Keyword: Catalysis & Catalysts

Chemicals & Distribution

Enzyme Catalysis in Organic Synthesis

- Optimized by nature over the millennia, enzymes are catalysts that play a crucial role in the transformation and degradation of essential molecules in living organisms...

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Albemarle Profits Up

19.04.2012 - Chemical maker Albemarle's first quarter earnings rose, and beat Wall Street's expectations, on strong sales of catalysts used by petroleum refiners. Sales of specialty materials...

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Evonik Expands Research Cooperation on Catalysis

23.03.2012 - Evonik Industries and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) are planning to expand their cooperation in the area of catalysis research for the long term. The Institute has...

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W.R. Grace Beats Street, Shares Jump

02.02.2012 - W.R. Grace posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as the chemicals maker raised prices on catalysts and construction products, helping lift its stock to...

Strategy & Management

Cellulosic Ethanol: Future’s Fuel

09.12.2011 - Nature's Building Block - It looks like that the time of cheap oil is over. The challenge of this century will be the exploitation of alternative resources to secure growth and...

Mechanical Processes

PSL’s simplefilter: Filtration Simplified

Powder Systems Ltd. - Powder Systems, PSL, presents a simplified alternative to more complex and costly technologies, the simplefilter. It is designed for many pharmaceutical and chemical applications...

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BASF to Increase Copper, Copper-Chrome Catalyst Capacity

15.08.2011 - BASF has announced a new round of capital investment projects to increase its production capacity and further enhance its global manufacturing operations for copper and copper...

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Johnson Matthey Q1 Underlying Profit Rises; Sees Strong Growth In H1

20.07.2011 - Autocatalysts and precious metals maker Johnson Matthey reported Tuesday a strong growth in its first-quarter profit and sales, benefited principally from higher demand for...