<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>kpmg.com Chemicals &amp; Performance Technologies feed (Global)</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/RSSFeeds&amp;page=8945656d-7aef-4ddd-91bd-a988a4d00fd8&amp;wp=20cdd9b3-c3da-47f4-b6d3-64ecb0db5941</link><description>Keep up with new developments added to this site by subscribing to our Chemicals feed.</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Australian chemicals: a case study for High Value Manufacturing</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/australian-chemicals-case-study.aspx</link><description>A holistic understanding of High Value Manufacturing, and how it helps increase competitive edge and provides an effective strategy for growth.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:57:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaction Magazine</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/Default.aspx</link><description>Reaction is published quarterly and focuses on key issues impacting the chemical and performance technology industry.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:59:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaction Magazine: 10th edition</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/reaction-magazine-tenth-edition.aspx</link><description>This edition focuses on manufacturing excellence and industry best practice. It also looks at import taxes and duties, an often overlooked area.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:33:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPMG survey: Top concerns for chemicals executives</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/top-concerns-chemicals-executives.aspx</link><description>A recent KPMG survey of 100 global chemicals executives reveals major economic concerns as well as key strategies that companies are adopting for 2013.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:32:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trade and customs: key savings and compliance opportunities for chemical companies</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/trade-customs.aspx</link><description>Trade and customs, including import taxes and duties is an often overlooked area where companies can recognize significant cash tax savings.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:04:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>M&amp;A Predictor – January 2013</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/MA-predictor/Pages/ma-predictor-january-2013.aspx</link><description>This issue KPMG’s M&amp;A Predictor shows that for the first time in almost 2 years, both the capacity to transact and the appetite for deals have increased over the same period.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:15:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil shows resilience in a challenging year</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/brazil-shows-resilience-in-challenging-year.aspx</link><description>Brazil shows resilience in a challenging year, as the government and chemical companies take steps to bolster performance in midst of reduced demand.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:07:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada rebounds from the recession</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/canada-rebounds-from-recession.aspx</link><description>Chemical companies in Canada are well-positioned for a new round of investment with a strong business environment and available feedstock.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:07:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supply chain imbalance, expansion and new risks drive growth for third-party storage players</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/supply-chain-imbalance.aspx</link><description>Bulk tanking is seeing steady growth with third-party storage players expected to be increasingly strategic in the global chemical industry.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:20:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaction Magazine: Ninth edition</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/reaction-magazine-ninth-edition.aspx</link><description>This edition focuses on the chemical industries in Canada and Brazil and on bulk tanking and issues within the industry supply chain.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:52:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Scarcity: A dive into global reporting trends</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/sustainable-insight/Pages/water-scarcity.aspx</link><description>This edition of Sustainable Insight explores how the world’s major businesses are approaching water scarcity via corporate responsibility and sustainability reporting.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:42:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chemical Companies to Invest in Acquisitions, New Products to Fuel Growth: KPMG</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Press-releases/Pages/chemical-companies-invest-in-acquisitions.aspx</link><description>Chemical industry executives say they will use the significant cash on their balance sheets to pursue strategic acquisitions and new product development to spur company growth, according to a recent survey from KPMG International.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:16:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conflict Minerals Series</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/conflict-minerals/Pages/Default.aspx</link><description>A four-part series covering Sections 1502 and 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection  Act of 2010.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:42:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaction Magazine – Eighth edition: industry outlook survey</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/2012-chemicals-outlook-survey.aspx</link><description>KPMG International surveyed top-level executives in the global chemicals and performance technologies industry during the third quarter of 2012.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:24:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reaction Magazine: Business outlook survey key findings</title><link>http://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Reaction/Pages/2012-chemicals-outlook-survey-key-findings.aspx</link><description>This page includes the exec summary results of the survey.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:19:43 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>