All Chemicals

3D is revolutionising manufacturing for metal components
Added: 17 Apr 2018
The way we manufacture is changing. Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is a quickly growing ar…

Enzyme breakthrough could revolutionise plastic recycling
Added: 17 Apr 2018
Scientists experimenting with an enzyme that helps bacteria digest plastic have engineered a faster…

Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…
Storage specialist Plasticon UK put into administration
Added: 4 Apr 2018
Plasticon UK Limited, the Hull-based storage tanks and industrial piping manufacturer, has gone int…

EnviroChemie purchases Clearfleau
Added: 4 Apr 2018
German water brand EnviroChemie has taken control leading UK effluent treatment firm Clearfleau.

UKOOG says shale announcement will help secure domestic gas supply
Added: 3 Apr 2018
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) chief executive Ken Cronin has hailed completion of the country’s fi…

Netzsch tackles an ATEX pumps challenge for chemical manufacturer
Added: 29 Mar 2018
European commercial and industrial companies must comply with strict regulations regarding manufact…

BSC International Safety Awards nominees announced
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Organisations from the process sectors are strongly represented in this year’s British Safety Counc…

Euro trio calls for Brexit chemical industry guarantees
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Two of the leading chemical industries bodies in Europe and a leading continental trade union have …

SABIC and ABB seal global agreement
Added: 5 Mar 2018
SABIC, the Saudi chemicals giant, and technology leader ABB have signed a cooperation agreement to …

Bilfinger streamlines UK businesses to target new markets
Added: 6 Feb 2018
Global engineering company Bilfinger has merged two of its core UK businesses, saying it would make…

AODD pumps can solve pump leakage from aggressive liquids
Added: 10 Jan 2018
Leaky pumps create unscheduled downtime but aggressive acids and slurries can cause them to leak mu…

Emerson wins top IIoT accolade
Added: 8 Jan 2018
Emerson has won Industrial IoT Company of the Year at the 2018 IoT Breakthrough Awards in recogniti…

Coking-resistant catalyst fuels shale gas conversion method
Added: 5 Jan 2018
Researchers at University College London (UCL) and Tufts University have developed an alloy catalys…

Fracking wastewater treatment could cost £1million per well in UK
Added: 18 Dec 2017
The treatment and disposal of fracking wastewater in the UK could cost between £100,000 and £1 mill…

Xylem chief takes over as BPMA head
Added: 4 Dec 2017
Xylem Water Solutions managing director Duncan Lewis has officially taken over as the president of …

Eye for trouble: challenges and solutions when pumps tackle abrasive chemicals
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Difficult chemicals place particular demands on pumps and the systems that support their operation.…

Scuoler to chair key UK export body
Added: 13 Nov 2017
Retiring chief executive of manufacturers’ organisation the EEF, Terry Scuoler is the new chair of …

EEF issues pre-Budget challenge to Hammond
Added: 7 Nov 2017
EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to agree a fiscal package…

Good pump engineers tend to have a touch of the detective
Added: 6 Nov 2017
The United Kingdom’s chemicals sector has positioned itself strongly within the European Union mark…