- Purchasing chemicals from India: Lots of opportunities
India is the fourth largest economy in the world, after the U.S., China and Japan, and the country is beginning to use its financial muscle to export products worldwide, including chemicals. According to K. Ravimurthy, a senior analyst with ARC Advisory Group, Bangalore, India, the development of the Indian chemical ......
- JAPAN, CHINA, AND THE U.S. CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
Exchange rate protectionism is a subject much in the news these days especially in regard to the actions of Japan and China in foreign exchange markets and in the financing of the U.S. current account deficit. I will discuss each of these issues in turn. Japan's Rebound I remain encouraged ......
- AMEC lands share of $154m Iraq
contract.
AMEC, the international engineering services company with major operations in the U.S., will play an important role in the restoration of Iraq following the award of work worth US$154 million to Fluor Corporation, on which AMEC will act as prime subcontractor. The work, which involves restoration of damaged power generation, ......
- On the Job.
People In The News People On The Move ARCHITECTURE/CONSTRUCTION Nancy McClain, PE, to assistant director of the Civil Engineering Department and All Zorkot, PE, to manager of commercial/institutional projects in the Structural Engineering Department at BEI Associates Inc. in Detroit. Forrest Henry, assistant executive vice president of The Associated General ......
- The trade deficit with China: a case study in
corporate America's successful global marketing.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The growing trade deficit with China reached an astronomical high in the year 2000 of $83.8 billion. This is in just one year and with just one country! As of August 1996, the trade deficit with China surpassed the deficit with Japan. This paper views the trade deficit ......
- ICG Japan
It's clear that we have to win in Japan to be a global player in B2B," contends Joseph Kim, managing director and CEO of ICG Japan, addressing the new entity's mission within the parent company's long-term strategy. Kim, formerly a senior managing director of H&Q Asia Pacific, firmly believes the ......
- Demand remains strong despite high prices
Outstanding is a good word to use to describe the kind of year Purchasing's top 100 chemical distributors had in 2005. Costs for such feedstocks as petroleum and natural gas were higher, but demand for chemicals was strong. Result: Distributors, responding to the Purchasing top 100 survey raised their prices ......