全球专用化学品巨头科莱恩公司表示,公司非常看好北美市场巨大的增长潜力,因此公司已经设定目标2020年前在该地区的营业收入实现年均增长7%,从2014年的10亿美元增加至2020年时的18亿美元。
8月25日在美国旧金山举行的新闻发布会上,科莱恩公司首席执行长郭海力表示:“我们仍然没有充分开拓北美市场,我们非常确信公司在北美拥有非常多的发展机会。2014年北美占到全球专用化学品市场23%的市场份额,但是科莱恩公司在北美的销售收入占领占到公司全球销售收入的16%。”
庞晓华摘译自《Chemical Week》2015-8-28
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Clariant targets North America growth opportunities
6:05 AM MDT | August 28, 2015 | —Robert Westervelt in San Francisco
Clariant says it sees strong potential in North America and is targeting above-market revenue growth of 7%/year in the region through 2020. Clariant aims to deliver North American sales of $1.8 billion in 2020, up from $1 billion in 2014.
“We are still underrepresented in North America,” Clariant CEO Hariolf Kottmann said at a press and investor briefing in San Francisco on 25 August. “We are very much convinced that we have a lot of opportunities here in North America.” In 2014, North America represented 23% of the global specialty chemicals market but only 16% of Clariant’s global sales.