Global chemical companies have been restructured and reorganized their portfolio by MA & A (Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances) to survive in the fiercely competition not only with the western chemical companies but also with emerging chemical companies in Asia and the Middle East driven by rapidly growing chemicals market and by cost advantages based on feedstocks.

Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances in the Global Chemical Industry

Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances in the Chemical Industry

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-How to survive in the fiercely competitive markets -

How to survive in the fiercely competitive markets
Global chemical companies have been restructured and reorganized their portfolio by MA & A (Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances) to survive in the fiercely competition not only with the western chemical companies but also with emerging chemical companies in Asia and the Middle East driven by rapidly growing chemicals market and by cost advantages based on feedstocks.
The report has scrutinized and analyzed the strategic business portfolio restructuring of each of the major chemical companies in recent years, to find out the background reasons why some companies have survived and others failed. As such, the report reveals insights as to what a chemical company should do and what it should not do.
The report warrants close attention, particularly by those who directly or indirectly engage in the chemicals industries. The report is a totally revised version of “Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances in the Chemical Industry”published in 2002.


The report contains the followings chemical companies and is composed of 10 chapters.
1. Reorganizations in the chemical industry
2. Reorganization of the giant chemical companies of the UK and the Netherlands
3. Reorganization of German chemical giants
4. Strategies of major chemical companies in the world
5. Features of major chemical companies in the Western countries
6. Features of major chemical companies in Asia and Middle East
7. Investment strategies of the giant chemical companies with regards China
8. Activities in Asia of major global chemical companies
9. Competitive strength of chemical companies in the world and in Asia
10. Supply-demand forecast of petrochemicals in the world and in Asia


The research team has surveyed and analyzed the industry extensively over the five years since the previous report published in 2002. It has conducted field surveys in Asia and the West to obtain very valuable and detailed information and data, which are available only in such field surveys, to add to those gathered daily. We have also received valuable information kindly provided by a number of organizations and individuals in Asia, the West and Japan during the process of information exchanges with them.
The writer & editor-in-chief of the report also did 30 international presentations on chemicals and petrochemicals in Asia and the West, all of which were favorably received.

 

 

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Contents outline

Executive Summary
Chapter 1 Reorganizations in the chemical industry
  • 1. Industrial reorganizations and growth of business
    corporations
    1.1 How big business corporations attained their growth
    1.2 Brief history of industrial reorganizations
    1.3 Industrial reorganizations in Japan
    1.4 Difference in industrial reorganization processes in USA
    and in Japan
    2. Industrial reorganizations in chemical industry
    2.1 Distinctive features of chemical industry
    2.2 History of chemical industry
    2.3 Business patterns of chemical companies
    2.4 Reorganizations in chemical industry
Chapter 2 Reorganization of the giant chemical companies of the UK and the Netherlands
  • 1. Restructuring of ICI, UK
    1.1 Business features of ICI
    1.2 Direction ICI intended
    1.3 Process of ICI business restructuring
    1.4 Assessment of ICI business restructuring
    2. MA&A of INEOS, UK
    2.1 An overview
    2.2 Organization of INEOS
    2.3 Business fields of INEOS
    2.4 History of INEOS
    2.5 Management strategy of INEOS
    2.6 MA&A activities of INEOS
    2.7 Strengthening of the existing business of INEOS
    2.8 R&D investment of INEOS
    2.9 Financial performance of INEOS
    2.10 Production-related companies of INEOS
    3. Restructuring of DSM, the Netherlands
    3.1 An overview of the business restructuring of DSM
    3.2 Business change in DSM business restructuring
    3.3Criteria for business restructuring of DSM
Chapter 3 Reorganization of German chemical giants
  • 1. Reorganization of German chemical companies
    1.1 The roots of German chemical companies
    1.2 The necessity of the restructuring of German chemical companies
    1.3 Restructuring of the German chemical companies
    1.4 Future development
    2. Hoechst case
    2.1 Business features of Hoechst
    2.2 The direction and the restructuring Hoechst intended
    2.3 Assessment of the business restructuring of Hoechst
    3. Bayer case
    3.1 Business features of Bayer
    3.2 The direction and the restructuring Bayer intended
    3.3 Assessment of the business restructuring of Bayer
    4. BASF case
    4.1 Business content of BASF
    4.2 The direction and the restructuring BASF intended
    4.3 The assessment of the business restructuring of BASF
Chapter 4 Strategies of chemical companies in the world
  • 1. Strategies of the Western chemical companies
    1.1 Basell Polyolefins (LyondellBasell Industries)
    1.2 BASF, 1.3 Bayer, 1.4 BP
    1.5 Ciba Specialty Chemicals
    1.6 Clariant
    1.7 Dow Chemical
    1.8 DSM, 1.9 DuPont
    1.10 Enichem (presently Syndial)
    1.11ExxonMobil Chemical
    1.12 Rhodia
    1.13 Rohm and Haas
    1.14 Shell Chemicals
    1.15 Total Petrochemicals
    1.16 Summing up restructuring of major western chemical companies
    1.17 Six sigma
    2. Strategies of chemical companies in Asia & Middle-east
    2.1 PetroChina (China)
    2.2 Sinopec group (China)
    2.3 Reliance (India)
    2.4 Formosa Plastics group (Taiwan)
    2.5 PTT group (Thailand)
    2.6 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic, Saudi Arabia)
    2.7 National Petrochemicals Company (Iran)
    3. Strategies of Japanese chemicals companies
    3.1 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
    3.2 Asahi Kasei
    3.3 Sumitomo Chemical
    3.4 Mitsui Chemicals
Chapter 5 Features of major chemical companies in the Western countries
  • 1. Atofina, 2. Basell Polyolefins, 3. BASF, 4. Bayer, 5. BP
    1. Basell Polyolefins (LyondellBasell Industries)
    1.1Company profile
    1.2Recent performance
    1.3Recent MA&A and topics
    1.4Divisional business performance
    1.5Others
    2. BASF, 3. Bayer, 4. Celanese
    5. Ciba Specialty Chemicals, 6. Clariant
    7. Dow Chemical, 8. DSM, 9. DuPont
    10. Eastman Chemical Corporation
    11. ExxonMobil Chemical, 12. Rhodia
    13. Rohm and Haas, 14. Sanofi-aventis, 15. Sasol
    16. Shell Chemicals, 17. Solvay
    18. Total Petrochemicals, 19. 3M Corporation
Chapter 6 Features of major chemical companies in Asia and Middle East
  • 1. Asian and Middle East chemical companies
    1.1 China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc, China)
    1.2 CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC, Taiwan)
    1.3 Formosa Plastics group (FPG, Taiwan)
    1.4 Kuwait Petroleum Corporation(KPC, Kuwait)
    1.5 LG group companies (Korea)
    1.6 Lotte group (Korea)
    1.7 National Petrochemical Company (NPC, Iran)
    1.8 PetroChina (China)
    1.9 Petronas (Malaysia)
    1.10 Petrovietnam (Vietnam)
    1.11 PT Pertamina (Indonesia)
    1.12 PTT Public Company Limited (Thailand)
    1.13 The Reliance Industries limited (India)
    1.14 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Saudi Arabia)
    1.15 Siam Cement group (Thailand)
    1.16 Sinopec group (China)
    1.17 Titan Chemicals Corporation Berhard (Malaysia)
    1.18 Yeochun NCC (Korea)
    2. Japanese chemical companies
    2.1 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
    2.2 Asahi Kasei
    2.3 Sumitomo Chemical
    2.4 Mitsui Chemicals, 2.5 Showa Denko
    2.6 Ube Industries, 2.7 Tosoh
    2.8 Shin-Etsu Chemical
    2.9 Toray
    2.10 Teijin
Chapter 7 Investment strategies of the giant chemical companies with regards China
  • 1. Investment strategy of BP to China
    1.1 Strategy and background of BP investment to China in chemicals
    1.2 Shanghai Secco petrochemical project from project materialization to the start-up
    1.3 Implementation and current status of Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co.
    2. Investment strategy of BASF to China
    2.1 Strategy and background of BASF investment to China in chemicals
    2.2 Nanjing petrochemical project from its materialization to the start-up thereof
    2.3 Implementation and current status of BASF-YPC Co. Ltd.
    3. Investment strategy of Shell to China
    3.1 Strategy and background of Shell investment to China in chemicals
    3.2 Nanhai petrochemical project from the materialization to the start of test run
    3.3 Implementation and current status of Cnooc and Shell Petrochemical Company Limited (CSPCL)
    4. Investment strategy of ExxonMobil to China
    4.1 Strategy and background of ExxonMobil investment in chemicals
    4.2 Development of Fujian oil/petrochemical project
    4.3 Implementation plan and current status of Fujian Refining & Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Chapter 8 Activities in Asia of major global chemical companies
  • 1. Activities in Asia of Western chemical companies
    1.1 Basell Polyolefins, 1.2 BASF, 1.3 Bayer
    1.4 BP, 1.5 Celanese, 1.6 Chevron Phillips
    1.7 Dow Chemical, 1.8 DuPont
    1.9 ExxonMobil Chemical, 1.10 Lanxess, 1.11 Rhodia
    1.12 Shell Chemicals, 1.13 Total (Former Atofina)
    1.14 Other Western chemical companies
    2. Activities in Asia of Asian chemical companies
    2.1 Asahi Kasei Corporation, 2.2 FPG
    2.3 LG Chem, 2.4 Mitsubishi Chemical
    2.5 Mitsui Chemicals, 2.6 Petronas
    2.7 Reliance, 2.8 Sabic
    2.9 Sumitomo Chemical, 2.10 Toray Chapter 9 Competitive strength of chemical companies in the world and in Asia
    1. Overview of restructuring of chemical companies
    2. Petrochemicals production capacity in the world and in Asia
    3. Restructuring of chemical companies in petrochemicals in the world and in Asia
    3.1 Basic chemicals
    3.2 Intermediate chemicals
    3.3 Plastics
Chapter 9 Competitive strength of chemical companies in the world and in Asia
  • 1. Overview of restructuring of chemical companies 2. Petrochemicals production capacity in the world and in Asia 3. Restructuring of chemical companies in petrochemicals in the world and in Asia 3.1 Basic chemicals 3.2 Intermediate chemicals 3.3 Plastics /li>
Chapter 10 Supply-demand forecast of petrochemicals in the world and in Asia
  • 1. Current situation and future prospect of supply-demand petrochemicals in the world 2. Current situation and future prospect of supply-demand petrochemicals in Asia and Middle East
  • Attachment: Directories of petrochemical companies in Asia 653
  • References
  • Abbreviations
  • Index
  • Postscript

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