Coronavirus accelerates digitisation in chemicals R&D, new manufacturing technologies

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English - July 13, 2020 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB
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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating adoption of new digitisation techniques and innovative chemical manufacturing technologies, according to leading industry commentators.
- Pharma and chemicals are using innovative R&D in the quest for virus treatments and vaccines
- Reshoring of supply chains means now is perfect time to invest in new manufacturing technologies
- Developing world poverty will drag down economic growth and chemicals demand
- Chemicals could see weak July and August as oil price falls, inventory is destocked
- China will run its plants hard leading to oversupply in other markets
- China chemicals demand could be weaker than 2019