Keyword: Catalysis & Catalysts

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Bayer’s New Chemicals Value Chain

13.02.2014 - Modern Chemical Engineering - Bayer Group is set to take a crucial step in 2013 in the realization of its plans to create a new chemicals value chain based on the conversion of CO2...

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W.R. Grace Exits Bankruptcy in U.S.

11.02.2014 - U.S. chemical producer W.R. Grace has emerged from Chapter 11 creditor protection after almost 13 years. The company filed for protection in April 2001 after facing just under 130...

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Codexis announces Greg Hughes as Vice President Strategic Alliance & Product Development

28.01.2014 - Codexis announced the appointment of Greg Hughes, Ph.D., as Vice President, Strategic Alliance & Product Development, effective from October 28, 2013. Dr. Hughes spent the last 11...

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Invista to Link With CPI on Fermentation Processes

14.01.2014 - U.S. chemical producer Invista and the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in the UK have announced plans to collaborate on new technology for gas fermentation in production of...

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Carbon Black Producer Cabot Fined Nearly $1 million by EPA

26.11.2013 - Cabot Corporation, the second largest carbon black manufacturer in the U.S., has been fined $975,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and ordered to invest some $84...

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Johnson Matthey Climbs On Higher Car, Truck Production

21.11.2013 - Johnson Matthey, the world's largest maker of catalysts to control car emissions, posted a 13% rise in first-half profit, helped by increased global production of cars and trucks...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Global Challenges in Chemicals and Energies

06.11.2013 - Standardization and acceleration of catalysis R+D in chemicals and energies has not only reached a prominent level of maturity but will even get significantly more relevant /...

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Evonik opens new catalysts plant in Argentina

21.10.2013 - Germany-based Evonik Industries started up a new plant for manufacturing biodiesel-production catalysts in Argentina. Patrik Wohlhauser, the member of the Evonik Executive Board...