I just ran across this article on the future of the German Chemical Industry by VCI ww.vci.de

Some of the topics covered that I found of interest where:

1. Global Changes over the next 20 years – population growth,  world wide increase in technology and knowledge, the lack of  resources, environmental protection, counties debt
2. The Global Economy and the continued industrialization around the world
3. Trends in the Chemical Industry to 2030
4. The doubling of research budgets to 2030
5. And the shortage of skilled labor

To down load the complete articel use the following link: https://www.vci.de/Downloads/2012_12_10_VCI-Prognos-Study_Chemistry_2030_short_version.pdf