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ChemQuest Celebrates 50 Years of Actionable Insights
The ChemQuest Group is pleased and grateful to announce its 50th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1976, ChemQuest has assisted hundreds of clients in thousands of projects and special assignments to identify and implement strategies that enable long-term profitable growth. At its beginning, the company served principally as a provider of market research studies. Today, ChemQuest holds the unique position of trusted partner to clients all along the specialty chemicals and formulated products value chain.
International Growth Continues at ChemQuest with Two New European Directors
The ChemQuest Group is pleased to announce the appointment of two Netherlands-based directors: Erwin Wild and Ruud van der Eerden. Erwin Wild is an experienced international business manager with a 30-year track record in the chemical industry. He combines his passion for innovation with an entrepreneurial attitude in order to develop holistic paths to success. Ruud van der Eerden is a driven strategic executive with more than 35 years of leadership in global strategy, sales, marketing, technology, regulatory, and business management of specialty resins and polymers in CASE and other markets. He has demonstrated expertise in developing and pressure-testing scenarios for business and commercial strategies.
Fallon and Devonport Named ChemQuest VPs
The ChemQuest Group is pleased to announce that Cynthia Fallon, Ph.D., and Wayne Devonport, Ph.D., have joined the firm and will serve as vice presidents. Both will support global clients in projects that span the firm’s service offerings. Fallon is an organic chemist with more than 35 years of experience in the chemical industry, having served in multiple capacities in R&D, new product development, scale-up, quality control, and operations. Devonport is a strategic and customer-oriented leader with global experience building high-performing innovation and R&D teams and delivering profitable growth in the chemical manufacturing industry.
Market Reports
U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2023 – 2028)
Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2024 – 2029)
Articles
A “Solids” Advantage: Versatile Coatings are Suitable for Various Applications
Coatings companies have devoted extensive resources to developing a portfolio of epoxies, polyureas, urethanes, and other hybrid formulations to satisfy the need for environmentally friendly solutions. These coatings are formulated without any solvents or water, thus containing no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). As a result, 100% solids coatings continue to provide superior protection while addressing the performance and regulatory requirements of the more traditional coating formulations. As might be expected, this coating technology change is also accompanied by a change in the equipment required to process these materials.
Industry Q&A: Sustainability
Sustainability in coatings is no longer defined by a single metric—it is shaped by formulation choices, performance expectations, and lifecycle responsibility. In this Q&A for CoatingsTech, Wayne Daniell, Ph.D., shares his perspective on how formulation innovation is driving meaningful progress across the value chain. He also explores the evolving balance between sustainability and performance, and the challenges of translating innovation from the lab to commercial reality.
Managing Complexity: Strategies for Achieving Clarity in Complex Operations
It is a complex undertaking to produce raw materials, specialty chemicals, and formulated products. Even with a strong team working together with the best intentions, this complexity often results in avoidable challenges and even setbacks. Over the course of my career, I’ve seen many companies struggle with complexity-related issues involving a lack of clear direction or inefficient operations — all of which steal from your company’s bottom line and stifle long-term growth.
M&A: Shaping the Adhesives Landscape
The adhesives and sealants industry has historically been an attractive space for investment. The substitution of mechanical fasteners with adhesives, bonding of new substrate materials, changes in packaging materials and design, and growth in medical and electronics (including new formats in wearables) all drive innovation, growth, and new needs in the market. Companies have reconsidered their strategies and shifted their portfolios, and the competitive landscape has undergone many changes over the last couple of decades.
Achieving Durability through Powder Coating: Key Principles and Practices
Durability can take on a variety of meanings in different applications. For some, it may mean exceptional corrosion and chemical resistance in the environment where the coating will be used. For other applications, durability may mean exceptional flexibility and abrasion resistance. In still others, it also frequently means exceptional weathering resistance. The truth is, for most applications, “durability” is a combination of these properties.
Europe’s Tumultuous Chemicals Industry: How are Coatings Impacted?
Europe’s chemical sector is entering a period of accelerating decline, with ageing infrastructure, high energy costs, and aggressive global expansion elsewhere eroding competitiveness. Whereas the news headlines have focussed so far on the plant closures, the greater underlying fear is of a detrimental knock-on or domino effect, not only within the entire chemicals supply chain, but extending into downstream European industries such as automotive, industrial manufacturing, electronics, or construction.
Newsletters
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – July/August 2024
Business Cycle Analysis is a powerful tool that enables companies to proactively assess the economy, identify trends, and capitalize on emerging opportunities. Just as we encourage clients to explore BCA—and we frequently apply the tool in our work on their behalf—I...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – May/June 2024
Certainly on paper, moving your production may seem like a clear, straightforward solution to numerous operational challenges. In practice, however, the process is extremely complicated with myriad issues that need to be fully considered in order to ensure success....
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – March/April 2024
Although remote communication has become the norm, nothing can replace in-person interactions. The ability to fully articulate ideas and concepts without time constraints, to have spontaneous discussions, to meet unexpected new colleagues – these are just a few of the...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – January/February 2024
New Year’s resolutions are notoriously difficult to achieve. As 2024 gets fully underway, be assured that we at ChemQuest are always resolved – 24/7/365 – to support you and your business. Our team is uniquely equipped to not only help you identify achievable goals...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – November/December 2023
As the holiday season approaches and we begin to consider year-end results, the specialty chemicals sector can look back on 2023 as a stabilizing time. The major disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and various supply chain crises are finally in the past, and...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – September/October 2023
We have heard from many companies in the specialty chemicals sector over the past several months that they are experiencing challenges with their technology development efforts. These issues often arise from an urgent material substitution need, difficulty...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Summer 2023
Our ever-pivoting industry and economy continues to surprise and challenge us. Globally, we have experienced a significant shift due to various factors such as energy price volatility, government policy changes, economic uncertainty, supply chain disruption, and...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Spring 2023
A common question we hear when meeting new industry partners is, “What exactly does ChemQuest do?” The answer is actually quite simple: We help our clients make decisions that enable profitable growth. The ChemQuest commitment to the global specialty chemical...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Q4 2022
Collectively, our world faced myriad uncertainties in 2022: historic inflation, continued ramifications from COVID-19, supply chain challenges, lack of access to raw materials, labor shortages, energy concerns, and the war in Ukraine. Consumer demands for sustainable...
The ChemQuest Group Newsletter – Q3 2022
While the industry has seen significant hurdles in the first three quarters of 2022, there have also been significant developments this year for increasing innovation and resilience, acquisitions and divestments, and operational excellence. ChemQuest has seen...
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