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Old plants, new challenges
Added: 16 Jul 2004
With new security threats adding to the difficulty of optimising plant operations, the process indu…Under attack
Added: 16 Jul 2004
At last month's 'Manufacturing Excellence' conference in the UK, a packed audience was stunned to d…Clean sweep
Added: 16 Jul 2004
The threat of escalating terrorist attacks is behind a new system for cleaning radioactive …
Spend a penny, save a litre
Added: 16 Jul 2004
A German firm, aquadry Deutschland, has developed a urinal whose nano-featured surface could dramat…Chemical reputation improves
Added: 16 Jul 2004
The European public's opinions on the chemical industry are showing signs of brightening fo…
Johnson Matthey to acquire Lancaster Synthesis
Added: 15 Jul 2004
Clariant is to sell its Lancaster Synthesis to Johnson Matthey for £14.15 million as part of its st…Oil sands
Added: 14 Jul 2004
Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract worth approximately $570 million for work on …
In the melt
Added: 12 Jul 2004
The Dow Chemical Company has launched a new line of polyolefin polymers specifically develo…
Billion dollar chemical buyout
Added: 7 Jul 2004
Private investment firm Apollo Management has signed an agreement to acquire Borden Chemical, a sup…Selling elastomers
Added: 2 Jul 2004
PolyOne Corporation is to sell its Elastomers and Performance Additives business to an investor gro…Reducing emissions
Added: 22 Jun 2004
Kemira has developed a new product that it claims can reduce the emissions of nitrogen oxid…
Report debunks recycling claims
Added: 18 Jun 2004
A report by the GrassRoots Recycling Network claims to provide evidence that bottles made from poly…Money in methanol
Added: 17 Jun 2004
Lurgi, the subsidiary of German giant mg technologies, has signed a contract to build a methanol pl…Measuring turbidity
Added: 15 Jun 2004
Emerson's Clarity II enables drinking water plants to continuously monitor turbidity levels on-line…On-line for business
Added: 7 Jun 2004
The improvements in control afforded by on-line analysis can provide a valuable boost in the profit…Membrane momentum
Added: 7 Jun 2004
Growing industrial usage of ultra pure water is driving demand for membrane separation systems, wit…Building on rice
Added: 7 Jun 2004
An established technology for incineration and combustion could provide a way to convert waste mate…Up to speed with IPPC
Added: 7 Jun 2004
The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) regulations are set to change the way the pr…Chiller chemistry
Added: 7 Jun 2004
Mike Spear reports on BOC's upgraded service facility and its technology for on-site reclamation an…