An alternative to this would be staging by specialty – i.e., focus on one specialty before moving to another.
RAG, the biggest coal miner in Germany, has been selling assets to trim debt and to focus on specialty chemicals.
Knowing they had no chance to compete against O'Hare on flights to most American cities, they decided to focus on specialty routes and little-known airlines.
DSM, for its part, is exiting the market for commodity chemicals to focus on specialty chemicals for biotechnology companies and performance materials for the automotive and electronic industries.
Ten years later, in a crowded market dominated by the likes of Samsung and LG Display, it decided to focus on specialty products like custom displays for medical devices.
During his time at Grace, he was credited with leading the Company's divestment of unrelated interests to focus on specialty chemicals.
Despite Sanofi's hunger to acquire Genzyme, Karen Anderson, an analyst for Morningstar, recently wrote investors that the potential synergy between Sanofi and Genzyme would be limited because of Genzyme's focus on specialty drugs.
Now plans to unload $1.5 billion in assorted assets to focus on specialty chemicals.
The competition with players from the Middle East, relying on rather cheap raw material costs, will lead European chemical companies to focus on specialty chemicals, new products and services based on efficient supply chains covering high growth regions in Europe.
mg technologies ag plans to streamline its multi-layered holding company structure as the first step in its recently announced strategic focus on specialty mechanical and plant engineering (FIA, November 2003).
