Outsourcing has emerged as a major trend in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors to offer value to custom processors, but several barriers have kept outsourcing from succeeding. At Informex 2003 in New Orleans in February, Andrew Liveris, president of Dow Chemical Co.’s performance chemicals group, said chemical manufacturers need to maintain spending discipline, continue to reshape portfolios and consolidate and learn from customers how to meet their needs and rebuild their confidence in the...