China, one of the world's great growth stories, may become the world's largest consumer market. As that potential unfolds, petrochemical activity and investment are sure to be key drivers. China is now the 6th largest economy in the…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co. (MHI; Mihara, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/6515-531) has developed an integrated piping-and-instrument system, called M-iPIS, which makes small, complex piping systems from a single plate block. Analogous to the manufacturing of integrated circuit boards, M-iPIS realizes not only cost…
If your estimate for a project's capital cost is too high or too low, incomplete or wrong, a poorly developed scope is the mostly likely cause. In almost all cases, project cost estimating is more accurate than the…
NORTH AMERICA ISCST 2006: 13th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium. The Tiara Group (Ojai, Calif.). Phone: 805-659-2298; Fax: 805-659-1493; Web: iscst.org Denver, Colo. Sept. 11-13 Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference & Expo. Reliabilityweb.com (Fort Myers, Fla.). Phone: 305-735-3746; Fax:…
If leadership ability corresponded to IQ levels, every engineer would be a contender for the coveted corner office, whether that office was occupied by the company CEO or its vice president for engineering. Unfortunately, a different kind of…
ISCRE 19: 19th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering. Dechema e.V. (Frankfurt, Germany). Phone: +49-69-7564-295; Fax: +49-69-7564-176; Web: events.dechema.de/ISCRE Potsdam/Berlin, Germany Sept. 3-6 Distillation & Absorption 2006. The Institution of Chemical Engineers (Rugby, U.K.). Phone: +44-1788-578214; Fax: +44-1788-560833;…
Petrochemicals - A Beginner's Course. Reed Business Information (Surrey, U.K.). Phone: +44-20-8652-3090; Fax: +44-20-8652-8351; Web: reedbusiness.co.uk Dubai, U. A.E. Sept. 11 12th Annual China Chemical Industry Conference. Chemical Week (New York, N.Y.). Phone: 212-621-4978; Fax: 212-621-4970; Email: [email protected]…
During the first half of this decade, painting a rosy salary picture for chemical engineers has been impossible at times, and at best required a creative flair. Forget gaining ground — amid salary freezes or raises that lagged…
Anyone who has ever attended the Achema exhibition-congress, which showcases products and know-how for chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology in Frankfurt, Germany, every three years, is aware from personal experience of the vast scope and high stature of…
Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS; Leverkusen, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/5830-546) has developed a new process for producing toluene diisocyanate (TDI), a precursor for making flexible polyurethane foam. Without disclosing details, BMS says the process reduces investment costs by 20–30%, and energy consumption by…