Business & Economics
You & Your Job: Employee Development: Getting the Information You Need Through a 360° Feedback Report
A 360° feedback report is a way for employees to learn how they are perceived by direct reports, colleagues, managers, customers, and strategic business partners — hence the term 360° because it generates a "full circle" of information concerning…
Economic Indicators: Business News
Mergers and Acquisitions Siemens acquires Chemitreat Group to expand water-treatment technology March 3, 2008 — Siemens announced that it has acquired the Singapore-based private limited Chemitreat Group to expand the water-treatment business in South East Asia. Chemitreat will become part…
Chementator: A new polymer set for a commercial launch
Polyglycolic acid (PGA) has good properties: a very high gas impermeability, even under 80% humidity; biodegrability; high mechanical strength; and good moldability, which makes it a promising polymer for applications such as medical devices and barrier films. But up to…
Shell Global Solutions licenses technology to SARC
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (The Hague, Netherlands; www.shell.com/home/content/globalsolutions-en) and South Atlantic Refinery Company S.A. (SARC) recently signed an agreement to license technology for SARC’s new greenfield refinery, planned to start up in Aracaju in the Sergipe region of Brazil…
Letters: HART Plant of the Year nominations
Nominations for the 7th annual HART Plant of the Year Award are now being accepted by the HART Communication Foundation (HCF). The global award is presented annually to recognize innovative use of HART Communication in realtime industrial-process plant applications. Nominations…
Calendar
North America Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) Annual Meeting. PMA (Milwaukee, Wis.). Phone: 414-431-3094; Fax: 414-276-7704; Web: pmahome.org San Antonio, Tex. May 4 – 6 ESTECH 2008. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (Rolling Meadows, Ill.). Phone: 847-255-1561; Fax: 847-255-1699; Web:…
Outotec to deliver Fe-ore pelletizing technology to China
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd on the delivery of new environmentally sound technology for Shougang's iron ore pelletizing plant to be built in Caofeidan, China. The contract value is…
MIP Tech./Supelco launch MIP process for shrimp
MIP Technologies AB (Lund, Sweden; www.miptechnologies.com) and Supelco, a division of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (www.sigma-aldrich.com), announced today the launch of a new SupelMIP application for the selective extraction of chloramphenicol (CAP) from shrimp using SupelMIP SPE-chloramphenicol cartridges. CAP is a…
Oxea launches its first new product
The global chemical company Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) announces the introduction of its first new product, an ester known as 3G8 Ester (triethyleneglycol-di-2-ethylhexanoate). The demand of this ester is steadily increasing in the chemical industry, says the producer. One…
BASF experts to provide advice on REACH
Just a few weeks before the pre-registration phase of the European chemicals policy REACH begins in June 2008, the demand for extensive information and advice is greater than ever. In response, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is hosting another expert…