All Chemicals


Graphene impression

Amec Foster inks graphene deal

Added: 9 Nov 2015

Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint

Added: 23 Oct 2015

Honeywell has bought Sigma-Aldrich’s research chemicals business in a bid to expand its portfolio o…

Solvay chemicals plant, US

Chemical firm solves PET ‘puzzle’

Added: 28 Sep 2015

A process that allows all grades of PET (plastics) to be recycled will soon be commercialised by a …

Cyber security

Hacked off?

Added: 22 Sep 2015

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS) Windows 10 was officially launched in July. But how has it af…

Pharmaceutical industry must focus on manufacturing

Skills support impacting SMEs

Added: 15 Sep 2015

Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are building a competitive advantage through training and …

Manufacturing Barometer

Scrap ineffective green taxes, says EEF

Added: 14 Sep 2015

A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF calls on the government to scrap the Carbon F…

Qdos dosing pumps

Dose of colour

Added: 26 Aug 2015

New pumps boost uptime and reduce maintenance times at French aluminium powder coating plant.

Manufacturing Barometer

UK manufacturers boast innovation

Added: 24 Aug 2015

Manufacturers in the UK are using innovation to deliver productivity improvements and export growth…

Ed Davey tweet

Fracking to be ‘fast-tracked’

Added: 13 Aug 2015

Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd and communities secretary Greg Clark have today anno…

Honeywell Experion PKS Orion

Honeywell updates Experion LX

Added: 11 Aug 2015

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has rolled out an updated version of Experion LX, its distributed…

Pharma

UK pharma boasts export boom

Added: 10 Aug 2015

The UK pharmaceuticals industry has continued to exhibit solid export growth this year, a new surve…

Drax

Energy data reveals renewables surge

Added: 4 Aug 2015

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) published its annual Digest of UK Energy Statistic…

Cuadrilla shale site

Second Blackpool shale gas site refused

Added: 29 Jun 2015

Lancashire County Council today refused Cuadrilla planning permission to develop a shale gas site i…

Flexion

Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…

Burkert dosing and dispensing

The right chemistry

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Avoiding the most common mistakes when dosing chemicals is a simple case of using the right tools.

Cuadrilla site

Split planning decision for Blackpool shale

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Lancashire County Council planning officers yesterday recommended that one of Cuadrilla’s proposed …

National Grid control centre

Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns

Added: 15 Jun 2015

Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…

Cuadrilla shale site

GMB union backs shale gas

Added: 9 Jun 2015

The body representing UK shale gas developers yesterday signed an agreement with the GMB trade unio…

Gas detection

Have a safe summer

Added: 3 Jun 2015

So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.

Dust explosion short course at the Wolfson Centre

New hazards: COMAH 2015

Added: 3 Jun 2015

The introduction of new COMAH regulations will see many smaller firms affected by the rules for the…