Planning Services

IHS Chemical Planning Services offers long-term insights into global chemical markets, chemical producers and salient topics. We forecast over 300 specific chemical markets, provide detailed statistics on more than 14,000 producers and examine a range of vital issues, from renewable chemistry to alternative feedstocks.

These reports provide the perfect complement to the nearer-term perspective found in the IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service reports. Find out why decision makers rely on IHS Chemical to succeed in tomorrow‘s global marketplace.

Chemical professionals depend on Planning Services to anticipate the industry’s future and to formulate timely, successful plans in the face of rapid change and uncertainty. We offer a suite of six distinct services that deliver unparalleled support for strategic planning needs in the following areas:

Long-term supply and demand trends in chemical markets
Specialty chemicals (37 reports and an industry overview)
China’s chemical industry (148 overviews, industry reviews and individual profiles)
Industry analytics (data on over 14,000 chemical companies and much more)
Special topics (reports on high-interest areas ranging from green chemistry to coal-based chemical)

Clients receive unsurpassed benefits with Planning Services:

Savings in company time and resources via a single source of data and analysis that is unrivaled in coverage, comprehensiveness and quality
Rationale for business decisions based on independent, unbiased analyses
Price data validated from key discussions held between IHS industry experts and key market players
The industry’s most reliable source for historical and forecast pricing on a global basis and for plant-by-plant capacity data
Market-by-market analysis of forces influencing current and future product demand
Clarity into China’s complex chemical market through analysis provided by our Beijing-based experts
The only source for detailed assessment of a company’s strategic positioning in the chemical industry based on analysis of manufacturing and market positions
Understanding of green chemistry issues and alternative feedstock supply/demand matters
Supporting metrics: supply and demand, production costs, capacity, production economics, profitability
Access to our chemical industry specialists for questions regarding analysis and content

Who uses the service?	How?
Producers of basic chemicals and intermediates, plastics and polymers, specialty and renewable chemicals	To inform planning, investment and production decisions
Raw materials and packaging purchasers and manufacturers (converters) or end users buying finished products	To make accurate purchasing decisions
Strategic planners and end users buying finished products	To determine the most cost-competitive raw materials
Financial analysts	To evaluate chemical companies or specific market segments
Engineering, construction, technology and service firms	To understand producer costs and needs

Deliverables for Planning Services vary by service:
- Subscriptions to IHS Chemical World Analyses (formerly CMAI World Analyses) include:
  - Access to the respective service consultants for a reasonable amount of explanation and support to understand the analysis
  - A copy in book format and a copy in CD-ROM format, unless otherwise indicated on the order form for the service
  - 12-Month Access to the IHS Chemical Capacity Database (formerly from CMAI) online, with updates as they occur through the year
  - 12-Month Access to the IHS Chemical Supply and Demand Database (formerly from CMAI) online, with biannual updates
- Full subscriptions to IHS Chemical Economics Handbook (CEH) (formerly SRI Consulting Chemical Economics Handbook) include:
  - Access to the CEH website (formerly from SRI Consulting)--searchable and simultaneously accessible by all subscribed users
  - Access to IHS Chemical experts for a reasonable amount of explanation and support to understand the analysis
  - Access to the regular releases of two supplemental datasets to the CEH:
    IHS Chemical Manual of Current Indicators (MCI) (formerly provided by SRI Consulting)
    IHS Chemical Economic Environment of the Chemical Industry (EECI) (formerly provided by SRI Consulting)
- Full subscriptions to IHS Specialty Chemicals Update Program (SCUP) (formerly SRI Consulting Specialty Chemical Update Program) include:
  - IHS Specialty Chemicals Industry Overview (a prior SRI Consulting product)
  - Access to all current reports, available online or in hardcopy
  - Ability to suggest topics for future reports
  - New or updated reports on specific specialty chemicals to be issued during the year
  - Access to IHS Chemical experts for a reasonable amount of explanation and support to understand the analysis
- Full subscriptions to IHS Chemical China Report (formerly SRI Consulting China Report) include:
  - Access to product profiles on more than 145 topics totaling over 2,100 pages
  - Access to IHS Chemical experts for a reasonable amount of explanation and support to understand the analysis
Please note that individual report purchases from CEH, SCUP and China Report include only:
- An electronic copy of the report as a pdf file
- Global enterprise-wide online access for a period of one year from date of purchase is also available. Please contact us for additional information.
Deliverables for Special Reports vary by product:
- Purchases of reports from IHS Safe & Sustainable Chemical Series, IHS Chemical Water and Sustainability in the 21st Century, IHS Chemical Fuels of the Future (all previous SRI Consulting products) include:
  - An electronic copy of the report as a pdf file
  - Global enterprise-wide online access for a period of one year from date of purchase is also available. Please contact us for additional information.
- Purchase of IHS Chemical Renewable Commodity Plastics-Mapping a Sustainable Market (a prior CMAI product) includes:
  - One hard cover book of the report
  - Online access for one year
  - Online access to the IHS Chemical Building Blocks from Renewables (a prior SRI Consulting product) for those purchasing the set only
- Purchase of IHS Chemical China Coal Chemical Industry Analysis (a prior CMAI product) includes:
  - One hardcopy of the report
  - One CD-ROM copy of the report
  - Online access for one year