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North American competitveness: Mexico rising
In several previous posts and in my Ted speech I talked about the “renaissance” of the North American manufacturing industry with emphasis on our energy and petrochemical industries. Let me now broaden this to include Mexico, our NAFTA neighbor, which is a … Continue reading
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Tagged competitiveness, Manufacturing, petrochemical
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Global Manufacturing Investments: America is Gaining
As the nation starts to consider whether the current administration has done enough to create domestic manufacturing jobs, some favorable trends are occuring that will lead to more jobs. Multinational corporations are strongly decelerating their investments in China while increasing their … Continue reading
Fixing Progressive Decline in U.S. Competitiveness: Porter Speaks Out
I tune in to “Morning Joe” on MSNBC most mornings and so a couple of weeks ago one of the guests was Michael Porter, the well known guru on corporate strategy at the Harvard Business School. The subject was a survey conducted by HBS, … Continue reading
TED: I salute chemical engineers
In late March I was asked to speak at a TEDx conference hosted by the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. Although the theme of the conference was Sustainability,Professor Mike Ehrlich, who coordinated the event, said I should choose a … Continue reading
Posted in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Industry, Energy Industry
Tagged Career, competitiveness, natural gas, petrochemical, petroleum
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Manufacture Renaissance to Broaden
The impressive comeback of our domestic petrochemical industry due to advances in oil and gas drilling technologies is shortly to be joined by a “renaissance” of manufacturing in other industries. A recent reportby the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) predicts that … Continue reading
TEDx lecture
It seems that my articles on the chemical and energy industries, focussing frequently on the chemical engineering profession and on the “renaissance” of American manufacturing, have succeeded in creating a larger audience. On the evening of March 23rd, I will … Continue reading
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U.S. Natural Gas: The big picture
Controversy will continue because of continuing incidents where “fracking” has introduced chemicals and natural gas directly or indirectly into household drinking water. This situation must and will be dealt with by regulatory authorities, but we must nevertheless be steadfast in developing the resource– in … Continue reading
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Tagged competitiveness, Manufacturing, natural gas, petrochemical
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Petrochemical Industry Regains Its Mojo
When the domestic petrochemical industry was created in the 1950s, the U.S. became the first large-scale producer of olefins (ethylene, propylene) from natural gas liquids (ethane, propane) extracted from natural gas. Availability of natural gas at 25 cents per million Btu on the … Continue reading
