• TPM25 | March 2-5, 2025
  • TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Adam Bland

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Executive Director, Specialty Chemicals

Adam Stephen Bland joined IHS Markit in 2013, bringing with him more than 20 years of commercial experience in the global chemicals industry. As Executive Director, he is the global lead for the company’s area of Specialty Chemicals. He started his career working in intellectual property for Allied Colloids Ltd, UK before moving to Basel, Switzerland to join Ciba Specialty Chemicals and the Global Leadership Team for the Paper Division. He has held senior management positions as Head of Global Product Management, and Head of Strategic Marketing for Operating Divisions within Ciba and BASF, where he also served as a member of the Corporate Sales & Marketing Board. Adam has a Master of Arts in chemistry from Oxford University, Brasenose College and a MBA from Bradford University School of Management.

Sessions With Adam Bland

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 08:30am - 05:00pm (PST) / -

    Specialty Chemical Industry Workshop

    With the ongoing transformation of the chemical industry into commodity and specialty oriented enterprises, it is imperative to have a good understanding of key industry fundamentals of the specialty chemical industry. This workshop reviews these fundamentals, starting with the definition and differences of specialties versus commodities and fine chemicals, and how specialty chemicals impact our daily lives. Other topics to be covered include key market players, market segmentation by functionality, application areas and regions, importance of a strong service component, and key factors to be successful in the specialty chemicals business. Especially important for industry newcomers is that our instructors will clarify the technical jargon commonly used in the specialty-chemical industry. As illustration of the above scope topics, various specialty chemical sectors with their markets and players will be presented. Demand drivers in the different regions will be compared and their outlook discussed.

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Thursday, 21 March

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