Townsend provides the Consulting Services you need to make the right decision. The consulting team conducts research and provides services on a propietary and multi-client basis. Some of our services include the following.
Proprietary Services
With global competition, high energy prices, customer resistance, and investor demands, many plastics market segments are undergoing major changes. You must manage your customer base and respond quickly to threats, opportunities, and shifts in your market. By specializing in the plastics and chemicals industries, Townsend responds quickly and proficiently to client needs for custom research and analysis to fulfill the information requirements of our clients with interest in specific topics.
Outsourced Services
You can outsource your research to Townsend. Townsend's Research Partnership Program is designed to meet your specific and immediate business research needs. This service provides priority access to Townsend's research staff at preferred rates. Clients maintain control over the hours and expertise level applied for each assignment. Projects are limited in scope for quick response.
Mergers and Acquisition Support Services
Townsend's Mergers and Acquisitions Services Group provides support to our clients with insights to the value-chain analysis of businesses for sale or purchase. We help identify and assess critical business opportunities and risks - whether market, competitiveness, cost, management, organization, or technology. Our resources include a worldwide professional staff with depth of expertise in improving the probability of success in the following areas:
| Mergers & acquisitions |
Project finance |
LBOs, MBOs |
| Alliances |
Venture capital |
Development capital |
Published Studies
Townsend's consulting team publishes multiple studies each year covering regional, multi-regional and global views on issues most relevant to the plastics and related chemicals industry. These often include technology trends, market and demand trends, apparent supplier strategies, market awareness, manufacturing processes, economic analysis, marketing effectiveness, technology reviews and regional & global outlooks.
View a list of published studies & download prospectuses
Townsend publishes a number of ongoing reports to keep clients up to date on developments in the dynamic plastics and chemical industries. Studies often focus, but are not limited to, the following subjects.