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April 23, 2010
Huntsman says it has significantly reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by introducing a series of energy management systems during the past two years at its Port Neches, TX...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Huntsman-Saves-Millions-of-Dollars-with-Energy-Efficiency-Overhaul-at-Port-Neches-TX_26245.html March 25, 2010
Potassium Ferrate is also now available in kilogram quantities, which process developers Ferratec and Battelle hope will drive new uses for the formerly pricey chemical....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/New-Production-Process-Slashes-Potassium-Ferrate-Price_25597.html March 17, 2010
DSM says it expects to be in a position to announce plans for the commercialization of specific products derived from CO2 feedstocks in the next 12-24 months. “We have sufficient...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/DSM-on-Track-to-Commercialize-Production-of-Resins-Adhesives-and-Coatings-from-CO2_25457.html March 15, 2010
A consortium of 28 companies and research institutes has begun a four-year project to develop an efficient biorefinery system for converting biomass into final chemical products. Named...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/EU-Consortium-Begins-Biorefinery-Development-Project_25395.html March 10, 2010
Energy efficiency measures implemented by BASF in 2009 are set to make annual energy savings for the company totalling €39 million ($53 million), the company says. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/BASFs-2009-Energy-Efficiency-Measures-to-Yield-Annual-Savings-of-$53-Million_25264.html March 9, 2010
Researchers at the University of Torino in Italy found that treating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers with a low-temperature, partially ionized gas increased the fibers' affinity for water....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Researchers-Find-Greener-Way-to-Process-PET-Fibers_25254.html February 23, 2010
Preliminary findings of a report commissioned by the United Nations have identified that the world’s 3,000 largest companies in 2008 caused loss and damage to the environment...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Worlds-Largest-Firms-Causing-$2-2-TrillionYear-in-Damage_24911.html February 2, 2010
Global spread of HIV/AIDS has been and is a cause of alarm. Approximately 33.4 million people are estimated to be infected with HIV/AIDS and about 30% of this population can use the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/HIV-Drug-Availability-and-Potential-Manufacturing-Opportunities_24541.html December 10, 2009
In the recent years we all have been reading and hearing about what the Indians have been doing in the areas of IT, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals etc. They have...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/What-is-Jugaad-a-New-Management-Fad-from-India_23408.html December 7, 2009
Construction of the Y2.6 billion ($29 million) plant began in early November at Mitsubishi Chemicals' Mizushima, Japan site and is expected to be completed in July of 2010....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/JGC-Mitsubishi-Chemical-Building-Pilot-Plant-to-Test-New-Propylene-Technology_23305.html November 12, 2009
The company says it is in negotiations with ThyssenKrupp Uhde to build the plant, which is due onstream at the beginning of 2011....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Build-Hydrochloric-Acid-Electrolysis-Plant_22701.html October 5, 2009
ExxonMobil Chemical president delivers keynote address....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/EPCA-Innovation-Will-Ensure-Industrys-Sustainable-Development_21878.html September 16, 2009
TMO Renewables (Guildford, U.K.), a start-up biotech firm says it has developed a process capable of cost effectively converting at least 25 different biofeedstocks into ethanol...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Cellulosic-Ethanol-Start-up-Develops-Process-for-25-Different-Feedstocks_21401.html September 9, 2009
Lonza says it has today opened its new microbial control formulations plant at Nanjing, China. The plant is focused on the manufacturing of formulations but is also capable of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Lonza-Opens-Microbial-Control-Formulations-Plant-in-China_21285.html August 31, 2009
The year was 2004. I was standing on the top of a ladder painting my son’s bedroom and listening to the BBC’s news on the radio when a spokesman for Dow Chemical announced...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Yes-Men-Poised-to-Put-the-Chemical-Industry-on-the-Back-Foot-this-October_21058.html August 24, 2009
Researchers led by J. Craig Venter at the J. Craig Venter Research Institute (Rockville, MD) in a paper published recently in the journal Science, indicate that they are closer to a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Researchers-Move-Closer-to-Making-Artificial-Organisms_20992.html August 5, 2009
Chemical Engineers during their training are taught that they will commercialize and/or operate a process that will produce consistent quality product all the time (without re-work)...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Chemical-Engineering-Understanding-the-Curriculum-for-Quality-Manufacturing_20596.html July 29, 2009
OSHA today announced the launch of its National Emphasis Program (NEP) for the chemical sector, saying it will initially focus on facilities in New England, the Midwest, and the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/OSHA-Launches-National-Emphasis-Program-for-Chemicals_20478.html July 14, 2009
Lonza says it has signed an agreement with biopharmaceutical company LFB (Les Ulis, France) to manufacture a monoclonal anti-RhD antibody developed by LFB. The process developed by LFB...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Lonza-Signs-Manufacturing-Deal-with-French-Biopharma-Firm_20173.html June 16, 2009
Retrofitted German site is the first time Bayer's quasi-isothermal catalysis technology has been used on large-scale....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/manufacturing_excellence/Sulfuric-Acid-Plant-Based-on-Bayer-Technology-Starts-Up_19598.html |
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