Kurita America's digital journey
Kevin Milici, executive vice president with Kurita America, joins the podcast to discuss the company's approach to digitalization in water treatment, and its role in reuse and recycle of water.
Jun 17, 2021•30 min
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Going modular
Brian Loftus, vice president with Koch Modular, joins the podcast to discuss the benefits and challenges of modular construction for chemical facilities, with a particular eye towards sustainability.
May 26, 2021•36 min
The journey to digital
Erik Viens, director with digital platform start-up ChemVM, joins the podcast to discuss the long, and often surprising, history of efforts to bring the chemical industry into the digital world.
May 03, 2021•44 min
New developments in climate policy
Anne Kolton, executive vice president/sustainability, market outreach and communications at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), and Ross Eisenberg, vice president/federal affairs at ACC, join the podcast to discuss climate policy in the Biden administration and ACC's climate priorities.
Apr 22, 2021•35 min
Embedding sustainability into R&D
In this sponsored episode, Natalia Scherbakoff, global director/technology and innovation at Trinseo, discusses how to embed sustainability into the operations of an R&D organization at a major chemical maker, including challenges, opportunities, and best practices for agenda-setting. This episode is sponsored by Trinseo. To hear more from Natalia Scherbakoff and other leaders in specialty chemicals, register for Chemical Week's Specialty Strategies Forum on April 14. To learn more click her...
Apr 08, 2021•20 min
Dan Yergin and The New Map
Dan Yergin, IHS Markit vice chairman, chats with Chem Week publisher and IHS Markit vice president Lyn Tattum about his latest book, The New Map. Live from the 2021 World Petrochemical Conference. To access session from this year's WPC on-demand, go to wpc.ihsmarkit.com.
Mar 24, 2021•22 min
The post-COVID economic outlook
Nariman Behravesh, senior economic advisor with IHS Markit, joins the podcast to discuss the economic outlook as vaccines start to blunt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulus boosts sentiment.
Mar 16, 2021•23 min
Machine learning and chemicals production
Berk Birand, CEO of machine learning software firm Fero Labs, joins the podcast to discuss what this emerging technology can do for chemical production, including key applications in sustainability and circular economy.
Feb 26, 2021•25 min
New digital tools in water treatment
Greg Bock, vice president and general manager at Anue Water Technologies, joins the podcast to discuss how digital tools underpin the company's technology.
Feb 11, 2021•23 min
2021 outlook
CW editors Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk discuss the outlook for 2021, a year that should see a rebound in demand as the COVID-19 pandemic fades, but with significant uncertainty around that. Sustainability, the energy transition, and geopolitical instability remain major longer-term themes.
Jan 13, 2021•45 min
Lummus and TCG go digital
Leon de Bruyn, CEO of Lummus Technology, and Debdas Sen, CEO of TCG Digital, join the podcast to discuss their new joint venture, Lummus Digital. They also discuss some of the challenges faced by chemical companies in digitalization, and the practical meaning of some digital-adjacent buzzwords.
Dec 16, 2020•24 min
Waste to plastics
In this sponsored episode, UBQ Materials' Sophie Tuviahu and Mainetti's Jeffrey Hsu join the podcast to discuss a partnership that's turning household waste into useful everyday products. This episode is sponsored by UBQ Materials, a start-up that has found a way to transform unsorted household waste into a bio-based thermoplastic. To learn more, visit www.ubqmaterials.com.
Nov 16, 2020•23 min
BASF's green bonds
Dirk Elvermann, president/corporate finance at BASF, joins the podcast to discuss the company's green bond issue this past spring, a first for the industry.
Nov 06, 2020•21 min
Digital distribution
Christophe Cabarry, CEO of SpecialChem, joins the podcast to discuss digitalization's promise and pitfalls for the chemical distribution sector.
Oct 16, 2020•28 min
Overview of specialty chemicals
Aida Jebens, Associate Director/Specialty Chemicals Insights at IHS Markit joins the podcast to discuss the latest Overview of the Specialty Chemicals Industry report. Key topics include the growth outlook for specialty chemicals, the impact of COVID-19, and which market sectors have the best prospects. To learn more about the report, visit: https://ihsmarkit.com/products/specialty-chemicals-update-program.html
Sep 16, 2020•15 min
Genomatica's sustainability survey
Christophe Schilling, CEO and co-founder of biochems firm Genomatica, joins the podcast to discuss the results of the company's recent survey on public attitudes towards sustainability in the US. Key findings include that the public, especially younger generations, considers sustainability important even in the midst of a global pandemic.
Sep 01, 2020•35 min
Coatings and the future of mobility
PPG's Rebecca Liebert and Peter Votruba-Drzal joint the podcast to discuss the company's initiatives in coatings for electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles.
Aug 06, 2020•27 min
Re-imagining customer engagement in specialties
Joe Lupia, head of technology and product stewardship at Elementis, joins the podcast to discuss how the company engaging with customers and employees in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jun 22, 2020•25 min
The outlook after earnings season
CW editors Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk chat about the recently-concluded earnings season, with an eye towards the uncertain outlook for the second half of 2020.
May 28, 2020•38 min
A conversation with Frank Bergonzi of Azelis
Azelis Americas CEO Frank Bergonzi joins the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about his career, the company's rapid growth, and what Covid-19 means for chemicals distribution.
May 08, 2020•29 min
Digitalization in the time of Covid-19
Manish Chawla, global managing director/energy and natural resources at IBM, joins CW's Rob Westervelt to discuss the industry's progress in digitalization, and what the Covid-19 pandemic means for the future of digital tools in industry.
Apr 22, 2020•25 min
The Covid-19 pandemic hits industry
CW editors Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk chat about what we've seen so far from the chemical industry's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and what could happen going forward.
Apr 01, 2020•27 min
Socma's Jennifer Abril
Socma president Jennifer Abril joins the podcast to discuss her career and the progression of women in the specialty chemicals industry. Live from Specialty & Custom Chemicals America in Fort Worth, Texas.
Mar 04, 2020•9 min
ChemChina-Sinochem and the future of ag
Sanjiv Rana, editor-in-chief of Agrow, joins the podcast to discuss the ChemChina-Sinochem ag merger and its implications for the agchems industry.
Feb 05, 2020•13 min
2020 Outlook
In our third annual outlook podcast, CW editors Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk chat about what's in store for the industry in 2020.
Jan 17, 2020•29 min
"Dark Waters" and industry's reputation
In CW's first-ever movie review podcast, Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk chat about the recent film "Dark Waters," which takes an often-scathing look at one of the largest environmental cases in the industry's history.
Dec 31, 2019•24 min
Moody's on 2020 and credit markets
John Rogers, senior vice president at Moody's Investors Service, joins the podcast to discuss Moody's view on chemicals and credit markets in 2020.
Dec 19, 2019•12 min
Innovation at PPG
David Bem, chief technology officer at PPG Industries, joins the podcast to discuss the R&D function at PPG.
Nov 26, 2019•28 min
Earnings so far
CW editors Rob Westervelt and Vincent Valk sit down to discuss third-quarter 2019 earnings so far, with a focus on the softening economy and the 2020 outlook.
Nov 06, 2019•15 min
The shaky economy
ACC chief economist Kevin Swift joins the podcast to discuss the mixed signals emanating from a soft economy.
Sep 18, 2019•19 min
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