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Shell/BASF venture approved
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Basell, a jo nt venture between BASF and Shell to produce styrene monomer and propylene oxide, has …
Atochem rides petchems slump
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Growth in the USand Asia, cost-cutting and speciality chemicals acquisition helped Elf Atochem with…
BOC enters Korean deal
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BOC Gases has agreed to supply Samsung General Chemicals' Asan Bay plant in South Korea wit…
Oiling the wheels
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Elf Oil UK and Lanstar have joined forces in a re-refining and waste management venture for…
Sewage sludge control
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Atmospheric emissions monitoring equipment, made by Codel International, is to be fitted in…
AEA Technology keeps up the PASCE
Added: 15 Jan 2000
One of the world's largest chemical plants, currently being built in Port Arthur, Texas, ha…
Phillips' hope for 1-hexene
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Phillips Chemical has released details of a new process to make almost pure 1-hexene, a mon…
Increase cheese production
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A novel way of increasing cheese production has been developed by Memtech (UK). Using an ul…
Betz-Dearborn aims at metal treatment market
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Betz Dearborn, the Pennsylvania-based water and process treatment chemical manufacturer, is…
Hot stuff at NEC
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Heat exchangers will take centre stage at this year's Eurochem 98 exhibition, at the Nation…
Information at the touch of a screen
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Also at Drives & Controls, Schneider Electric (the new name for all the companies previousl…
Separator for the masses
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The PX100 centrifugal separator from Alfa Laval can process over 1000 tonnes per day of veg…
Switching the show on to pressure measurement
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Following 10 years of development, SI Pressure Instruments (enter 370 on enquiry card) has …
Grangemouth drives to attract jobs
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A scheme to turn Scotland's largest port into one of Europe's major centres for chemical ma…
Improved Glaxo Wellcome performance underwhelms financial analysts
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Despite Glaxo Wellcome announcing a 6 per cent improvment in 1996 sales, of £8.34bn, and an…
Bioreactor cleans up toxic waste
Added: 15 Jan 2000
An innovative and environmentally friendly technology, the Extractive Membrane Bioreactor (…
And Clyde valves
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Clyde Pneumatic Conveying is supplying 50 dome valves for new conveying lines as part of an…
Where's all that hot metal gone?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Tracker HMD from Dorchester-based opto-electronics specialist IPL can detect the location o…
Sourcerer conjures up 17 000 hits
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Sourcerer, the guide to Europe's chemicals businesses, founded by the Chemical Industries A…
