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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…

Out on a LIMS

Added: 16 Jan 2002

IT systems to manage analytical laboratory information can help companies save money by improving t…

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…

GE Plastics to acquire LNP Engineering

Added: 4 Jan 2002

GE Plastics is to acquire Kawasaki Steel Corporation's LNP Engineering Plastics business. T…

Solvay poised to acquire Ausimont

Added: 4 Jan 2002

Solvay has signed an agreement with Montedison and Longside International aiming at acquiri…

Thermoplastic PBT-based elastomer created in reactive extrusion

Added: 4 Jan 2002

Cyclics Corporation has disclosed that it has polymerized a thermoplastic PBT (polybutylene…

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…

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…

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 …

Slowdown hits European chemicals

Added: 13 Dec 2001

Recessions to the East and the West are to hit the chemical industry in Europe, according t…