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Metering out a dose of technology
Added: 16 Jan 2002
For in-line proportioning and dosing of liquids into process streams, accuracy and repeatability ar…Parliament modifies White Paper on chemicals policy
Added: 16 Jan 2002
Stuart Nathan looks at the arguments surrounding the European Commission's plans for chemicals poli…BP and ChevronTexaco to build $23 million wind farm
Added: 16 Jan 2002
BP and ChevronTexaco today announced that they are to build and operate a 22.5-megawatt wind farm a…Now there is just one step to phenol
Added: 16 Jan 2002
Japanese process engineers have designed a process to convert benzene to phenol in a single…
Chemicals sold for $109 million
Added: 14 Jan 2002
Pharmaceutical Resources intends to acquire the FineTech fine chemical business of International Sp…Aker Stord wins $560 million contract
Added: 11 Jan 2002
A contract worth $560 million to build the topsides for Statoil's Kristin platform has been…
Wafers that go bang
Added: 10 Jan 2002
Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that silicon wafers, the raw st…Helium recovery good for fibre makers
Added: 9 Jan 2002
BOC has patented a new helium recovery system that aims to reduce the cost of manufacturing…
Diesels meet their match
Added: 7 Jan 2002
Can a low emissions natural gas engine generate the fuel economy and performance of a diesel engine…Thermoplastic PBT-based elastomer created in reactive extrusion
Added: 4 Jan 2002
Cyclics Corporation has disclosed that it has polymerized a thermoplastic PBT (polybutylene…
Solvay poised to acquire Ausimont
Added: 4 Jan 2002
Solvay has signed an agreement with Montedison and Longside International aiming at acquiri…
GE Plastics to acquire LNP Engineering
Added: 4 Jan 2002
GE Plastics is to acquire Kawasaki Steel Corporation's LNP Engineering Plastics business. T…
Aliens land in Paris
Added: 20 Dec 2001
Last month, at the 'Cartes Show' in Paris, the German-based Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) demon…
Immobilising nuclear waste
Added: 19 Dec 2001
A £1.2 million research venture between BNFL and the University of Cambridge is to investig…
Industrial intelligence
Added: 19 Dec 2001
BioComp Systems has released version 2.0 of Process Intellect, an on-line process intelligence syst…EPA to fund 'green engineering' initiative
Added: 18 Dec 2001
The US Environmental Protection Agency is funding a 'green engineering' research initiative that ai…Water extraction process can increase safety and decrease costs
Added: 18 Dec 2001
University of Arkansas researchers believe water can replace solvents in food and pharmaceutical pr…Kemira Group acquires Vinings for $138 million
Added: 17 Dec 2001
Finnish chemicals group Kemira is set to become a leading specialty chemicals supplier to the pulp …Amgen to acquire Immunex for $16 billion
Added: 17 Dec 2001
Biotechnology giant Amgen announced today that it is to acquire Immunex for $16 billion in stock an…