Reinvent Your Business for Tomorrow

FutureScaleX is a global research and advisory firm that helps you systematically identify and pursue the most economically viable opportunities. We enable businesses to transition profitably and sustainably at, speed and scale.

The Chemicals & Materials Growth Playbook

The multi-trillion-dollar chemicals and materials industry is undergoing a fundamental shift. Circularity, decarbonization, digitalization, and deglobalization are reshaping competitive dynamics. Companies must rethink strategies to stay ahead.

A Multi-Faceted Strategy for a Changing Landscape:

  • Protect: Stay ahead of policy shifts, geopolitical risks, and supply chain disruptions. Managing cost volatility and market saturation is critical for resilience..
  • Grow: Capture new demand by leveraging advanced materials, specialty chemicals, and circular business models to differentiate and scale.
  • Transition: Integrate low-carbon materials, digital solutions, and circular supply chains to drive long-term profitability and regulatory alignment. 

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Driving Growth through Insight & Innovation 

FutureScaleX’s Chemicals & Materials Practice helps companies protect core businesses, accelerate growth, and lead the industry’s sustainable transition. Our data-driven insights span the entire value chain—covering both conventional and emerging sustainable solutions—to pinpoint critical tipping points and strategic opportunities.

Strategic Questions We've Helped to AnswerFSX has advised leading chemical and materials companies on some of the most pressing challenges, including:

Protect

  • Application-specific competitive benchmarking: How to counter competitive threats from new specialty formulations or low-cost alternatives? 
  • PFAS Compliance Strategy: How to phase out or substitute restricted chemicals, e.g. Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) while maintaining product performance?
  • Raw material sourcing & risk mitigation: How to secure critical feedstocks amid deglobalization and supply chain volatility?



Grow

  • Sorbents in DAC systems: What are the key growth levers for sorbents in Direct Air Capture, and how do material innovations impact scalability and cost-effectiveness?
  • Advanced materials in wearables: What disruptive strategies can maximize growth in sensors, flexible electronics, and next-gen substrates for wearables.
  • Advanced materials in data centres: what is the total addressable market across heat transfer, energy storage, electronics and cleaning solutions?
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Transition
  • CO₂ Valorization: How can CO2 derived chemical building blocks unlock new revenue streams in circular materials?
  • Plastic waste pyrolysis feasibility: How does scale (100kT vs. 200kT) affect economic and operational viability in Southern Europe?
  • Feedstock Strategy: How to optimize the mix across bio-based, circular, and CO₂-utilized pathways for near- and long-term growth?
From complexity to clarity—empowering smarter decisions with data-driven insights.

The FSX Six Lenses Methodology

We identify the tipping points that matter by deploying our proprietary 6-lens methodology for connected system-level insights that drive strategic action. 

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Policy & Regulation

Decode and translate global-to-local policy shifts into actionable market strategies.

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Innovation & Technology

Harness the power of emerging and existing technologies to unlock transformative opportunities.

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Techno-economics

Anticipate market shifts with financial modeling of technology adoption costs, and S-curve uptake scenarios.

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Supply Chain

Identify bottlenecks, assess constraints, and enhance value chain deployment feasibility.

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Digitalization

Leverage digital transformation to create breakthrough business models and efficiencies.

Partnership & Ecosystem

Forge high-impact, sustainable partnerships by navigating the right collaborations.

Six Lenses Working Principle

A structured, tiered framework that drives strategic growth decisions by integrating policy, technology, economics, supply chain, digitalization, and ecosystems. Its two-level approach ensures a structured assessment—from prequalification to deeper feasibility—for holistic risk and opportunity analysis.

With a focus on critical risks, capital needs, and disruptive technologies, it helps businesses prioritize high-impact strategies while mitigating uncertainties. 

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