TCGR's "Intelligence Report: Business Shifts in the Global Catalytic Process Industries" goes beyond its important statistical benchmarking, to provide competitive insight and analysis throughout its vital endusers in refining, petrochemical/chemical, polymer, specialty/fine chemicals and environmental markets. It has been the industry "Gold Standard" for over twenty (20) years, and this latest edition will be no exception!

To add additional value/perspective(s) in the 2006 edition, our Special Feature (the report's Section VII) will examine in greater depth, the growing and emerging markets of the former Soviet Union (FSU), new EC member countries, and India. These very important markets are on the cusp of both important investment cycles and changing local technical process demands. How each of these opportunities are set to develop will be important inputs for your regional planning. You should note that we have found that local conditions often show that, due to local resources and cultural aspects, traditional Western standards (paradigms) of development in even established industries do not take exactly the same paths, even if the long term objectives and goals are similar. Therefore, if you plan to participate, you need to know the local drivers, to be able to establish yourself. As usual we will provide insights that are extremely unique and valuable enough to constitute, in effect, a report within a report (*1)

We have a brave new world: energy prices have recently escalated to the point of also changing our traditional views on how we exist and generate our business now. This aspect will not be forgotten in how we re-examine the fundamentals in moving forward.

As "The Intelligence Report" has done in the past, it will provide new business and technology perspectives; including:

• Comprehensive and concise industry statistics, including forecasts
• Analysis of geographical and technological gaps
• Identification of new growth opportunities across the value chain (raw materials, licensing, logistics, technology, etc.)
• Producer-and user-specific developments in production and technology, including alliances, ventures and acquisitions/divestitures
• Analysis and recommendations leading to specific actionable items

There is a lot this year's report has to capture that is fundamentally important to your future. Let us assist you in helping you to capture that advantage.