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A new kind of chemical processing
Added: 17 Aug 2005
A transistor-like structure which combines fluid dynamics and electronic design could form the basi…
Electrical microbes
Added: 17 Aug 2005
Bacteria used to clean up contaminated land and to generate electricity from organic wastes produce…
Against the grain
Added: 17 Aug 2005
New models to show how granular materials act when stored and handled could help process engineers …
Buying into biomass
Added: 17 Aug 2005
Shell Deutschland has acquired a minority equity stake in Choren Industries, the developer of a bio…
A shot of bioplastics
Added: 17 Aug 2005
A recently discovered marine bacterium can degrade a tough, fibrous waste product generated during …
Burning waste
Added: 15 Aug 2005
Finnish researchers have developed a process for incinerating the water purification resin used in …
Closing and selling
Added: 15 Aug 2005
Alcan has sold its Pet Plas Packaging food plastic bottles outfit to Esterform Packaging.
Sara Lee sale
Added: 12 Aug 2005
Sara Lee Corporation announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its …
Waste plastic makes steel
Added: 12 Aug 2005
An Australian researcher has shown the steel industry that they can use waste plastic bottles to ma…
Paper is best
Added: 11 Aug 2005
Vital details of radioactive waste stored at Windscale have been recorded on permanent paper rather…
Dropping sealants
Added: 9 Aug 2005
French chemical giant Rhodia is to sell its European cartridge silicone sealants business to the Ge…
North Sea sale
Added: 8 Aug 2005
Kerr-McGee, the Oklahoma City-based energy and inorganic chemical company, is to sell all its ?xml:…
Pigment purchase
Added: 4 Aug 2005
Altana Chemie, the Specialty Chemicals division of Altana, is to acquire the Fürth/Germany-based Ec…
Clean up operation
Added: 4 Aug 2005
The UK Environment Agency has served an enforcement notice on Wollaston, Northamptonshire-based che…
Jointly refined
Added: 4 Aug 2005
Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical are to become joint venture partners in the development of a lar…
Going with the flow
Added: 4 Aug 2005
Emerson's Rosemount 3051S Ultra for Flow can support up to 14:1 flow turndown with better than a 0.…
Oil spill
Added: 4 Aug 2005
A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is …
Heavy oil in Canada
Added: 3 Aug 2005
Oil giant Total has made a cash offer to acquire all of the common shares of Deer Creek Energy for …
Buying filters
Added: 2 Aug 2005
Parker Hannifin has made a cash offer to buy the UK-based filtration and separation group Domnick H…
