Keyword: Catalysis & Catalysts

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Clariant Opens US PP Catalysts Plant

24.10.2016 - Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has opened a new PP catalyst production facility in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, as part of a strategy to accelerate its growth in North...

Strategy & Management

A New Pathway

12.09.2016 - Reducing nitro groups to amines is a well-known and frequently applied method, which is useful in the synthesis of various classes of compounds of interest in the pharmaceutical...

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Clariant Develops Catalysts for Gevo Process

23.05.2016 - Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant is to develop and scale up catalysts for Gevo’s ethanol-to-olefins (ETO) process technology. The single-step process uses Gevo’s...

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W.R. Grace Buys BASF’s PE/PP Catalysts

25.04.2016 - US chemical producer W. R. Grace has agreed to acquire the assets of BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes technologies, patents...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Staying Ahead In Outsourcing

05.04.2016 - Pharmaceutical companies of all sizes now routinely outsource many of their research, development and/or manufacturing requirements to contract organizations around the world...

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Versalis and Genomatica Develop Bio-based Rubber

18.02.2016 - Italian petrochemicals producer Versalis, a subsidiary of energy group Eni, and its joint venture partner US bioengineering company Genomatica have been succeeding in making bio...

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Topsoe Wins Iranian Methanol Contract

05.02.2016 - Danish catalysis and process technology company Haldor Topsoe has signed a contract with Badr-e-Shargh Petrochemical Complex for a new methanol plant in Chabahar, Iran. It will be...

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Clariant and CB&I Design China Dehydrogenation Plant

22.01.2016 - Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has won a contract from China’s Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery to develop a propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in...