Indian Chemical Distribution Sector: Imminent Growth Opportunity

Indian Chemical Distribution Sector: Imminent Growth OpportunityThe fast-growing Indian chemical industry, projected to reach 288 bln EUR by 2025 (163 bln EUR in 2019), boasts the presence of both international leaders and local champions. The industry is experiencing rapid growth in both domestic and export trade. To keep pace with increasing demand while ensuring cost-efficient operations, it requires a specialized, safer, more innovative, and flexible transport system for faster and more efficient transportation. Chemical distribution – Overview The Indian chemical distribution sector is primarily driven by the growth of the chemical industry and government initiatives that promote local manufacturing. It …

China’s New 24 Points Policy

China’s Vow to Attract Foreign InvestmentChina’s New 24 Points Policy: Opinions of the State Council on Further Optimizing the Foreign Investment Environment and Increasing the Attractiveness for Foreign Investment.Chinese government has re-emphasized its propositions to further optimize the foreign investment environment and increase the attractiveness for foreign investment: Establish a more favorable investment climate for foreign investors Re-bolster foreign enterprises’ confidence in investing in China. In our teaser we explain what the 24 individual directives mean and what opportunities they present for you. You would like to discuss the 24 Point Policy? Then contact our expert & partner, John Deng.Download …

Production Linked Incentives (PLI) of India – Reviewing the Impact

Production Linked Incentives (PLI) of India – Reviewing the ImpactThe Indian government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is a performance-based incentive scheme. It rewards companies for increasing domestic sales of their manufactured goods. The overall aim of the scheme is to strengthen the manu-facturing sector and reduce dependence on imports. Its objectives include promoting the „Make in India“ initiative, attracting foreign manufacturers to set up production in India, and motivating domestic manufacturers to expand production and exports.Launched in March 2020, the PLI scheme initially targeted sectors heavily dependent on imports, such as mobile manufacturing, electrical components, critical pharmaceutical materials and …

CSSOPE 2023: APAC as a Global Center for Oil Refining

CSSOPE 2023: APAC as a Global Center for Oil RefiningOur partner, Daniel Berger, was invited to present at the „China Sourcing Summit on Petroleum & Chemical Equipment“. This year was the 12th CSSOPE, attended by more than 700 delegates from chemical companies, EPCs and related suppliers. His presentation focused on the future outlook for the petrochemical industry: Based in APAC, Facing the Future – Key Trends and Industry Implications.APAC, as a center for oil refineries, accounted for 37% of global annual oil refining capacity in 2021 and 80% of new planned capacity by 2025. Of this, 60% in China and …

CSSOPE 2023: APAC als globales Zentrum der Ölraffinerie

CSSOPE 2023: APAC als globales Zentrum der ÖlraffinerieUnser Partner, Daniel Berger, wurde eingeladen, auf dem „China Sourcing Summit on Petroleum & Chemical Equipment“ zu präsentieren. In diesem Jahr fand die 12. CSSOPE statt, an der mehr als 700 Delegierte von Chemieunternehmen, EPCs und verwandten Zulieferern teilnahmen. Sein Vortrag konzentrierte sich auf die Zukunftsaussichten für die petrochemische Industrie: Based in APAC, Facing the Future – Key Trends and Industry Implications.Auf APAC als Zentrum für Ölraffinerien entfielen im Jahr 2021 37 % der weltweiten jährlichen Ölraffineriekapazität und 80 % der bis 2025 neu geplanten Kapazitäten. Davon 60 % in China und 20 …

China Review 2022 – Unsere Markt- und Wirtschaftseinblicke für Sie.

China Review 2022Wie jedes Jahr haben wir auch diesmal einen „China Review 2022“ für Sie zusammengestellt. Basierend auf den Erkenntnissen und Erfahrungen aus unseren Projekten freuen wir uns, Ihnen unsere Einblicke in den Markt und die Wirtschaft sowie einen ersten Ausblick ins Jahr 2023 zu geben.In unserer mehr als 30-jährigen Beratungserfahrung in China haben wir noch nie eine solche Reihe von politischen und wirtschaftlichen Schockwellen erlebt – sowohl international als auch innerhalb Chinas. Der russische Krieg in der Ukraine, gefolgt von steigenden Energiepreisen, enormer Inflation und zunehmender ideologischer Blockbildung waren nicht nur ungünstige Zutaten, die dem globalen „Krisencocktail“ hinzugefügt wurden, …

China Review 2022 – Our market and industry perspectives for you

China Review 2022As every year, we have complied another review „China in 2022“. Based on our insights from consulting projects, we are more than happy to share our market and industry perspectives and first look into 2023.In our entire China consulting practice, spanning more than 30 years, we have never encountered such a series of political and economic shockwaves – both internationally and within China. The Russian war in Ukraine followed by soaring energy prices, sky-high inflation and the increasing ideological bloc formation as well as escalating geo-political tensions between the US and China leading to a new height of …

Quo Vadis Biodegradable Plastics Industry In China?

Quo Vadis Biodegradable Plastics Industry in China?Environmental Background This year in May, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment released a brief report on environmental status-quo of China’s marine ecosystems. It concluded that the environmental performances are generally good, with medium- to low-level floating garbage of ~3.6 kg/km2 on average, while the water quality of estuaries and bays is less than satisfactory, with 21 thousand km2 of sea area of inferior water quality. Plastic is the main pollutant, accounting for 93%, 83% and 76% of floating, beach and submarine debris.China’s Anti-plastic Regulations To deal with ‘white pollution’, China issued a nation-wide …

China’s Oil Refining Industry: From Quantity to Quality

China’s Oil Refining Industry: From Quantity to QualityAfter a period of rapid development, China’s refining industry is moving into a high-quality development stage towards a healthier industrial structure, supported and guided by favorable government policies. Total capacity is expected to reach ca. 1 billion tons by 2025.Market Dynamics Starting from 1978, China’s oil refining industry experienced four major development stages: After an early stage, the scale of SOE’s refining capacity expanded rapidly in the 2020s due to rising demand and extensive new construction (esp. Sinopec and PetroChina). Afterwards, the industry developed steadily, and so-called Teapot refineries entered the picture as …

EAC und ConClimate – Expertendialog Nachhaltigkeit

EAC und ConClimate – Exklusiver ExpertendialogNachhaltigkeit ist nicht länger eine Option – sie ist ein Gebot der Stunde. Selten war das Thema so aktuell wie heute. Die Kooperation zwischen dem Asienspezialisten EAC International Consulting und dem langjährigen Nachhaltigkeitsexperten ConClimate bietet Ihnen die Möglichkeit, Ihre Ansätze im Bereich der Nachhaltigkeit neu zu gestalten und zu optimieren.EAC als Strategieberatung für Wachstumsmärkte in Asien unterstützt globale Unternehmen bei der Definition und Umsetzung ihrer Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie in China und Indien. Zusammen mit ConClimate und deren Software-as-a-Service-Lösung Substain® können wir nahezu alle Szenarien eines modernen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements abdecken und flexibel auf die Bedürfnisse unserer Kunden eingehen.  Unser …

EAC and ConClimate – Expert Exchange Sustainability

EAC and ConClimate – Exclusive Expert DialogueSustainability is no longer an option – it’s an imperative of the hour. Rarely has the topic been as priority as it is today. The cooperation of Asia specialist EAC International Consulting and long-term Sustainability expert ConClimate offers you the opportunity to reshape and optimize your approaches in the field of sustainability.EAC as a strategy consultancy for growth markets in Asia, supports global companies in defining and implementing their sustainability strategy in China and India. Together with ConClimate and their software-as-a-service solution Substain® we can cover virtually all scenarios of modern sustainability management and …

China’s PCR Market – A Localization Case Study

China’s PCR Market – A Localization Case StudyThe demand for PCR equipment has surged in China in recent years, mainly including ordinary PCR (1st generation PCR) and quantitative real-time PCR (2nd generation PCR, also called qPCR). In August 2018, African swine fever emerged in China and spread rapidly across the country, thus high demand for pig testing drove demand for PCR instruments. With the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, China has begun to establish a large amount of PCR laboratories, and the market demand for PCR instruments has experienced a new round of explosive growth. In the whole year of …