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'Designer' polymers
Added: 11 Mar 2002
Researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK have developed a process which 'grows' polymers …Open season declared on automation software
Added: 11 Mar 2002
The market for automation software could soon become more open than anyone imagines.Joint venture to make oxo
Added: 8 Mar 2002
Celanese and Degussa have signed a letter of intent to set up a 50/50 joint venture for the…
Changing plants
Added: 7 Mar 2002
Technip-Coflexip has been awarded a turnkey contract from BASF for the conversion of a diap…
Buried dams help clean recycled water
Added: 6 Mar 2002
Scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation have found that di…Yukos gets gas for $190 million
Added: 4 Mar 2002
The Yukos Oil Company has signed a series of agreements under which it will purchase Benton Oil and…Rubber from sunflowers
Added: 27 Feb 2002
Colorado State University is leading a team of researchers who plan to develop sunflowers into a ru…Shell sells assets to Greymouth
Added: 26 Feb 2002
Shell New Zealand has sold its interests in the Kaimiro and Ngatoro oil and gas fields in T…
EC adopts proposal to restrict use of dangerous chemicals
Added: 22 Feb 2002
The EC has adopted a proposal to restrict the use by the general public of forty three chemicals wh…$100 million PTT plant to go up in Canada
Added: 19 Feb 2002
Shell Chemicals has signed a contract with SGF Chimie to build and operate the first world-scale po…Fuel cells for Nissan
Added: 19 Feb 2002
UTC Fuel Cells has signed development agreements with the Nissan Motor Company to develop f…
Biomass-based power comes to Germany
Added: 18 Feb 2002
Foster Wheeler Energia Oy has been awarded three power plant projects in Germany in the wake of the…Shecco keeps cars cool
Added: 18 Feb 2002
Denso Corporation has signed a global licensing contract with Hydro Pronova AS for the use of its S…Arsenic and old wood
Added: 18 Feb 2002
The US wood industry has reached an agreement with the EPA to stop using arsenic in pressur…
A transparent view of emulsifiers
Added: 13 Feb 2002
A manufacturer of emulsification units for the global paper industry is using the latest in web-bas…Chemicals are set to recover, but must court investment
Added: 13 Feb 2002
The bad times of last year are set to recede with a sustained recovery, according to the CIA's econ…A new way to control reactions
Added: 13 Feb 2002
A group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have demonstrated complex system behaviour …£8 million goes into the North Sea
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Oil and gas companies committed a total of £8 million in 2001 towards the development of ne…
ICI to sell Synetix in bid to reduce debt mountain
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Once known as the bellwether of British industry, ICI is now preparing to sell off its cata…
