All Chemicals


Bayer names 'Factory of the Future' boss

Added: 20 May 2011

Leverkusen, Germany – Dr. Thomas Bieringer is to take over as managing director of the INVITE GmbH …

Carbon budget could 'wipe out' UK chemicals industry

Added: 18 May 2011

London – The UK’s £60 billion chemical industry could be decimated unless measures are taken to cus…

Sinopec orders Burckhardt compressors

Added: 18 May 2011

Winterthur, Switzerland - Sinopec Wuhan Co. has awarded Burckhardt Compression two orders to delive…

BASF FINA roadmaps wireless at petrochemicals site

Added: 16 May 2011

Mountain View, California – BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP has established a wireless application site…

The Shell petrochemicals facility in Singapore

Wireless in at Shell Houdini

Added: 16 May 2011

Technology meets hazardous area requirements at Singapore petrochemicals facility

Cogent strikes chemicals 'gold' in Europe

Added: 28 Apr 2011

Brussels – The European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) and the European Mine, Chemical and Energy …

Shale gas fuels Dow expansion plans

Added: 27 Apr 2011

Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical Co. plans to increase its ethylene and propylene production and to…

UK refineries under new ownership

Added: 15 Apr 2011

London – Asian-based companies are snapping up refining operations in the UK and other western coun…

Nexans nets major cable contract for Brazil petrochemical complex

Added: 14 Apr 2011

Paris – Nexans has won a ’multi-million Euros’ turnkey contract at the new COMPERJ petrochemical co…

CSB maintenance warning marks fatal Tesoro accident

Added: 8 Apr 2011

Washington DC – Marking the one year anniversary of the tragic accident at the Tesoro Refinery in A…

Software helps CNPC Jilin Petrochemical to cut energy costs

Added: 4 Apr 2011

Singapore - China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) Jilin Petrochemical Co., northeast China’s larges…

Energy efficiency: Chemicals industry entering challenging new phase

Added: 30 Mar 2011

The likely position of chemical plant operators by 2020 should be considered in the context of the …

Polymers from CO2

Added: 22 Mar 2011

Bayer has started up a pilot plant at its Chempark Leverkusen site to turn CO2 emissions into feeds…

Valve controls keep variables on a leash

Added: 22 Mar 2011

INEOS Chlor has reduced process variability by 5% at its Runcorn chlor-alkali and chlorine derivati…

Uhde building 'first ever' skid-mounted chlor-alkali plant  

Added: 18 Mar 2011

Leuna, Germany – Uhde GmbH has started construction of what, it believes, will be the world’s first…

Brunner Mond improves staff safety at UK chemical plants

Added: 17 Mar 2011

Northwich, UK – Brunner Mond, part of Tata Chemicals, is to roll out Crown Computing’s workforce ma…

The Energy Loss Cascade

Bayer tracks down hidden efficiencies

Added: 15 Mar 2011

Bayer Technology Services (BTS) has developed a process optimisation programme that is being applie…

RWE, BASF, Linde in clean coal power advance

Added: 11 Mar 2011

Ludwigshafen, Germany – RWE Power, BASF and Linde have advanced a CO2 scrubbing solvent, which they…

Borouge awards Coperion its biggest ever contract

Added: 9 Mar 2011

Stuttgart, Germany – Coperion GmbH has landed its biggest ever single contract – a Euro100m deal wi…

Cefic boss maps recovery route for EU chemicals sector

Added: 28 Feb 2011

Brussels – Cefic president Giorgio Squinzi has warned that while 2010 was a strong year for the Eur…