Martin Bastian, Managing Director and Head of Chemicals, Europe, at Houlihan Lokey, joined Gunter Lipowsky, Partner at Advancy, in a Q&A with CHEManager to discuss the future of Germany’s chemical industry. Mr. Bastian emphasised the need for a competitive industrial electricity price and smarter regulation to maintain the country’s industrial base. He highlighted M&A as a key lever for strategic repositioning, particularly in specialty, bio-, and green chemistry, and stressed the importance of multiregional production models in an increasingly fragmented global market.
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