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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…
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…
