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What made Milwaukee famous next

Added: 14 Oct 2002

It might have been beer that originally made Milwaukee famous, but duck manure could soon b…

Cash for chromium

Added: 11 Oct 2002

Specialty chemicals company Elementis has agreed to acquire the chromium chemical business of US-ba…

LGC launches new advisory service

Added: 10 Oct 2002

LGC, the UK`s national centre for analytical measurement, has announced a new advisory serv…

Transgenic plants remove arsenic from soil

Added: 9 Oct 2002

A team of researchers, led by a University of Georgia scientist, has developed the first tr…

One step closer to PO

Added: 8 Oct 2002

The Lyondell Chemical Company is building an integrated pilot plant to further develop its propriet…

Rhodia-Ster sold to the Italians

Added: 8 Oct 2002

Specialty chemical manufacturer Rhodia has divested its entire 88.4% interest in Rhodia-ster to Gru…

Empire State acquired for $240 million

Added: 7 Oct 2002

The US-based National Fuel Gas Company has reached an agreement to acquire the Empire State…

Cats from Oxford

Added: 7 Oct 2002

Oxford University researchers have developed a new method for the preparation of catalysts that the…

Eliminating interruptions

Added: 4 Oct 2002

The new Foxboro CFT50 Coriolis mass flow transmitter features patented technology that allo…

Nanocylinders pave way to polymer electronics

Added: 3 Oct 2002

A team of German and American scientists have succeeded in combining conventional organic molecules…

Expanding in Wyoming

Added: 1 Oct 2002

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire Houston-based Howell Corpor…

Scottish and Southern Energy acquires Dynegy Hornsea

Added: 1 Oct 2002

Scottish and Southern Energy has purchased Dynegy Hornsea Ltd from Dynegy Inc for a total cash cons…

BASF expands capacity of polymer dispersion plant in Indonesia

Added: 30 Sep 2002

BASF is to increase the capacity of its polymer dispersion plant located in Cengkareng, Ind…

Celanese purchases emulsions and powders

Added: 27 Sep 2002

Celanese has agreed to purchase the European emulsions and global emulsion powders business of Clar…

US and ExxonMobil Oil settle for $4.7 million

Added: 25 Sep 2002

ExxonMobil Oil Corporation is to pay the United States and the state of California $4.7 mil…

Double-block-and-bleed manifold

Added: 25 Sep 2002

Parker Instrumentation has released a new style of double-block-and-bleed manifold based on…

GE and GLS to jointly develop engineering thermoplastics

Added: 25 Sep 2002

GE Plastics and GLS Corporation are to collaborate on complimentary grades of engineering thermopla…

Synthetic molecular sieve binds water better than zeolites

Added: 24 Sep 2002

Chemists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a new class of materials th…

Taking a wider view

Added: 23 Sep 2002

The engineering, procurement and construction market is driven by achievements, challenges and chan…

A good job well done

Added: 23 Sep 2002

The Malampaya Onshore Gas Plant plays a vital role in the Philippines' nascent natural gas industry…