rdf-syntax-grammar
mods:
  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Sustainable value creation in the fine and speciality chemicals industry
  name:
    name part: Rajagopal, R.
    name part: (Chemical technologist)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: "By combining business, scientific and technical issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve sustainable growth in the fine and specialty chemicals industry, this new book provides a tool kit for chemists and chemical engineers to design and develop economically, environmentally and socially sustainable practices. Written by an author with extensive experience of the specialty chemical business combined with practical experience in manufacturing, R & D, chemical consulting and market research, it includes a number of industrial case studies from major international chemical companies working in the fine and specialty chemicals sector"--
  abstract: "Provides a tool kit for chemists and chemical engineers to design and develop economically, environmentally and socially sustainable practices in the fine and specialty chemicals industry"--
  table of contents: Titlepage; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; About the Author; 1 Transformations in the Fine and Speciality Chemicals Business; 1.1 Fine and Speciality Chemicals Industry Structure; 1.2 Regulations and Fine and Speciality Chemicals Industry; 1.3 Fine and Speciality Chemicals Industry and Sustainable Practices; References; 2 Sustainable Management: Evolution, Transitions and Tools; 2.1 Chemical Industry: Aligning with Sustainable Development Mandates; 2.2 Sustainability Performance Assessment; 2.3 Sustainability Trends in the Chemical Industry; References.
  table of contents: 3 Research and Technology Directions3.1 Shifts in Fine and Speciality Chemicals Technologies; 3.2 Catalytic Technologies; 3.3 Enabling Technologies; 3.4 Product Engineering: A Key Sustainability Tool; 3.5 Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences and Engineering Education; References; 4 Resource Optimization Strategies; 4.1 Resource Optimization: A Systems Approach; 4.2 Waste Valorization to High Value Chemicals; References; 5 Bio-Based Chemicals, Specialities and€Polymers; 5.1 Towards a Bio-Based Economy; 5.2 Biorefinery and Biofeedstocks; 5.3 Bioproducts: Moving from Laboratory to Markets.
  table of contents: 5.4 Lab to Markets: Challenges of CommercializationReferences; 6 Sustainable Practices in the Fine and Speciality Chemicals Industry; 6.1 Shifts Towards Sustainable Practices; 6.2 Sustainable Practices in the Pharmaceutical Industry; 6.3 Sustainable Practices in the Crop Protection Chemicals Industry; 6.4 Sustainable Practices in the Oleochemicals and Surfactants Industry; 6.5 Sustainability Practices in the Personal and Home Care Chemicals Industry; 6.6 Sustainable Practices in the Coatings Industry; 6.7 Sustainable Practices in the Adhesives and Sealants Industry.
  table of contents: 6.8 Sustainable Practices in the Lubricant and Greases Industry6.9 Sustainability Practices in the Colourants Industry; References; 7 Sustainable Value Creation Strategies; 7.1 Why Sustainable Value Creation?; 7.2 Innovating for Sustainable Value Creation; 7.3 Strategic Cost Management; 7.4 Prognosis for the Future; References; Index.
  note: R. Rajagopal, KnowGenix, India.
  note: Includes bibliographical references index.
  subject:
    topic: Green chemistry
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable engineering
  subject:
    topic: Environmental engineering
  subject:
    topic: Chemical industry
  subject:
    topic: Chemical Industry
  classification: TP155.2.E58 R35 2014
  classification: 628
  classification: ARC015000
  classification: SCI013060
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Sustainable value creation in the fine and speciality chemicals industry
    name:
      name part: Ramachandran, R. (Raj).
    origin info:
      publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2014
    identifier: (DLC) 2013048674
  identifier: 9781118677896
  identifier: 1118677897
  identifier: 9781118677902
  identifier: 1118677900
  identifier: 9781118677919
  identifier: 1118677919
  identifier: 9781118418628
  identifier: 111841862X
  identifier: 9781118415832
  identifier: 1118415833
  identifier: 9781118433614
  identifier: 1118433610
  identifier: 1118539672
  identifier: 9781118539675
  identifier: 9781118027189
  identifier: 2013050090
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 131217
    record change date: 20260214211556.2
    record identifier: in00004681639
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng