GLG News by Rubber Experts

  The article in the news today about the reduction of health care benefits planned for GM salaried retirees is very sad .We are talking about folks in their seventies and eighties who gave their lives to the company. People who were told almost annually that the size of their wage increases...

Pharmaceutical companies are exploring different avenues to sustain their profits. They might have to pick a road that has been alien to a large extent. I believe the new road will result in big profits. 

Leadership at the top will just double the problem with the merger.

Two weak companies with same failed strategy equals a diaster unless changes at top are part of deal.

Polymer prices are beginning to fall in Europe with supply on its way from the Middle East.  However, it is the weak demand driving down prices, not the cheap supply from new Middle Eastern plants.

Ranbaxy can use these citations to create an opportunity if they use this incident to improve their operations and do more.They could use improve their formulation technology to move away from batch to continuous formulations. Would they avail this bump to enhance the manufactuirng technology?

The Business Week article “Outsourcing the Drug Industry” gives the impression that screening of the potential drugs in India or China would ultimately reduce the cost of drugs for the patients. This would be an incorrect conclusion. Drug costs can only be lowered if the patent-centric model (limited ...

Private investment firms have supported dynamic growth in the chemical industry.

A Sea Change has occurred in the Tire Industry. Major changes in production locations, pricing strategy,capital investment are happening today.

Ethylene producers have returned to profitability.  While ethylene prices are dropping quickly, feedstock prices are dropping faster.  While heavy feedstock cracking may still be negative, the overall industry (median margins) are back in positive territory.  Derivative margins are quite...