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Chemicals Industry Solutions

Global chemical data, benchmarking, forecasts, and analyses along with pricing, standards, engineering, supply chain management and sustainability solutions.

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    Planning
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    Management
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    Sustainability
  • The global chemicals industry faces economic and environmental pressures, and a growing regulatory landscape. IHS has the critical information and insight to effectively plan, design, operate, comply and sustain:

    • Strategic planning, from portfolio analysis to measuring the impact of economy fluctuations.
    • Supply management for materials pricing, selection, inventory optimization, and compliance.
    • Information and tools to support Engineering, Design and Construction.
    • Environmental, health, safety and sustainability solutions.

    Where IHS Can Help

    • Industry service to help decide which emerging markets to target.
    • Content, tools, services and insight for pricing and purchasing materials, chemical lifecycle management and MRO inventory optimization.
    • Validated engineering/design methods, industry standards, regulations, supplier catalogs, and project costing.
    • Greening the supply chain, crisis and incident management, and environmental consulting.
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    Strategic Planning
    Supply Management
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    EHS & Sustainability

    Strategic Planning

    Evaluate more than 170 industries within the United States and more than 90 industries around the world. Our global and U.S. services enable clients to:

    • Size, compare, and rank industries.
    • Target promising markets, while avoiding high-risk situations.
    • Benchmark and forecast company sales.
    • Allocate resources and manage production more effectively.
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    Supply Management

    Understand how, when, and why prices will move, and how to manage your indirect materials and inventory.

    • Quantify the sources of price change.
    • Better understand suppliers' cost structures.
    • Focus on the outlook for key commodity prices and labor costs.
    • Cleanse and standardize MRO material descriptions and optimize order metrics.
    • Learn More

    Engineering, Design & Construction

    Design, build, and maintain your plants and facilities using engineering and construction best practices, while complying with applicable codes and regulations.

    • Access and manage building codes, validated design methods, engineering standards, regulations and associated documentation.
    • Find and manage information on building products, services, manufacturers and suppliers.
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    EHS & Sustainability

    IHS has proven experience providing chemical industry leaders with complete information management solutions for:

    • Environmental Performance
    • Health & Safety
    • Product Stewardship
    • Operational Risk
    • Energy & Carbon
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  • Whether you are an international conglomerate or a U.S.-focused company, we have the market-sizing tools you need to identify new business opportunities, minimize risk, measure sector performance, and benchmark and forecast company sales.
    Business NeedProducts and Services
    Understand long-term market trends for key chemicals, plastics and fiber intermediates from the world's leading chemical industry experts.
    • IHS Chemical World Analysis
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical World Analysis

      Annual reports with mid-year update on supply-demand trends, with online database access, including production capacity by company/location updated daily.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics for over 300 high-interest industrial chemicals.
    • IHS Chemical Economics Handbook
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Economics Handbook

      In-depth information on over 300 industrial chemicals, including producers and capacity, overview of technology and key trends, supply and demand, end uses and markets.

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    Understand global supply and market dynamics of specialty chemicals, including coverage by application or functional area.
    • IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program
      Description of Product

      IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program

      Reports offering in-depth coverage by market or functional area for specialty chemicals, including products and functions, market size and outlook, trends, threats and opportunities.

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    Understand competitive positioning of major chemical producers including strategic direction, market orientation, production capacity and degree of integration.
    • IHS Chemical Company Analysis
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Company Analysis

      Reports with in-depth coverage of a major chemical company, including manufacturing locations, material flows, business analysis and outlook and strategic positioning.

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    Formulate timely, successful plans for growth in the rapidly changing chemical industry.
    • IHS Chemical Consulting
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Consulting

      Strategic investment studies, benchmarking and commercial and technical advisory services based on deep understanding of the chemical industry.

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    Understand the details of the rapidly growing chemical industry in China to identify opportunities and threats.
    • IHS Chemical China Report
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      IHS Chemical China Report

      Authoritative analysis of more than 135 individual chemical markets and 13 key market sectors in China, including producing companies and capacity, recent pricing, trading trends and forecast of supply-demand.

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    Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and markets for bio-based materials as feedstocks for renewable chemicals and plastics.
    • IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series

      Special reports providing data, insight and analysis to understand threats and opportunities facing the chemical and related industries for bio-based materials and green technologies.

      Learn More

    Assess the impact of high-profile topics of key interest to the chemical industry.
    • IHS Chemical Special Reports
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Special Reports

      Special focus studies delivering critical analysis of the most significant developments affecting the global chemical industry.

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    Research the sectors and regions to market and sell chemical products
    • World Industry Service
      Description of Product

      World Industry Service

      Comprehensive and comparable coverage of 95 industries in 75 countries. Includes 20-year forecasts, historical data back to 1980, and online written and graphic analysis.

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    Compare, rank, and evaluate sector markets by country and region
    • World Industry Service
      Description of Product

      World Industry Service

      Comprehensive and comparable coverage of 95 industries in 75 countries. Includes 20-year forecasts, historical data back to 1980, and online written and graphic analysis.

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    Evaluate U.S. industry sectors to forecast chemical product sales and plan budgets
    • US Industry Services
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      US Industry Services

      Consistent, detailed sets of performance metrics for 170 industries within the United States. Includes 10-year forecasts and written analysis. Learn more.

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  • Timely and accurate cost, price, and inventory analysis and product/supplier information helps corporations and governments manage supplier relationships, negotiate pricing, optimize inventory, reduce spend and boost the bottom line.

    Business NeedProducts and Services
    Access accurate and up-to-date information and analysis on pricing and supply-demand of major chemicals and plastics.
    • IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service

      Daily, weekly and monthly analysis of key industry trends and relationships with upstream and downstream markets.

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    Understand long-term market trends for key chemicals, plastics and fiber intermediates from the world's leading chemical industry experts.
    • IHS Chemical World Analysis
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical World Analysis

      Annual reports with mid-year update on supply-demand trends, with online database access, including production capacity by company/location updated daily.

      Learn More

    Identify manufacturers of chemicals of interest from the industry's most comprehensive and reliable source of producer information.
    • IHS Directory of Chemical Producers
      Description of Product

      IHS Directory of Chemical Producers

      Searchable database of more than 14,000 companies producing chemicals at 20,000 sites, including capacity data for major chemicals, polymers and intermediates.

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    Monitor the production capabilities and degree of integration of the world's major chemical producers.
    • IHS Chemical Company Handbooks
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Company Handbooks

      Profiles of the major chemical producers with capacities and flowcharts, covering the world in four regional volumes.

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    Negotiate contract escalation clauses, quantify the sources of price change, evaluate supplier price quotes and pinpoint the best times to make key purchases
    • IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing
      Description of Product

      IHS Global Insight Pricing & Purchasing

      Forecasts for up to 1,300 detailed commodity price and wage concepts across 15 countries. Written analysis for over 100 industry and commodity areas each quarter.

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    Manufacturer, supplier, and product information for the parts, materials, equipment, and supplies used in plants and facilities
    • CatalogXpress
      Description of Product

      CatalogXpress

      CatalogXpress provides a single point of entry to a vast array of manufacturer catalogs and essential information about products and components.

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    Ensure correct materials and supplies are purchased for plants by describing them properly in ERP/EAM systems and not over- or under-stocking
    • Intermat Solutions
      Description of Product

      Intermat Solutions

      Maintain and refurbish transportation vehicles with standardized maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) parts information.

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  • Design, build, and maintain plants and facilities that are efficient, safe and compliant using the world’s largest collections of engineering and design standards, validated methods, regulations and product/supplier information.

    Business NeedProducts and Services
    Stay abreast of advances in technology which have potential commercial implications for the global chemical and energy industries.
    • IHS Chemical Process Economics Program
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Process Economics Program

      Reports, reviews and process economics data on over 1,300 process technologies and 600 chemicals, polymers and refinery products.

      Learn More

    Access and manage approved and validated engineering design standards and best practices
    • IHS Standards Expert
      Description of Product

      IHS Standards Expert

      IHS Standards Expert™ is a standards management solution providing desktop access to critical standards, specifications, codes and related documents from professional societies, trade associations and national and international standards developing organizations, with tools to manage standards across departments and divisions.

      Learn More

    Access best practice design methods for process engineering
    • ESDU
      Description of Product

      ESDU

      Validated engineering methods, data and software for improving fundamental design and analysis.

      Learn More

    Information on building products, services, manufacturers and suppliers
    • Specify-it
      Description of Product

      Specify-it

      Provides vital focus to your design and specifying activity through instant access to continually updated supplier information from a single source.

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    • Engineer-it
      Description of Product

      Engineer-it

      Catalogs, data sheets, handbooks and reference materials for engineering projects in the UK

      Learn More

    • CatalogXpress
      Description of Product

      CatalogXpress

      CatalogXpress provides a single point of entry to a vast array of manufacturer catalogs and essential information about products and components.

      Learn More

  • For decades, EHS and sustainability professionals at IHS have served all kinds and sizes of organizations, worldwide. We pioneered the development of many sustainability information management solutions and continue to lead the way with new innovations.
    Business NeedProducts and Services
    Stay up-to-date on emerging trends and markets for renewable chemicals, plastics, fuels and green technologies
    • IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series

      Special reports providing data, insight and analysis to understand threats and opportunities facing the chemical and related industries for bio-based materials and green technologies.

      Learn More

    Determine carbon footprints for over 300 chemical processes, including bio-processes.
    • IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook
      Description of Product

      IHS Chemical Carbon Footprint Yearbook

      Web-based tool for calculating carbon emissions by fuel type and geography for over 300 chemical processes.

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    Monitor and manage air, water and/or waste output
    • Environmental Performance Solution
      Description of Product

      Environmental Performance Solution

      Streamline your emissions management processes to ensure compliance with regulatory and voluntary reporting requirements.

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    Comply with workplace health and safety regulations
    • IHS Health & Safety Solution
      Description of Product

      IHS Health & Safety Solution

      Save time and cut costs related to compliance with US and international regulations and industry guidelines.

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    Comply with various materials and product regulations such as REACH, RoHS, WEEE, etc.
    • IHS Product Stewardship Solution
      Description of Product

      IHS Product Stewardship Solution

      A comprehensive solution to support your continuous need for managing product, chemical and compliance lifecycle transitions.

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    Streamline planning and procedures for more effective incident and emergency management
    • IHS Operational Risk Solution
      Description of Product

      IHS Operational Risk Solution

      Helps mitigate risks ranging from routine safety incidents and workplace injuries to natural disasters or terrorism.

      Learn More

    Track, manage and report GHG emissions
    • IHS Energy & Carbon Solution
      Description of Product

      IHS Energy & Carbon Solution

      A complete solution for your entire GHG and energy management program - from compliance to emissions trading.

      Learn More

    Implement, document, measure and report on the organization's sustainability/CSR program
    • IHS Corporate Responsibility Solution
      Description of Product

      IHS Corporate Responsibility Solution

      Enterprise-wide management and reporting of your CSR program. Maintain a sustainability strategy and demonstrate your performance to stakeholders in a manner that is auditable, transparent and verifiable.

      Learn More

    Accounting and tracking for emissions allowance programs
    • IHS Energy & Carbon Solution
      Description of Product

      IHS Energy & Carbon Solution

      A complete solution for your entire GHG and energy management program - from compliance to emissions trading.

      Learn More

 

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