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A German tribute to Moore

Added: 1 Aug 2002

The Bobby Moore procedure could soon be synonymous with transferring metal oxide spheres into the g…

Tessenderlo buys out Saplast

Added: 1 Aug 2002

The Tessenderlo Group is set to acquire Saplast - the largest independent French manufacturer of PV…

Heavyweight champion

Added: 1 Aug 2002

Load cell manufacturer Avery Berkel has another string to its bow: calibrating weighing systems on …

Who regulates the regulator?

Added: 1 Aug 2002

'Enronitis' is in danger of becoming endemic around the world's financial capital markets.

Regulation wrangles

Added: 1 Aug 2002

The new president of CEFIC has laid the blame for the poor performance of the chemical industry on …

Bayer's arsenic boost

Added: 1 Aug 2002

Research from Bayer and Severn Trent has led to the development of a substance which can re…

Cut out the fouling

Added: 1 Aug 2002

Adeel Khan looks at the problems of heat exchanger fouling and suggests ways of preventing them.

Syngenta files suit to enforce biotechnology patents

Added: 26 Jul 2002

Syngenta has filed two law suits in the US Federal District Court in Delaware to stop, what it clai…

Bacterial nano-machines could clean up

Added: 24 Jul 2002

US scientists have received a grant from the US DOE to study three bacteria to understand the natur…

Reducing mercury emissions

Added: 24 Jul 2002

ADA Environmental Solutions and PG&E Corporation's National Energy Group have begun a field test fo…

Rhodia sells its Kermel subsidiary

Added: 23 Jul 2002

Rhodia, one of the world's leading manufacturers of specialty chemicals, has signed an agreement to…

ABB wins $987 million oil and gas order

Added: 23 Jul 2002

ABB has signed a contract worth $987 million with Exxon Neftegas to develop onshore oil and gas pro…

These esters don't pollute

Added: 23 Jul 2002

Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new process to produce fatty acid methyl esters without generatin…

Selling composites on the Isle of Wight

Added: 22 Jul 2002

The Swiss industrial group Gurit-Heberlein has agreed to acquire the Isle of Wight (UK)-bas…

US files suit against Motiva

Added: 19 Jul 2002

Civil suits have been files by the United States and Delaware against Motiva Enterprises in connect…

Pfizer to acquire Pharmacia

Added: 16 Jul 2002

Pfizer is to acquire Pharmacia in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $60 billion, creating a c…

Wind power makes Hydrogen

Added: 12 Jul 2002

Quantum Technologies has been awarded a contract to provide a hydrogen fuel storage system for a wi…

AdITR technology employs conductive adhesives

Added: 12 Jul 2002

Matsushita Electric has developed a conductive adhesive technology that allows high-density surface…

High-integrity manifolds

Added: 10 Jul 2002

Parker Instrumentation has unveiled a range of high-integrity manifolds designed for instru…

Plastic nuggets aid agricultural plastic waste disposal

Added: 3 Jul 2002

An agricultural engineer at Penn State University has created burnable, energy-efficient plastic nu…