All Chemicals

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…

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
Added: 13 Jun 2016
Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the US have discovered a n…
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…

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 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.…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…