Industrial Perspective 21 September 2018 Industrial Perspective Mark Jones Executive External Strategy and Communications Fellow The Dow Chemical Company
Simplified Chemical Industry
Rough Mass Balance for Chemical Industry
Chemical Industry Transformation
Rough Mass Balance for Chemical Industry
Rough Mass Balance for Chemical Industry ~
Industry Snapshot
US Chemical Industry Left For Dead
Impact of Shale Resources from disadvantaged to advantaged
Advantage Remains, But Diminished
Live Long and Prosper
Bio is not cost advantaged. Observation Bio is not cost advantaged.
Advantage Remains, But Diminished raw materials only sugar Bzl EtOH US EtOH corn renewable data from 12 Sept 2018
Simplified Chemical Industry
Options for Reducing Capital Scale Experience
Scale Wins . If you are moving mass around, scale reduces cost faster than experience.
Biobased systems follow the same economic rules as chemical systems. Observation Biobased systems follow the same economic rules as chemical systems.
Biological Production Unit
Largest US Egg Producer: Cal-Maine Foods 42.7 million laying hens spread over three breeding facilities, two hatcheries, six wholesale distribution centers, 22 feed mills, 42 shell egg production facilities 800 miles 1,037.7 million dozen shell eggs = 16% US eggs the U.S. produces about 75 billion eggs a year
Eggs Travel
Same for Bread
Leading Baker in the U.S. 75 bakeries in 31 states, serving the entire continental United States through more than 13,000 sales routes.
Growth in bioplastics is slower than conventional production. Observation Growth in bioplastics is slower than conventional production.
Bioplastics
Reality – MEG production for PET
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