Monday, 15 March 2021 12:35
Ashland to increase production capacity for Natrosol™ HEC at Nanjing, China site
Wilmington, Del., March 15, 2021 - Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ASH) has just announced the company plans to increase production capacity of Natrosol™ hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) at the Nanjing, China site. “Ashland Natrosol™ rheology modifiers have been the leading cellulosic…
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Wednesday, 17 February 2021 11:54
Hauschild SpeedMixer® mixes substances of any consistency - speedily and bubble-free without blades
Whenever mixing is an important component of the R&D process, one device has been relied on worldwide since 1974 whose name already tells you all you need to know: thanks to an ingenious mixing technique, the “Hauschild SpeedMixer®” is capable…
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Monday, 11 January 2021 14:42
Evonik begins marketing of natural refrigerants
With immediate effect, Evonik's customers can now purchase three new natural refrigerants: throughout Europe and delivered using a means of transport particularly suitable for this purpose. This was made possible by the further shift of Evonik's existing C4 Verbund in…
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Monday, 11 January 2021 09:15
SCIP duty kicks in: 5 million notifications received for harmful chemicals in products
Since 5 January, companies have had to submit data to ECHA on chemicals of concern in their products. Over five million notifications have already been received in the SCIP database, and the data will be published in the coming months.…
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Thursday, 17 December 2020 14:12
AkzoNobel unlocks more sustainable future for coatings after biomass breakthrough
A world of possibilities for paints and coatings has been unlocked by research being conducted by AkzoNobel, in collaboration with the Dutch Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (ARC CBBC). The breakthrough innovation involves the development of a more…
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Thursday, 12 November 2020 10:35
Keliber and Kokkolan Energia confirm agreement on the site of the chemical plant
Keliber and Kokkolan Energia have confirmed a 30-year lease agreement for a 12.5-hectare site of the Keliber chemical plant to be built in the Kokkola Industrial Park. “We are very pleased with the good cooperation with Kokkolan Energia. We have…
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Wednesday, 28 October 2020 12:11
Tracking chemicals of concern in products – SCIP database ready for use
Industry can now submit information on substances of very high concern in their articles to ECHA’s SCIP database. The aim is to make recycling of products safer and improve information about dangerous chemicals in products. The SCIP database was launched…
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Tuesday, 27 October 2020 10:26
Brenntag will implement global transformation program to position the Group for sustainable organic earnings growth
The Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Brenntag AG (ISIN DE000A1DAHH0), the global market leader in chemical and ingredients distribution, decided about the scope of Project Brenntag, the company’s comprehensive transformation program, that is expected to deliver a sustainable…
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013 17:32
AstraZeneca selects Cambridge as global R&D/HQ hub
AstraZeneca's new UK-based global R&D centre and corporate HQ will be located at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on the southern outskirts of the city. By 2016, the new site will house a highly-skilled workforce of approximately 2,000, said an 18…
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013 13:16
Improvement project saves £10m at SABIC UK site
SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd expects annual productivity gains of over £10 million following an improvement programme, led by Reliable Manufacturing, at its ethylene liquefaction plant on Teesside.The programme has delivered a "dramatic turnaround" after nearly 20 years of under-investment by…
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Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:48
Chemical industry reports lower sales
UK chemicals and pharmaceuticals manufacturing companies have reported a fall in sales to customers over the previous six months.In its latest survey of member companies, the industry’s trade body the Chemical Industries Association found 44% of companies had seen lower…
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 18:35
Chemoxy set for growth
Chemoxy was recently awarded £1.5 million from the Regional Growth fund to expand capacity at its Billingham site to install a multi-purpose combined reaction and distillation plant at a total cost of £6 million. Chemoxy's new plant is to provide…
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:26
Dounreay reduces raffinate hazard
Tanks of highly radioactive liquid waste have been now cemented into drums at Dounreay – part of hazard-reduction efforts around the decommissioning of the former fast-reactor site in Scotland. The liquid was produced during reprocessing of material test reactor (MTR)…
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 17:58
KBR for new world-scale ammonia plant
Houston, Texas – KBR has been awarded a contract by Incitec Pivot Ltd’s US business, Dyno Nobel, to provide engineering, procurement and construction services, as well as technology licensing and equipment for an ammonia plant to be built in Waggaman,…
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Saturday, 04 May 2013 17:39
BASF Antwerp taps Jacobs Engineering
BASF Antwerp NV, has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. a contract to provide engineering services at its integrated chemicals complex in Antwerp, Belgium. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is providing process, piping and electrical/ instrumentation engineering services. Officials…
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