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)…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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…