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Buying DVB
Added: 28 Jul 2005
The Dow Chemical Company has reached an agreement to acquire the divinylbenzene (DVB) business from…
Emerson acquires Solartron Mobrey
Added: 28 Jul 2005
Emerson has acquired Solartron Mobrey from The Roxboro Group of the ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns …
Catalyst support structures
Added: 28 Jul 2005
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed porous support materia…
Bloody substitute
Added: 26 Jul 2005
Students at Loughborough University have developed a synthetic alternative to blood.
Alkali nanotech
Added: 26 Jul 2005
SiGNa Chem has come up with a way to nanoencapsulate alkali metals with silica gel.
Clean water
Added: 26 Jul 2005
US Department of Energy-funded research has resulted in the commercialisation of a technology desig…
Londonderry air
Added: 15 Jul 2005
The UK is heading for the European Court of Justice after failing to adequately treat wastewater di…
Switching gear
Added: 15 Jul 2005
TX-based Powell Industries has acquired Bradford, UK-based Switchgear & Instrumentation Limited fo…
MTBE – a cause of cancer?
Added: 14 Jul 2005
A US Environmental Protection Agency draft risk assessment says MTBE is a likely human carcinogen, …
Total Shell share swap
Added: 14 Jul 2005
Shell is to exchange a 20% interest in its Rome refinery in Italy for Total's 18% interest in Reich…
Fixing nitrogen
Added: 7 Jul 2005
US chemists have produced ammonia from nitrogen at room temperature under normal atmospheric pressu…
Ethanol in Canada
Added: 7 Jul 2005
Canada's capacity to produce renewable transportation fuels is set for another substantial increase.
Odour eater
Added: 7 Jul 2005
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Phthalates get banned
Added: 6 Jul 2005
The European Parliament has banned the use of phthalates in toys and industry isn't happy.
Cool olefins
Added: 5 Jul 2005
A Canadian consortium is developing a technology that will allow olefins to be manufactured more ef…
Desalination in Africa
Added: 28 Jun 2005
GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies and the Algerian Energy Company plan to build the la…
A fine acquisition
Added: 27 Jun 2005
BASF is to acquire 100% of Orgamol, a privately owned Swiss manufacturer of fine chemicals, active …
Semi finished deal
Added: 27 Jun 2005
Swiss firm Quadrant has signed an agreement with Menasha Corporation to purchase its Poly Hi Solidu…
Selling HFC
Added: 27 Jun 2005
Rhodia is to sell its ISCEON hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerant blends business to Dupont, pending…
