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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…

Scottish flag

Scottish chemical industry rallies collaboration cry

Added: 25 Apr 2016

The Scottish chemical industry has called on all political parties to help deliver growth throughou…

Scientists recruit cyanobacteria to create ‘clean’ chemicals

Added: 25 Apr 2016

German scientists are researching the use of cyanobacteria to provide a more sustainable method for…

The right chemistry

Louisa Hearn | Added: 24 Mar 2016

When reporters in the mainstream media write about chemicals, it’s often for all the wrong reasons.…

BASF coatings

AkzoNobel to snap up BASF coatings business

Added: 17 Feb 2016

AkzoNobel, the Dutch specialty chemicals company, has announced plans to buy BASF’s industrial coat…

ChemChina makes $43bn bid for Syngenta

Added: 3 Feb 2016

ChemChina has offered over $43 billion (£29.7bn) for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta, the…

Andy Furlong, IChemE director of policy

UK urged to ‘welcome foreign talent’

Added: 28 Jan 2016

To maintain its position as a leading hub for science and engineering, the UK must present a more b…

Trinseo Benelux

Chemical council extends energy-efficiency funding for SMEs

Added: 27 Jan 2016

Cefic, the European chemical industry council, said this month it would continue to fund initiative…

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

Calibration: Field factors

Added: 22 Jan 2016

The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…

XRF analyser

X-ray fluorescence analysers for metals analysis

Ashtead Technology | Added: 19 Jan 2016

Ashtead Technology says X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one of the most important technologies in its r…

Tekena Fubara

Cyber security: fighting talk

Rob Smith | Added: 11 Jan 2016

Cyber security is a multi-faceted beast, therefore plant operators must be prepared to defend their…

Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing

Added: 11 Jan 2016

Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…