Frank Popoff, retired chairman and CEO of the Dow Chemical Co., shared his insight on the petrochemical industry at the AFPM’s 2014 International Petrochemical Conference (IPC). With a career spa..
Frank Popoff, retired chairman and CEO of the Dow Chemical Co., shared his insight on the petrochemical industry at the AFPM’s 2014 International Petrochemical Conference (IPC). With a career spanning over 41 years, Mr. Popoff has witnessed the evolution of the petrochemical industry between two Gulf coasts—the US and the Middle East.
As a former leader of an international petrochemical company, Mr. Popoff shared some observations on the industry to IPC attendees. First, expect change in the business cycle; more importantly, embrace it. Since its inception, the petrochemical industry has always followed cycles. Unfortunately, companies still over-invest in new capacity at the top
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