DUSSELDORF, Germany – LogiChem, the chemical industry's annual supply chain management conference, will be held April 20-22, 2010, at the Hilton Hotel, Dusseldorf, Germany. The conference, now in its ninth year, attracts over 200 senior logistics and supply chain executives from bulk and specialty chemical manufacturers.
 
Topics to be featured in the conference include: improving forecasting to rapidly respond to changing demand levels in an uncertain market, driving a financial supply chain to increase competitive advantage and impact the bottom line, optimizing supply chain performance through global collaboration, and how increased production capacity in the Middle East will impact European markets.
 
Logichem will feature over 40 prominent speakers from the world’s largest chemical companies, who will reveal how to manage your supply chain in a tough economic environment. Speakers include: Niklas Meintrup, Director Business Services and Supply Chain, Global Supply Chain Dow Polyurethanes Business Group; Robert Blackburn, Senior VP and Head of Global Supply Chain Operations, BASF; Guillermo Fumero, Head of Supply Chain Division, TLP, Clariant International; Lora Cecere, VP Value Chain, AMR Research; Peter Devos, European Supply Chain Director, Monsanto; Jean Gadbois, Divisional VP – Polymers, Lyondell Basell; David Ryckembusch, Project Director, DSM; Vincent Gauthier, Supply Chain Projects Manager, Ineos Polyelofins; Dave Allen, Supply Chain Director, Arysta Life Science; Georg Mogk, Senior Manager Supply Chain Optimisation, Bayer Technology; An D’Haenens, Sourcing and Logistics Manager, DuPont; Alan Milliken, Business Process Education Manager, BASF; and Andreas Claussen, Supply Chain Director, BASF.
 
Visit www.logichemeurope.com for additional information.