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Foaming at the wallet

Added: 6 Sep 2005

The European polymer foams market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.2% to r…

Selling off the Gulf

Added: 6 Sep 2005

Woodside Energy has expanded its offshore interests in the Gulf of Mexico by acquiring Houston, TX-…

Money for heat exchange

Added: 2 Sep 2005

ALPEMA is to award a $5000 prize for innovation in the design and development of brazed aluminium p…

Uranium removal

Added: 1 Sep 2005

US scientists have developed a simple, safe method of removing uranium from contaminated metallic s…

Plastic purchase

Added: 30 Aug 2005

BASF is to acquire the 140-strong German engineering plastics outfit Leuna-Miramid for an undisclo…

A cracking job

Added: 30 Aug 2005

BASF is investing 200 million Euros to expand the capacity of its naphtha steam cracker at its site…

Rubber balls give plastic bounce

Added: 30 Aug 2005

Tiny rubbery particles imbedded in plastic matrices could lead to a new generation of materials tha…

Stain resistant

Added: 30 Aug 2005

US chemists have developed an alternative material for making stain-resistant coatings that does no…

Switchable solvents

Added: 25 Aug 2005

Researchers in Canada and the USA have discovered a new environmentally friendly way to make chemic…

Predicting protein separation

Added: 24 Aug 2005

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a method to predict protein separation behaviour di…

Venting samples

Added: 24 Aug 2005

Parker Instrumentation has launched a turnkey solution for venting samples from process analysers i…

A refined agreement

Added: 24 Aug 2005

Air Products has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil to build, own and operate an 18 million standa…

Any host

Added: 23 Aug 2005

Emerson Process Management has announced the latest release of the Rosemount 3420 Fieldbus Interfac…

Closure deal closed

Added: 22 Aug 2005

Crown Holdings is to sell its Global Plastic Closures business to PAI partners, a leading European …

Accelerated reaction

Added: 19 Aug 2005

Chemists have synthesised a new class of carbenes, a development that is expected to have wide appl…

Dust monitoring

Added: 18 Aug 2005

The Sigrist VisGuard from Siemens Automation and Drives, allows operators to monitor levels of dust…

All-welded heat exchangers

Added: 18 Aug 2005

Tranter PHE has launched a high volume Ultramax all-welded plate heat exchanger for extreme tempera…

Rotary vanes

Added: 18 Aug 2005

With 1.5 cubic m/h flow, Rietschle Thomas has now closed the gap between miniature rotary vane pump…

All purpose mechanical seals

Added: 18 Aug 2005

Goulds Pumps, a division of ITT Industries, has introduced Seal Plus, a single and double cartridge…

High performance metering

Added: 18 Aug 2005

Companies looking for high performance metering pumps for use in hazardous areas can now use the Br…