All Chemicals

CCS near widespread deployment
Added: 5 Nov 2014
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is now on the cusp of widespread global deployment, according to a…

Process sectors lead productivity growth
Added: 22 Oct 2014
The pharmaceutical and chemical sectors were today named by the government as the two sectors most …

Onsite chemical analysis
Added: 22 Oct 2014
Quantitech has launched the FROG-4000, a rugged, portable instrument capable of analysing trace lev…
Balancing act
Added: 13 Oct 2014
Yorkshire polymer company cuts energy costs by balancing voltage supply.

Chemists boost biofuel production
Added: 3 Oct 2014
Chemical engineers in the US have modified yeast tolerance to enhance biofuel production capacity, …

Ineos buys Grangemouth power plant
Added: 2 Oct 2014
Ineos today announced it is buying the gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant that provides …

Vote for chemicals
Added: 30 Sep 2014
As the prospect of a general election looms on the horizon, Chemical Industries Association chief e…

Siemens buys Dresser-Rand for $7.6bn
Added: 22 Sep 2014
Siemens today announced it was acquiring Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion (£4.6bn) and aimed to become…
Merck buys Sigma-Aldrich for £10bn
Added: 22 Sep 2014
Pharma and chemicals giant Merck has agreed to buy life sciences firm Sigma-Aldrich for approximate…

Arkema plans Total adhesives takeover
Added: 19 Sep 2014
Total today announced it had received a €1.74 billion (£1.36bn) bid from French chemicals giant Ark…

For oil’s sake?
Added: 16 Sep 2014
If Scottish independence is about oil, then the truth is that Scotland has missed the boat. Thursda…
National Grid awards “shutdown” contracts
Added: 11 Sep 2014
National Grid is in the process of awarding contracts to major energy users such as process facilit…

Engineers against Scottish independence
Added: 9 Sep 2014
More than 60% of chemical engineers in Scotland will vote against independence, a new survey has re…

Pumping out particles
Added: 3 Sep 2014
UK nanoparticle manufacturer is scaling-up its production capabilities.

Integration or bust
Added: 3 Sep 2014
The UK’s chemical industry may be sleepwalking into further decline due to the lack of industry lea…

Energy efficiency spend to rise, says Siemens
Added: 3 Sep 2014
More than two thirds of UK manufacturers are planning to increase investment in energy management o…

Industry slams EU nano register
Added: 7 Aug 2014
EU proposals to create a new register for nanomaterials were today criticised by the UK chemical in…

New colleges focus on engineering
Added: 6 Aug 2014
Five of the seven new University Technical Colleges (UTCs) announced by chancellor George Osborne y…

Increased production squeezes innovation
Added: 4 Aug 2014
Manufacturers’ spending on innovation is slowing as firms attempt to manage rising output levels, a…
