My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers – Dr. Balaji B. Singh Conferences serve a vital role in keeping up with the latest developments and interacting with colleagues who have the same goals and objectives in mind. We don’t understand what it is with the organizations. The marketing/salespeople who have the money…
My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers – Dr. Balaji B. Singh India – China Opportunities and Reactions of people who visit for the first time With PlastIndia just completed and ChinaPlas around the corner, the thoughts turn to the media coverage of the plastics industry and life in these countries. It…
My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers –The Shift of Basic R&D to India and China – Dr. Balaji B. Singh Chemical Market Resources Inc. just completed the FlexPO2006 conference in Singapore. The conference was a roaring success. After the last four years of languishing in depressing North American polyolefins prospects, no…
My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers –The Shift of Basic R&D to India and China – Dr. Balaji B. Singh The polymer industry unanimously decided to shift the basic R&D functions to China and/or India. Both China and India, without a doubt, offer a better Intellectual capita/ R&D dollar. The shift,…
My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers – Dr. Balaji B. Singh Going to India – India is currently the land of opportunity for new and innovative petrochemicals and plastics developments. However, the outside opinion of India is much influenced by Reliance’s operations, plans, and forecasts. There is a whole world out…
My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers – The Need for Business Training for Technical Professionals – Dr. Balaji B. Singh Need for Business Training for Technical Professionals – The Global move to equalize prosperity results in a slight lull for advanced and super innovations for a while (justifiably so.. until balanced…
My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers – A New Revolution Coming up in Polyolefins – Olefin Block Copolymers – Dr. Balaji B. Singh Olefin Block Copolymers – The Next Product Offering from the Polyolefin Innovators? The concept of olefin copolymers (random, and/or block, segmented, reproducible, homopolymer-based, copolymer based, stereospecific, etc.,) has…
My Turn – Commentary Petrochemical Step Children of Big Oil Companies – Time to Wake Up! Dr. Balaji B. Singh Global petrochemicals can broadly be classified into two classes: (1) those with oil company heritage and (2) those without oil company heritage. The petrochemical companies with oil company heritage suffer a double whammy –…
My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 ✿The conference is now in its 13th year – Always winning kudos from all of the attendees for having the best blend of technology and marketing issues ✿ Every session and its papers are…
My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 1. Overview of innovative developments in Olefin Block Copolymers from most major organizations including, Dow, ExxonMobil, Sumitomo, Mitsui, Universities, etc., Get a good start on this new growth area – what is it? When…