Research Teams and Partnerships Trends in the Chemical Sciences, Report of a Workshop (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Panel Discussion
Pages 107-113
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Andrew Kaldor, Exxon: At this point I can't give you an answer. Four or five years ago, the general position for much of the petrochemical and chemical industry was that environmental-related technologies were going to be used by everyone and that the competitive edge for environmental technologies was not very practical.
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One could define an American company to be one that was founded in the United States and then expanded to other parts of the globe. Today, in the chemical industry, the largest companies are European companies such as Bayer, Badische Aniline Soda Fabrik Corporation, and Hoechst.
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Yes, there are areas other then catalysis that are farther along with the chemical industry, but I am unsure if they are as far along as microelectronics. Frank Feher, University of California, Irvine: I'm not doing catalysis research now, but I was trained to do catalysis research and I have actively followed it for many years.
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When I talk to some of the people in Europe about a potential virtual laboratory or a collaboration within the United States, they know that we would be formidable competitors if we were to organize in the same way that they are. Henry Kohlbrand: I would like to make a comment on the subject of doing research in the United States versus elsewhere.
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One of the issues that the Chemical Sciences Roundtable could grapple with, and that would advance this effort, is to look at the profile of collaboration and partnering in the chemical industry versus other industries. What can be done to take better advantage of the partnering opportunities that exist across industries and that include scientists from universities, national labs, and not-for-profits?
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To another it might be petroleum refining and commodity chemical production in very large facilities, to another it might involve plastics, to another fertilizer manufacture, and so on. The way that we define "chemical industry" is very broad and covers thousands of processes and a large number of process technologies.
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PANEL DISCUSSION 113 who finally produce the gasoline also want to control the production of the catalyst. So, in this case, there is only one entity involved and, if there is only one entity, there is no room for a consortium or cooperation.
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