Journal of Business Chemistry October 2014

A variety of companies contributes to the value creation within the chemical sector covering petro chemicals, basic chemicals, intermediates/polymers and specialty chemicals/pharmaceuticals. The chemical industry is further embedded in a network of various actors, whereby particularly downstream sectors are dependent on the chemical industry’s performance. These multi-faceted structures and interdependencies between value chains require the […]

The process industries span several industrial sectors, such as minerals and metals, pulp and paper, food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, utilities and pharmaceuticals; thus, they constitute a considerable part of the manufacturing industries. In the family of process industries, a substantial part of company research and development (R&D) lies in the area of helping […]

The pharmaceutical industry is a growing industry, but companies struggle to capitalize on this growth because of a variety of challenges: shortening patent lives, strong pressure on prices, strict regulations, and the shifting of growth to emerging countries. Outsourcing of manufacturing is increasingly seen as a way to reduce operating costs and improve competitiveness. But […]

This paper examines the correlation between ownership type of chemical companies in China and the development of their sales and profit in the period from 2006 to 2012. Data from China´s statistical yearbook for the industry segment “Manufacture of Raw Chemical Materials and Chemical Products” was used, which covers all larger companies with annual sales […]

Grease, as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is “a solid to semi-fluid product of a dispersion of a thickening agent in a liquid lubricant” (ASTM 1978). The production process as well as the overall technology used to produce industrial greases is quite advanced although the structure of industrial greases is […]