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Foaming at the wallet
Added: 6 Sep 2005
The European polymer foams market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.2% to r…
Selling off the Gulf
Added: 6 Sep 2005
Woodside Energy has expanded its offshore interests in the Gulf of Mexico by acquiring Houston, TX-…
Money for heat exchange
Added: 2 Sep 2005
ALPEMA is to award a $5000 prize for innovation in the design and development of brazed aluminium p…
Uranium removal
Added: 1 Sep 2005
US scientists have developed a simple, safe method of removing uranium from contaminated metallic s…
Plastic purchase
Added: 30 Aug 2005
BASF is to acquire the 140-strong German engineering plastics outfit Leuna-Miramid for an undisclo…
A cracking job
Added: 30 Aug 2005
BASF is investing 200 million Euros to expand the capacity of its naphtha steam cracker at its site…

Rubber balls give plastic bounce
Added: 30 Aug 2005
Tiny rubbery particles imbedded in plastic matrices could lead to a new generation of materials tha…
Stain resistant
Added: 30 Aug 2005
US chemists have developed an alternative material for making stain-resistant coatings that does no…
Switchable solvents
Added: 25 Aug 2005
Researchers in Canada and the USA have discovered a new environmentally friendly way to make chemic…
Predicting protein separation
Added: 24 Aug 2005
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a method to predict protein separation behaviour di…
Venting samples
Added: 24 Aug 2005
Parker Instrumentation has launched a turnkey solution for venting samples from process analysers i…
A refined agreement
Added: 24 Aug 2005
Air Products has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil to build, own and operate an 18 million standa…
Any host
Added: 23 Aug 2005
Emerson Process Management has announced the latest release of the Rosemount 3420 Fieldbus Interfac…
Closure deal closed
Added: 22 Aug 2005
Crown Holdings is to sell its Global Plastic Closures business to PAI partners, a leading European …

Accelerated reaction
Added: 19 Aug 2005
Chemists have synthesised a new class of carbenes, a development that is expected to have wide appl…
Dust monitoring
Added: 18 Aug 2005
The Sigrist VisGuard from Siemens Automation and Drives, allows operators to monitor levels of dust…
All-welded heat exchangers
Added: 18 Aug 2005
Tranter PHE has launched a high volume Ultramax all-welded plate heat exchanger for extreme tempera…
Rotary vanes
Added: 18 Aug 2005
With 1.5 cubic m/h flow, Rietschle Thomas has now closed the gap between miniature rotary vane pump…
All purpose mechanical seals
Added: 18 Aug 2005
Goulds Pumps, a division of ITT Industries, has introduced Seal Plus, a single and double cartridge…