The American Society of Testing Materials (Conshohocken, Pa.; www.astm.org) has developed a new standard for…

Arkema (Colomes, France; www.arkema.com) and hte (Heidelberg, Germany; www.hte-company.de) have successfully concluded a research collaboration…

Primary amines are made in high yield by a palladium-catalyzed allylic amination reaction developed by…

Last January, Chiral Photonics, Inc. (Pine Brook, N.J.; www.chiralphotonics.com) was awarded $500,000 in a Small…

ABB Instrumentation (Warminster, Pa.; www.abb.com/instrumentation) has cut the cost of installing orifice-plate flowmeters by up…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Washington D.C.) plans to set up the first U.S.…

Calibration-free pH The world’s first continuously self-calibrating pH measurement system was previewed at the Interphex…

With the exception of Oslo-type crystallizers, the main commercial crystallizers are agitated systems that use…

Many methods have been developed for the encapsulation of "active" materials within a carrier nanoparticle,…

Aqueous Recovery Resources, Inc. (ARR; Bedford Hill, NY; www.suparator.com), has developed the Suparator, an oil/water…

Cambrios Technologies Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.; www.cambrios.com) has formed a strategic partnership with Chisso Corp. (www.chisso.co.jp)…

Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emersonprocess.com) has joined the Profibus  Nutzerorganisation e.V. (PNO;  www.profibus.com)…

Bayer MaterialScience AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) has invested 2.3 million euros in a new production…

The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) says that its Energy & Chemicals Group…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to…

BASF Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has completed a significant debottlenecking and expansion project to…

EDSA Micro Corp. (San Diego, Calif.; www.edsa.com), and OSIsoft, Inc. (San Leandro, Calif.; www.osisoft.com) have…

Today, SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) announced commissioning of its integrated carbon and graphite plant…

Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX; Mexico City; www.pemex.com) Petroquímica Morelos has awarded GTC México (Queretaro;) an EPC…

Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) has been awarded the supply contract for…

Choren Components GmbH, a part of the Choren Group (Freiberg, Germany, www.choren.com) is currently supplying…

Further to the announcement today that Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Limited has achieved financial close…

The Bosch Thermotechnology division (Stuttgart, Germany; www.bosch.com) plans to take over Loos Deutschland GmbH (Gunzenhausen,…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that it was awarded front-end engineering for CO2…

Aspen Technology, Inc. (Burlington, Mass.; www.aspentech.com), a leading provider of software and services to the…

When the United Nations convenes its 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen, Inbicon A/S (Fredericia, Denmark; www.inbicon.com)…

Lonza Group Ltd.’s (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) facility for antibody drug conjugates (ADC) in Visp, Switzerland,…

As CRTs become an obsolete form of video display technology, recycling their lead-filled glass is…

Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/industry) is expanding its industrial portfolio by acquiring Elan Software…

I recently read Hydrogen-Pinch Analysis Made Easy Chem. Eng., June 2008, pp. 56–61. The paper…

 Interest in energy efficiency is not a fad. The economics of industrial production, the limitations…

A chemical executive once noted that his firm derives one-third of its income from products…

Despite their apparent simplicity, bends are often poorly understood, and unless properly designed, they are…