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...

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....

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...

Early starts and a busy schedule all in a weeks work for an account...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...