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EU chemicals industry to grow 9.5%

Added: 8 Jun 2010


Brussels – Output from the EU chemical industry is set to grow by 9.5% this year, forecasts Dr Hube…

Chemical engineers' pay proves recession-proof

Added: 25 May 2010

London – Chartered chemical engineers are apparently shrugging off the recession, and are in fact e…

Fire hits Yorkshire chemicals plant

Added: 24 May 2010

Huddersfield, UK – Firefighters from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have battled though the…

China to finance $23bn refinery, petrochemical expansion in Nigeria

Added: 17 May 2010

Lagos – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. ( NNPC) and China State Construction Engineering Corp…

UK chemicals network leading European BIOCHEM project

Added: 30 Mar 2010

London – Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) Chemistry Innovation is to lead the European Union’s BIOC…

UK chemicals group targets supply chain security

Added: 22 Mar 2010

Crewe, UK – The Chemical Business Association today launched a security code to improve the securit…

Experienced chemical engineer seeks contract

Added: 15 Mar 2010

David Boardman, a chemical engineer (BSc) with over 25 years’ experience in industry is presently l…

Work starts on £12m biotech facility at Wilton

Added: 12 Mar 2010

Wilton, UK – Construction work has started on the expansion of the Industrial Biotechnology demonst…

INEOS to close PVC facility in UK, sells fluorochemicals business

Added: 25 Feb 2010

Grangemouth, UK - INEOS ChlorVinyls is to close its PVC production facility in Barry, Wales and con…

UK trio target biotech flow processes

Added: 25 Jan 2010

London – UK technology companies, C?Tech Innovation, Ingenza and AM Technology are collaborating on…

Record demand for chemical engineering degree courses

Added: 25 Jan 2010

London – A record number of students have opted to study chemical engineering at UK universities th…

SAICA paper mill for Manchester

Added: 15 Jan 2010

London – Spanish paper and packaging group SAICA is to invest £290 million to build a recycled pape…

INEOS diverts German-bound chemicals salt to de-ice UK roads

Added: 11 Jan 2010

Runcorn, UK – Chemicals maker INEOS is diverting thousands of tonnes of salt bound for industrial u…

Pentagon Chemicals secures £2m from Government SME fund

Added: 17 Dec 2009

London - North West chemicals company Pentagon Chemicals has secured a £2 million from the Enterpri…

UK chemicals maker trains Iraqi weapons inspectors

Added: 23 Nov 2009

Knowsley, UK - A team of 10 Iraqi delegates have visited Contract Chemicals Ltd’s Knowsley site as …

Transport Phenomena in Electrochemical Processes

Added: 5 Nov 2009

Venue/Location: von Karman Institute, Belgium

Date: 30/11/09 to 04/12/09

Join the high level lecture …

Biotech funding up for grabs

Added: 21 Oct 2009

Technology Strategy Board is to manage a £2.5-million investment programme on behalf of the Governm…

Bayer CropScience investing Euro3.5bn in biotech and seed business

Added: 17 Sep 2009

BioScience sales of Euro1.4bn targeted for 2018. Peak sales potential of new crop protection active…

£30m chemical engineering facility for Manchester

Added: 10 Sep 2009

University of Manchester to establish state-of-the-art facility for its School of Chemical Engineer…

Warning over tanks for chemicals, water, wastewater

Added: 2 Sep 2009

Tanks for use in the chemical storage and processing and the water & waste treatment industries mus…