is now only 1.4%, versus 4.1% in January • N American growth (dark blue) declined by 2.4% in August • European growth (light green) was down 1...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-28-2008
The big challenges

As delegates gather for this year's European Petrochemical Association meeting in the unreal world of Monaco (unrealf or 99.9 per cent recurring of us), I thought it was worth summarising some of the issues discussed on this blog over the last few months. We've dealt with: *Oil-price volatility...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-27-2008
Cefic Chemicals Trends Report 09/2008

The Cefic chemicals Trends report is focusing on the key indicators relating to the growth and performance of the EU chemicals industry. It is also informing on the business and economic climate in the...

Posted to Industrial research (FileGallery) by BEYA on 09-26-2008

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