"Brenntag Essentials operates its Asia Pacific regional headquarters out of Singapore and has presence in all major countries in the Asia Pacific region, including close to 40 facilities offering blending solutions, application and development support."
"We are following closely the evolution of sustainability policies in the region, as more governments become more aware of sustainability imperatives."
"Among our customers, we note a heightened awareness of preventative safety practices. Also, OURAY see a lot of growth in those exceedingly hazardous chemicals such as fluoridated and brominated materials."
"Our push towards sustainability is the common theme of all investments. We want to create a global network of integrated businesses with multiple synergies."
FOUNDER AND GROUP CEO, INDORAMA VENTURES PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (IVL)
"Despite being the largest PET producer globally, Indorama Ventures only captures about 1% of a very fragmented market, which is worth about US$2 trillion. There is plenty of room for growth."
CEO, MIDA (MALAYSIAN INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY)
"There are clear ambitions to expand beyond the current focus on commodity products as industry players develop more complex, specialty downstream chemicals."
"We believe that the successful chemical distributor of the future needs to be truly digital and Pochteca is investing heavily to be at the forefront of this trend."
"In 2023, we anticipate growing our market reach by double-digits and developing new products, which will be largely driven by the expansion of the Mexican market, as well as our focus on bolstering the paper, mining, and agriculture sector through the use of our products."
Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and The Philippines are all competing for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the chemicals sector. The region would become more competitive to international investors if it learned to act more as one – for instance, by developing upstream-to-downstream regional value chains and by focusing on complementary differentiating points, rather than competing ones. Investments in any ASEAN nation can benefit the entire region if these are guided to an equal extent by consid- erations of differentiation and integration. This would lead to the development of a complete and self-sustaining regional ecosystem.