A short introduction to who's behind this, and why it's written in two languages.
Thirty years of direct sourcing, supplier development and REACH practice across China, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe. I write about what actually happens on that corridor — freight, capacity, compliance and the decisions buyers make that never show up in a press release.
I write in English for the wider industry, and separately in Chinese for readers following the European market from China — not translations of each other, two different conversations.
SiggiChem's Chinese articles move from occasional translations to their own, separately written section for readers in China.
After two decades inside sourcing organisations, I started advising suppliers and buyers directly on both sides of the corridor.
A new layer of the job: helping Asian suppliers understand what compliance actually requires before it becomes a blocked shipment.
The start of thirty years of sourcing trips between Europe and Asia, and the relationships that came out of them.
I read everything that comes in through the contact page — it just takes me a few days to reply properly.