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Warning over growing threat from Legionella

Added: 23 Jan 2008

Expert calls for measures to stop the rise in outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease

Celanese expansion in China after CO supply deal

Added: 23 Jan 2008

Acetic acid facility has a capacity of 600ktpa, which can be expanded to 1200 kpta with relatively …

Infrared technology helping Lyondell to detect emissions

Added: 23 Jan 2008

Initial results at plants in Texas and Illinois have been very promising according to US petrochemi…

Aker Kvaerner changes its name, and CEO

Added: 23 Jan 2008

Lieungh to replace Brandal and become the first president & CEO of Aker Solutions

Universities report record chemical engineering intake

Added: 22 Jan 2008

But institute CEO warns that figures highlight an urgent need for further investment

Lanes Health enhances mixing capabilities

Added: 22 Jan 2008

Stainless steel mixer installed to improve production of solutions and suspensions used for film- a…

Linde bags long-term gas contract with Corus in UK

Added: 21 Jan 2008

The agreement involves the construction of a new air separation unit (ASU) at Corus' site at Scunth…

DSM, Roquette to develop bio-based intermediate

Added: 21 Jan 2008

Demo plant in France to have a capacity of several hundred metric tonnes. Large-scale production wi…

E.ON coordinator is UK’s top female engineer

Added: 21 Jan 2008

IET award recognises her role at E.ON and in encouraging young people to consider careers in engine…

BP moves on three fronts in China

Added: 21 Jan 2008

Agreements cover clean-coal conversion technologies, wind power generation and acetic acid producti…

ADM, Bayer, Daimler target biodiesel based on Jatropha

Added: 21 Jan 2008

Hardy plant needs very little water and is a promising source of renewable energy because its seeds…

Cadbury Schweppes selling its Monkhill business

Added: 18 Jan 2008

Tangerine Confectionery paying £58 million for business, which manufactures sugar confectionery an…

First English whisky distillery in over 100 years

Added: 18 Jan 2008

Company claims whisky first with the recent opening of its St George’s Distillery at Roundham, near…

Air Liquide targets oxy-combustion to reduce carbon emissions

Added: 18 Jan 2008

Research includes studies of technologies that capture CO2 from the exhaust gas after combustion.

New chemical engineering research facilities

Added: 18 Jan 2008

New facilities open in Nottingham and Strathclyde

Ineos to buy more BP businesses

Added: 17 Jan 2008

Move to acquire BP’s Vinyl Acetate Monomer and Ethyl Acetate businesses for an undisclosed sum

Eurofins opens microbiology lab in London

Added: 17 Jan 2008

Opening follows recent acquisition of Southern Water laboratories

BP tackles corrosion threat at UK ion exchange plant

Added: 17 Jan 2008

Water treatment failure threatened integrity of BP’s Hull site, Europe’s largest acetic acid plant

New SCADA system for UK gas terminal

Added: 17 Jan 2008

TOTAL Group replaces SCADA system on St Fergus terminal supplying 20% of UK natural gas demand

UK green light for nuclear power

Added: 17 Jan 2008

Government sees nuclear power as safe, proven and among the cheapest low-carbon electricity generat…