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CIEX 2020: Pre-Conference Interview with Richard Haldimann, Head of Sustainability for Clariant

At the upcoming CIEX 2020 Virtual conference on 7th – 8th October, Richard Haldimann Head of Sustainability Transformation at CLARIANT will discuss innovation driven by circular economy in his presentation “Gaining competitive advantage with the circular economy – Sustainability transformation at Clariant’’ We have spoken to Richard about his topic of choice and his motivation for joining CIEX […]

Embedding Sustainability into Daily Business

CIEX 2020 VIRTUAL conference is just around the corner and as part of our pre-conference interviews we recently spoke with Pascal Chalvon, Chief Sustainability & Energy Officer at SOLVAY about the highlights of his session on translating sustainability into daily business and the main challenges. Question #1: Without giving too much away – what is […]

Enabling the circular economy through collaborative partnerships

CIEX 2020 Pre-Conference Interview with Hanno Bruemmer, SVP Polyurethane Global Production & Technology at Covestro In the run-up to the CIEX 2020 conference, we caught up with Hanno Bruemmer, Senior Vice President Polyurethane Global Production & Technology at COVESTRO who will reveal his secrets of driving efficiency and innovation in the chemical industry on October […]

VP Technology Strategy & Deployment

In the run of our pre-conference interviews, we recently spoke to Dr. Peter Nieuwenhuizen from ENERKEM who will be participating at our upcoming CIEX Europe 2019 conference will go LIVE on Oct 09-10 in Frankfurt. Question #1: Without giving too much away – what is the core message of your two contributions and what would you like delegates to remember? […]

CIEX 2019: Pre-Conference Interview with Clariant’s CTO

In the run-up to the CIEX 2019 conference, we caught up with Dr. Martin Vollmer, CTO at Clariant who will be revealing his secrets of driving efficiency and innovation in the chemical industry on October 9 in Frankfurt. We had a few questions for him related to his session, to warm up a bit for […]

State of the Industry: Reinvent your innovation processes!

Innovation will be a key driver for success in the chemical industry, but only if the concept of innovation itself is reinvented. In the run-up to CIEX 2019 we asked our speakers to share their thoughts on the industry’s innovation efforts and what must be done to successfully prepare for the future. Braskem’s European CEO, […]

Smart manufacturing – Leveraging on data-driven innovation

At the upcoming CIEX Europe 2019 conference on 9th – 10th October in Frankfurt, Germany, Jane Arnold, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Process Control Technology at Covestro will discuss data-driven innovation in her presentation “Smart manufacturing – Leveraging on data-driven innovation”. We have spoken to Jane about her topic of choice and her […]