BIG INTERVIEW
Chemical Industry at a Crossroads: How Tariffs Could Reshape 2025
By: Olaf Gierlichs-Steffens
Senior Underwriter at Atradius
The chemical industry is poised for growth over the next two years, despite being amongst the worst impacted by the 2022-2023 energy crisis. The sector heavily relies on energy, and as natural gas and...
MegaChem (UK) Ltd: your trusted partner for all chemical and ingredient needs
Yes, we know the global chemical industry continues to face unprecedented challenges.
But where there is risk and uncertainty, there is also opportunity for growth and positive change.
This is why MegaChem (UK) Ltd remains the trusted, reliable partner of choice...
Balancing Decarbonisation and Efficiency in the UK Chemical Industry
The UK chemical manufacturing industry has faced strong economic headwinds since 2020, contracting by almost 10% in 2023 alone.1
Yet it continues to face significant challenges in high energy prices and increasingly rigorous decarbonisation legislation. While the sector is not...
In vitro testing update
Dr Carol Treasure, Founder and CEO, XCellR8
New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for product safety and claim support
What are NAMs and what are the regulators saying about them?
There’s no doubt that advances in animal-free science are outpacing regulatory change, so how can...
Nature’s Blueprint: How the Snowdrop Shaped Aviation Anti-icing Technology
Jerry Lewis, Chief Technical Officer for Kilfrost and Co-Chair of the SAE International G-12 Aircraft Deicing Fluid Committee, reflects on the evolution of aircraft deicing fluids and the innovations shaping the future of aviation safety.
In the 1930s, aviation faced...
Join the Royal Society of Chemistry’s global community
Membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has many benefits, including its highly regarded continuous professional development (CPD) programme.
The RSC offers tailored support to all its members, with membership categories focused on specific points of a chemical scientist’s...
Safeguarding chemical supply chains against the next wave of disruption
Resilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil offers an expert insight into how the chemicals industry can minimise risk while maximising efficiency.
Chemical manufacturers have weathered a tumultuous landscape in recent years: navigating the complexities of a global pandemic; adapting to regulatory shifts;...
Turning microbes into ‘cell factories’
Dr Vinod Kumar, of Cranfield University, discusses his pioneering research into bio-renewables, engineering organisms to deliver high-quality chemical products from waste products such as bread.
Biorefineries are the obvious alternative to fossil-based chemicals, a sustainable way forward for the low...
Maersk champions a new technology era for predictive logistics
Technology is a powerful - yet surprisingly under-utilised - tool in chemical supply chains. Now is the time to harness its full potential, using collaboration and data as the catalysts, says Arvind Ambo, Global Vertical Excellence Manager at A.P....
Maersk: accelerating the transition from fossil fuel follower to green industry leader
Sustainability underpins A.P. Møller-Maersk’s pledge to be the responsible logistics partner of choice for the chemical industry. Global Vertical Head of Chemicals, Patrick Hore, explains how the end-to-end international freight services partner is leading by example.
Maersk has pledged to...
Oligonucleotides: the journey so far
For oligonucleotide api manufacturers, putting in place capacity and sustainability solutions will be essential to meet increased demand. The molecules will be needed in ever greater quantities to fulfil rising needs as new uses are found in research, diagnosis...
Building a winning pricing strategy in today’s highly volatile market
By Robert Smith, Customer Services Executive at Pricefx
Business plans and targets for 2022 need to be redrawn in the face of persistently volatile market conditions. Robert Smith, of Pricefx, explains how businesses can maintain focus in these challenging times.
The chemical...
Keeping Customer Experience at the top of the crisis agenda
Brenntag, the global market leader in chemical and ingredient distribution holds a central role in connecting customers and suppliers across the broadest spectrum of industry. Our business units provide a full-line portfolio and tailor-made solutions, marketing, supply-chain solutions, technical...
THE CHEMICAL TRADE SHOW BLAZING A TRAIL
Already recognised on the ground as a rising star in the world of trade shows, ChemUK has now been shortlisted for a stellar award by Exhibition News. HELEN COMPSON hears what else 2021 holds for this unique expo.
ChemUK is...
COVID-19 lockdowns lead to UK tech sales boom and adds to e-waste problem
By Lizzy Ratcliffe
Following our Precious Elements campaign last year – which raised awareness of the supply risks to elements in our personal devices such as mobile phones – we have conducted further research to quantify how the COVID-19 pandemic...
VACUUM PLAYS ESSENTIAL ROLE IN CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PROCESSES
Vacuum is used to make the most of our surroundings and in many parts of our lives, from the packaging of our food to the treatment of our sewage, from the screens and batteries for our cell phones and...
GLOBAL CHEMICAL AND INGREDIENT DISTRIBUTOR PRIDES ITSELF ON LOCAL SERVICE
Univar Solutions framed its ambitions in just one short sentence when it went on the acquisition trail last year.
It was and continues to be determined to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the...
A Decade within REACH
Dr. Knoell Consult Ltd, the UK-based affiliate of the knoell group of companies, celebrated its tenth anniversary in December 2019. In this article Dr. Iain MacKinnon, Managing Director and co-founder (with the late Dr. H.-E. Knoell) of the company,...
Setting the satnav to the right destination
Digitalisation is a journey and the starting point, a carefully planned digital roadmap. ABB Energy Industries global head of technology for chemical and refining points HELEN COMPSON in the right direction.
Responsible for developing the very strategies and innovative technologies...
Early starts and a busy schedule all in a weeks work for an account director
MONDAY
Mondays are usually spent in the office with my team, and this morning we’re discussing our current sales and marketing activity, and I’m also reviewing our overall marketing strategy to ensure we’re meeting the various milestones we set ourselves...
The times they are A-changing
Innovations in consumer applications increasingly find their extension in B2B, and the chemical industry continues to seek those that have the potential to add value to the entire supply chain, all in times of an unprecedented change. We speak...
Environmental firm’s chemical reaction
When environmental consultancy SLR acquired leading process safety management company HFL Consulting late last year, the two proved a dream fit.
HFL Consulting’s team would build on SLR’s existing capability, said the latter’s European regional manager, Alan Edwards.
“The thing we...
BIG BANG THEORY pays dividends
ChemUK founder Ian Stone tells Helen Compson about the massive expansion of the expo in what is only its second year
It arrived with a bang last May and a formula worthy of the chemical industry itself.
And there’s no two...
Mitigating risk
In this issue, we speak to Karl Jones of OAMPS Hazardous Industries, a specialist commercial insurance broker founded in 1986. Hazardous industries are their area of expertise, and since their foundation, they’ve worked with trade associations in the chemicals...
The arrival of the new era
Chemical Industry Journal met with Dr Maura Jolliffe, Commercial Director for Material Science and Specialty Chemicals at Brenntag UK & Ireland, to discuss the evolution of business relationships within the chemical industry.
What changes have you seen in the chemical...
communication is key to industry wide success in managing risks
What key areas of risk do you help your clients to manage?
We specialise in understanding complicated risk, and in particular that from major accident hazards. We approach risk understanding from three key perspectives, safety risk, environmental risk and business...
nobel prize winner talks to us
Dr Frances Arnold, the American chemist and engineer, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 2016 Millennium Technology Prize for her work in pioneering directed evolution reveals more about her work.
Dr Frances Arnold, the American chemist...
Process safety leadership in focus
In this issue of the Chemical Industry Journal, we speak to Andy Stanley, Managing Director and founding partner of RAS, a specialist risk management firm with particular expertise in high hazard industries.
Today, the RAS team works with over 70...
No-deal repercussions
“No-deal would be catastrophic,” so said Dr Dani Loughran on a recent edition of Question Time, when speaking of the impact of leaving the European Union.
Dani’s words clearly resonated with the audience, viewers at home and followers on social...
process safety leadership
Protecting people, assets and profit
“Profits are to some extent the return for successful risk-taking,” observes Julian Hought, Managing Director of HFL Consulting. “This means that those in charge must understand the risks and manage them to maximise the return...
