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Phoenix-like from the ashes
An idea for this post came to me as I reread, probably for the fifth time, John LeCarre’s iconic novel “The Spy who came in from the Cold”. Set in East and West Germany during the Cold War, the novel captured conditions on the … Continue reading
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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Biochemicals: Desirable Innovation Model
Sunday’s New York Times a couple of weeks ago had an interesting article on innovation and job creation, with emphasis on the fact that companies are sitting on a great deal of money, because they see so few opportunitie to … Continue reading
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
Much Higher CAFE Standards: Machine dreams
Earlier this week, the New York Times ran an article on Obama’s new rules which would raise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. There are a lot of questions about how this … Continue reading
Nanotechnology thoughts
I thought I should look into this subject, which has promised big things. So, I put nano and successes into Google and discovered….no particular “breakthroughs”. How is that possible? I then looked at some chemical journals and other sources to learn more. From what … Continue reading
Posted in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Industry, Energy Industry, Manufacturing
Tagged Manufacturing
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Chemical Industry Consolidations: It’s about time
In a chapter for my second book, The Chemical Industry at the Millennium, my friend John Roberts, a leading chemical industry analyst, discussed the broad and varied landscape of the chemical industry some ten years ago. He pointed out that in several other key industries … Continue reading
Rare Earths: China still in control
In a post late last year I pointed out that China developed what amounted to an essential monopoly on the manufacture of these unusual elements (usually sold as oxides) as a result of the fact that the only American producer (Molycorp) … Continue reading
Carbon fiber futures
It is a foregone conclusion that more and more plastics will be used in the construction of automobile bodies to reduce weight and make it possible for manufacturers to achieve the much higher fleet average MPG standards mandated by the so-called CAFE regulations. Cars … Continue reading
Clarifying regional gasoline prices
By now almost everyone is aware that there are substantial price differences at the gasoline pump when you start travelling across the country. I decided to look into this. The reasons why regular gasoline may sell for $ 3.40 in Wyoming versus $ 4.40 in California … Continue reading
