All Chemicals


Nuclear waste

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 …

Solvay chemicals plant, US

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.

Biomass polymer

‘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.

Additive manufacturing

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 …

Software detects hazardous chemicals

‘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 Oxide site at Saltend, Hull

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…

BASF splashes $3.2bn on Chemetall

Added: 21 Jun 2016

BASF has bought a German-based surface treatment business from US specialty chemicals company, Albe…

Crystal clears up nuclear waste

Crystal ‘clears up’ nuclear waste

Added: 13 Jun 2016

Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the US have discovered a n…

Solidified carbon dioxide

Experts transform CO2 ‘into stone’

Added: 9 Jun 2016

In a new study, researchers working at the Hellisheidi geothermal power plant in Iceland have shown…

SABIC joins Teesside carbon capture collective

Added: 9 Jun 2016

Teesside Collective has added another industrial heavyweight to its group of companies working to d…

New IChemE president to redraw strategy

Added: 31 May 2016

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…

BP chemicals plant facility

Chemicals demand ‘bucks’ industry slump

Added: 11 May 2016

The Chemical Industry Association (CIA) says its members have made a strong start to the year, with…