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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…
Critical care
Added: 17 Dec 2015
There are real advantages to be gained from renting specialist equipment, writes Will Russell of As…
Online calculator combats grit costs
Added: 17 Dec 2015
Hydro International has launched an industry tool to help assess the full operating cost impact of…
Toxic load: detecting hazards
Added: 9 Dec 2015
Personal protection kit is about far more than hard hats and safety gloves.
Manufacturing growth 'faded away'
Added: 7 Dec 2015
A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…
Manufacturing pace loses momentum
Added: 2 Dec 2015
The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…
Sales slide hits chemical sector
Added: 25 Nov 2015
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …
UK still lags in innovation stakes
Added: 17 Nov 2015
The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…
Additive manufacturing: new frontiers
Added: 10 Nov 2015
From humble beginnings, additive manufacturing has evolved into a process that impacts almost every…
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
Added: 23 Oct 2015
Honeywell has bought Sigma-Aldrich’s research chemicals business in a bid to expand its portfolio o…
