Source of Picture: www.autospies.com Not an easy answer and not one much suited to a few paragraphs of blogging. But here’s one thought as the competitive environment becomes a great deal more difficult due to new Middle East capacity and the potential for China to move towards self-sufficiency in polyethylene and polypropylene: Have a chat […]
Asian Chemical Connections
Don’t You Wish You Could Be Yourself?
Picture: The Daily Mail Ok, I lied – I am having trouble getting back into my petrochemicals bubble and so this post is not about polypropylene. Apologies to all those disappointed C3 H6 molecules out there. I was sharing lunch with a highly demotivated Singapore-based chemicals industry employee recently and the great British 1970s sitcom, […]
Micro-management gone too far?
micro-management, human resources, APIC, commodity chemicals, CEOs, credit control, financial meltdown
If manufacturers started buying up their suppliers….
This excellent article from The Economist about vertical integration got me thinking that if, say, auto makers start buying up parts suppliers in developed markets (in developing markets the plastics processing industry is too fragmented) we could end up facing a whole new set of industry dynamics. Buying up your supplier, or at least offering […]
Trade protectionism on the rise
antidumping petitions, trade protection, WTO applied and bound tariff rates
As this is the season of goodwill…..
debt forgiveness, rescheduling mortgages, Nail Ferguson, Financial Times, global property slump
Obama’s impact on Asian petchems
The new energy New Deal, death of the Asian export model, new types of growth, bankers,
Uncle Karl is back in fashion
Karl Marx, The Miner’s Strike, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcherism, capitalism, financial meltdown
Crikey, did I eat that much?
Pimco, Mohamed El-Erian, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, American Chemistry Council
Do you ever get that sinking feeling?
polar bears, camels, New Scientist, climate change, light bulbs, camels, uptight neighbours, American Pyschological Association, US National Research Council
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