Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, Wash.; www.pln.gov) have published the first direct…

Researchers from the Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Center (Sydney and Perth, Australia; www.ebcrc.com.au) have developed…

Polymer-supported nanoclusters of gold have recently been shown to catalyze the oxidation of alcohols to…

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI, Palo Alto, Calif.; www.epri.com) has signed an agreement with…

The cost of producing platinum catalysts could be reduced by up to 90% by a…

An energy-autonomous process for capturing air humidity for drinking water has been developed by scientists…

A photocatalyst that uses visible light to deodorize and disinfect air has been developed by…

Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.biz) is developing a new process for producing lactic acid (LA)…

Last month, Malibu GmbH & Co, KG (Bielefeld, Germany; www.malibu-solar.de) started up a thin-film photovoltaic-module…

Last month, Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS; Phoenix, Ariz.; www.honeywell.com/ps) unveiled the process industry’s first redundant…

A new zeolite catalyst that increases yields of light cycle oil (LCO) from high molecular…

Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) announce today…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and IMEC (Leuven, Belgium; www2.imec.be), Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research…

The Process Technology Segment of GEA Group AG (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com) has received an order…

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.; www.agilent.com) and Varian, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.varianinc.com) have…

The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has entered into an agreement to…

Lewa GmbH (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) has been acquired by the Japanese company Nikkiso Co., Ltd.…

GEA Power Cooling Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.geaict.com), a subsidiary of GEA Group (Bochum, Germany; www.geagroup.com),…

Along with other industrial companies, Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) is participating in the Desertec…

The Chinese central government has approved the Joint Feasibility Study Report submitted by BASF and…

Alfa Laval (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has received two orders for Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers…

Rhodia (Paris; www.rhodia.com) today announces its first business development investment in biogas technology, by acquiring…

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has officially launched a new multilateral collaboration to develop a…

Borouge (Abu Dhabi; www.borouge.com), a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has awarded…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) will supply ammonia synthesis technology for the world’s largest…

Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp) announced today that it had transferred its 50% ownership in NatureWorks…

Plant Watch PET resin capacity expands in Saudi Arabia June 15, 2009 — Uhde Inventa-Fischer…