In this latest annual review of key trends for Chemical Industry M&A, Natrium Capital looks back at the challenges of 2023 and the outlook for 2024. In our review of 2022, we had set out our expectations for a challenging 2023. It indeed turned out to be a challenging time and this difficult environment led... Read more »

In this review of key trends for the Chemical industry, Natrium Capital looks forward into 2023. The past year has tested the resilience of the Chemical industry as the global economy has been fraught with political and macroeconomic instability.

In this review of the Chemical industry, Natrium Capital looks forward into 2022 as well as reviewing the trends from 2021. Forecasters are expecting increased output as industrial activity and trade rebound around the world as economies reopen. The realities of a post-pandemic world will, however, dominate 2022 producing volatile conditions amongst long-term recovering trends.

2020 was a very strange year. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was the major factor for the Chemical Industry but the locked down economy with fewer plane and car journeys highlighted the long-term consequences of environmental issues whilst the preparations for Brexit and a new trading relationship between the UK and European Union were hampered by the lack of clarity of the deal.