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News Edition: July 2025

Short Introduction

Since 1993, Robert Breitbach Consulting has been a retained executive search firm with a focus on the dental and chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

With offices in Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Estonia, we specialize on assisting German, European, Indian and American companies in the search and selection of their executives and specialists.

About 70% of the search projects contain the keywords: "CEO, Managing Director, Country Manager, Business Development Manager or Expansions Manager". In addition, we have been able to fill many positions in the areas of sales, plant, and production management. Not to forget many significant engineering positions.

We are pleased that you take the time to visit our "News" page. Here we would like to inform you - updated monthly - about selected topics from this industry.

From the Almanac

The term Chemical Industry describes the industry that produces industrial chemicals.

Pharmaceutical Industry means discovery, development, and manufacture of drugs for medications.

The technology that utilizes biological system and living organisms to develop different products is the description for BioTechnology.

Unlike many substances, water expands as it freezes.

The only non-silvery metals are gold and copper.

Glass is not a solid. Glass is a liquid.

Lightning strikes produce ozone, hence the characteristic smell after lightning storms.

Economic Outlook

In summary, the chemical industry is expected to experience gradual growth in 2025, supported by a rebound in M&A activity and sector-specific demand drivers.

However, the industry must navigate challenges such as soft demand in certain markets and potential oversupply issues.

Companies are likely to focus on driving efficiencies in their core businesses while investing in high-growth areas to maintain competitiveness in this evolving landscape.

What's On The News?

• Traci Purdum reports for chemicalprocessing.com about the chemical "reactome" to predict molecular reactions.


• For handelsblatt.com, Bert Fröndhoff asks what the economy faces if base chemical industry migrates.


• chemeurope.com explains how the use of chemicals and biodiversity loss are connected.


• CHEManager writes about support for digital transformation: "Quo Vadis Digitalization in Analytics?"


• bionity.com provides information on the development of fluorescent markings for anti-counterfeiting products.

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