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Drugs in water worry

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Once drugs have done their work in the body, they, or their residues, inevitably end up in the wast…

Basil flavour for BASF process

Added: 20 Oct 2004

A process involving the world's first commercial use of ionic liquid technology has won an …

Peroxide process

Added: 20 Oct 2004

German speciality chemicals producer Degussa has teamed up with catalysts specialist Headwaters in …

Selling gas

Added: 20 Oct 2004

BP is seeking offers for its interests in the Ormen Lange gas field off the shores of Norwa…

Hydrogen cat flap

Added: 19 Oct 2004

A team from the Universities of Liverpool and Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK have found a sa…

Old bloodhound gets a sharper nose

Added: 15 Oct 2004

Purdue University chemists have developed a fast, efficient means of analysing chemical sam…

Gas comes to America

Added: 15 Oct 2004

BP and its partners in the Tangguh Liquefied Natural Gas Project have signed a long term sa…

Canadians get gas in Russia

Added: 12 Oct 2004

Petro-Canada and Gazprom are to investigate a joint liquefied natural gas project which would see L…

Selling sticky stuff

Added: 11 Oct 2004

Henkel Corporation is to acquire Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, the US supplier of specialty adhesi…

Borden buys Bakelite

Added: 11 Oct 2004

Borden Chemical, the US supplier of thermoset resins, adhesives and specialty materials, is to acqu…

UV/EB resins divested

Added: 11 Oct 2004

Akzo Nobel has signed an agreement to sell its Ultra Violet/ Electron Beam (UV/EB) Resins b…

Wrapping up retardants

Added: 4 Oct 2004

UK-based Axion Recycling is to lead a consortium of companies and institutions in a 19-month projec…

Bayer guilty, fined $33 million

Added: 4 Oct 2004

The Pittsburgh subsidiary of German firm Bayer has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $33 million …

Selling surface specialties

Added: 1 Oct 2004

UCB, the biopharmaceutical and specialty chemicals company, has signed an agreement to sell…

Let us spray

Added: 28 Sep 2004

Although primarily concerned with hygiene, cleaning-in-place can also help reduce production costs …

Browning version

Added: 28 Sep 2004

A new technology for browning the top of ready meals is in action at Geest's plant in Milton Keynes…

Opening up the field

Added: 28 Sep 2004

Armin Tesch discusses the dilemma of multi-vendor installations and explains how FDT technology can…

The right mix

Added: 28 Sep 2004

Treating process water and wastewater requires a combination of technologies, from aeration to the …

Deadly nanocarpet

Added: 27 Sep 2004

University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a 'nanocarpet' of nanotubes that not only display…

Don't be (too) alarmed

Added: 24 Sep 2004

Yokogawa's new AAASuite alarm management system is said to improve operator performance by …