Publication Date:
2016-07-23
Description:
During the past years cost pressure on the European chemical companies grew dramatically by increased competition from low-labor-cost BRIC countries on the one side and the U.S., favored by decreased energy costs due to shale gas exploitation, on the other side. Raising costs for energy consumption and wages come on top. Lonza, as a mid-sized chemical company located in a high-income-country, faced the need of cost reduction long time before and established highly efficient procedures in both, development and production, with the aim to decrease costs and already successfully applied since years. The paper describes some of the applied techniques in detail and shows their potential in terms of time and cost reduction. Furthermore, Lonza works with great emphasis on future solutions.
Print ISSN:
0930-7516
Electronic ISSN:
1521-4125
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
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