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Sustainable Solutions Made Possible by Chemistry

17.07.2012 - Shaping Tomorrow Today - During the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development ("Rio+20"), the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) showcased the...

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Changing Demographics in the European Chemical Industry

17.07.2012 - Silver Generation - European chemical industry employees are among the world's best paid and additionally enjoy social benefits their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic...

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Intellectual Property Safeguards in China

17.07.2012 - Diminishing Risk of Copycats - In the Western world, the protection of intellectual property is often a key issue in investing in China. For example, in the book "The Chemical and...

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Solar Power

17.07.2012 - Solar Impulse, the first airplane designed to fly day and night without requiring fuel and without producing carbon emissions, again demonstrated the potential held by new...

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Cleanzone: standalone trade fair and congress for cleanroom technology

13.06.2012 - There is a new date on the industry's calendar to remember: on 24 and 25 October 2012, the very first Cleanzone will be taking place in Frankfurt/Main. This specialist trade fair...

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A Catalyst for Change?

12.06.2012 - On May 11, 2012 Jean-Pierre Clamadieu succeeded Christian Jourquin as CEO of the Solvay group, since the consolidation of Rhodia in last year's third quarter one of Europe's...

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Learning From The Cliff

12.06.2012 - Pharma Engineering - While the upheaval in the pharmaceutical industry has brought with it a lot of problems, one sector that is benefiting from the overhaul is pharma engineering...

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C3X Survey Highlights Paths to Growth in the Chemical Industry

31.05.2012 - Value Chains - A.T. Kearney, CHEManager Europe and Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Institute of Business Administration at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy)...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Asian Century

14.05.2012 - Germany's large plant contractors took in new orders worth nearly €25 billion in 2011, lifting business nearly back to the level of pre-economic crisis year 2008, reports the large...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

The Chemical Plant of the Future

14.05.2012 - The 2008-2009 crisis signaled the start of a paradigm shift in chemical plant engineering and construction. Traditional EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) suppliers...