All Chemicals
Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030
Added: 8 May 2017
Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…
European chemical sector records mixed fortunes in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2017
The European chemical sector has seen production output increase in certain subsectors, yet fall in…
Article 50: Chemical bodies call for ‘certainty’ as Brexit negotiations begin
Added: 29 Mar 2017
Cefic and the Chemical Industry Association have called for pragmatism ahead of Brexit negotiations…
Editor’s comment: chemicals sector awaits May's post-Brexit prescription
Added: 1 Mar 2017
As Michael Caine might have said, not a lot of people know that the small Scottish town of Prestonp…
Chemicals & materials: the challenges EU withdrawal will create
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Adapting to changing circumstances will be a key requirement for the chemicals sector, post-Brexit.…
EU ‘on cusp’ of losing hold as major industrial power
Added: 21 Feb 2017
The European Union is in danger of losing its status as a global industrial force, according to Eur…
Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …
Case study: steam distribution network reboot aids chemical firm
Added: 22 Nov 2016
Chemical company reaps the cost and maintenance benefits of an upgraded steam distribution network …
Trump win could unsettle European chemicals market, says Cefic
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Chemical businesses within the European Union face a short-term period of uncertainty following the…
Chemical challenge – UK industry seeks fresh industrial strategy
Added: 8 Nov 2016
Manufacturers are fighting for change in an already volatile industry, writes Robert Smith.
‘Nuisance’ polymer becomes biomass breakthrough
Added: 23 Oct 2016
A team of scientists at Swiss research institution École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) …
Fluke guides zone in on improving chemical processes
Added: 30 Aug 2016
Fluke is customising a package of instruments and HowTo guides for the chemical industry.
Chemical SMEs called on to improve NHS care
Added: 23 Aug 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) h…
Case study: maintenance management upgrade improves efficiency
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Better maintenance management methods transform efficiency levels and work behaviour at a Belgium-b…
EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’
Added: 2 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …
‘Powerful’ software speeds hazardous chemical identification
Added: 2 Aug 2016
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed new substance analysis software capable o…
Funding carbon capture an ‘urgent priority’
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) is essential to meeting the global warming limits established in the…
Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…
Ineos expands chemical manufacturing plant in Hull
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Chemicals manufacturer Ineos has announced plans to expand its ethyl acetate manufacturing facility…
Brexit branded a ‘gamble’ for UK manufacturing
Added: 22 Jun 2016
The head of the national trade union centre (TUC) and the chief of Britain’s manufacturing employer…
