The potential usefulness of 1,1-di-substituted alkenes for making performance polymers has been recognized for some…

A less expensive process for producing biodegradeable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) plastics from renewable feedstocks is being…

New bio-based polyimides (PIs) that withstand temperatures up to 390°C — the highest ever reported…

A new thermoset polymer has been discovered by researchers at IBM Research Almaden (San Jose,…

NEC Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.nec.com) has developed a two-stage, heterogeneous synthesis for making a high-functionality…

While super glassy polymers are initially very porous and ultra-permeable — a property that makes…

  Oil-water separation A complex formed by combining maleic anhydride copolymers with a cationic fluorosurfactant…

Biosynthetic Technologies (Irvine, Calif.; www.biosynthetic.com) has developed a continuous-flow process to convert any animal- or…

Last month, The Linde Group (Pullach, Germany; www.linde.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced…

Water scarcity is one of the most serious global challenges of our time. Desalination and…

Aveva (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) has launched AVEVA Information Standards Manager (AVEVA ISM), a software product…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has purchased the assets of Kalogeo Anlagenbau GmbH (Leobersdorf, Austria)…

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) and Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced today its new Ziegler-Natta…

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) says that it has been selected by Natgasoline LLC, a…

GEA Wiegand GmbH and GEA Filtration (Ettlingen, Germany; www.gea-wiegand.com) have received an order for a…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, German; www.evonik.com) plans to build a plant to produce precipitated silicas…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) have entered into…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) recently opened a new plant at its production site…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is building a new production plant for polymer dispersants…

On July 8, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) formally commenced operations at a new…

On the South Campus of Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin; www.tu-berlin.de), BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany;…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is making an investment in the double-digit-million euro range…

Since the turn of the new millennium, considerable changes have been taking place in the…

The word “sustainability” is used a lot, but for many businesses and industries it is…

Plant Watch Ineos licenses HDPE process technology in Turkmenistan June 10, 2014 — Ineos Technologies…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), Huntsman Corp., Shanghai Hua Yi (Group) Co., Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical…

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New safety and environmental regulations, longer plant uptime and changes in maintenance practices have created…

Pressing global issues, such as climate change and declining energy security, have led to an…

In the face of intense market pressures, companies are increasingly requiring their engineering organizations to…

Dust in the chemical processing industries (CPI) is present in numerous operations, including powder processing;…