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Tyvek 800J

Tyvek 800 J limited-use coverall

Added: 27 Nov 2013

Available in 2014, the DuPont Tyvek 800 J coverall is an innovation in Type 3 (liquid tight) protec…

Kurt Bock

Lunch with the BASF boss

Added: 27 Nov 2013

Last Friday I headed down to Mayfair to meet BASF chairman Kurt Bock, who over lunch gave me a fasc…

CCS plant

Manufacturing hits 18-year high

Added: 21 Nov 2013

UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…

Edmonton feedstock plant

Steam cracker is 'industry first'

Added: 20 Nov 2013

A feedstock steam cracker in Singapore is said to be the first industry facility capable of convert…

Cyber security

Complacent companies at highest risk of cyber attack

Added: 19 Nov 2013

Companies that employ outdated technologies and inefficient risk management tactics are at a higher…

Air Products Prism hydrogen generator

ArcelorMittal buys hydrogen generators

Added: 19 Nov 2013

Industrial gas specialist Air Products today announced it had signed a deal to supply Indian steel …

Greenpeace Warsaw coal protest

Coal industry calls for technology backing

Added: 18 Nov 2013

Leading figures in the global coal industry gathered in Warsaw today to call for governments to bac…

Honeywell Profit Suite R400 process optimisation software

Honeywell wins Chinese petrochemical deal

Added: 15 Nov 2013

Chinese national oil company Sinopec has selected process optimisation software by Honeywell for th…

Typhoon Haiyan devastation

BASF donates €300,000 to Philippines appeal

Added: 14 Nov 2013

German chemicals giant BASF today announced it was donating €300,000 to relief efforts in the Phili…

Chemical Plant

Avoiding blackouts…at any cost?

Added: 13 Nov 2013

Yesterday I was speaking to Dr John Roberts, who chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering group tha…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment

Added: 12 Nov 2013

Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Centrifugal air compressor

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor

Added: 7 Nov 2013

The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

Centralised control room

Control rooms play catch-up

Added: 5 Nov 2013

They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …

gif2

Process industries “ignoring” cyber threat

Added: 5 Nov 2013

Owners and operators of process plants are failing to take the threat of system software hacking se…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Review calls for young engineers

Added: 4 Nov 2013

The Perkins Review will highlight the need to attract more young people to careers within the engin…

Chemical Plant

DuPont to spin-off performance chemicals arm

Added: 29 Oct 2013

DuPont announced last week that it is to spin-off its performance chemicals segment to shareholders.

Ineos Grangemouth

Grangemouth petrochem to reopen

Added: 25 Oct 2013

Chemicals firm Ineos today confirmed it was reopening the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex and pr…

BASF performance products

BASF closes UK pigment plant

Added: 23 Oct 2013

German chemicals giant BASF today announced it was closing its pigment plant in Paisley, Scotland.

Ineos Grangemouth

Grangemouth petrochem closes

Added: 23 Oct 2013

Ineos this morning announced it was permanently closing its Grangemouth petrochemical plant in Scot…

Vince Cable

Chemicals sector aiming for 50% growth

Added: 22 Oct 2013

MPs and industry leaders are meeting today to discuss the challenges facing chemical sector plans t…