Keyword: chemical industry

Plant Construction & Process Technology

PTFE Compounding Technology Tackles Sealing Challenges

02.04.2014 - Always Adapting - Since their early days, when they were made of rawhide, radial shaft seals, rotary shaft seals or lip seals - all different names for the same component - have...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Oil- and Gas-Field Chemicals

02.04.2014 - Soaring Costs - For a rising number of chemical companies, an increasingly profitable market is the sale of chemicals to aid the extraction of oil and gas from deep and...

News

Global Chemical Industry Presents Mixed Results for 2013

02.04.2014 - Annual results presented by global chemical companies for 2013 showed a diverse picture. This was scant surprise as many were still mired in a transformation process, while others...

Strategy & Management

Global M&A to Increase in 2014

02.04.2014 - Despite lingering uncertainty about Europe's recovery and global GDP growth, more than 50 % of executives surveyed at leading chemicals industry players and investment banks expect...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Water – Fuel for Processes and Products

02.04.2014 - Sustainable Management of Resources - Water is the origin of all life and is extremely important to each and every one of us. That is why, in 1993, the United Nations introduced an...

News

Materials Know-How

31.03.2014 - Tangible Synergies - In an organizational move in January of 2013, BASF created the new Performance Materials division. The new group, which is part of the Functional Materials &...

News

Chinese, Global Chemicals Industries Join Forces to Advance Sustainable Development in China

28.03.2014 - Co-sponsored by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) and the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), the forum aimed to build cooperation...

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Clariant Joins the Chemical Industry Initiative “Together for Sustainability”

28.03.2014 - Clariant announced membership in the chemical industry initiative "Together for Sustainability" (TfS), an organization founded in 2011 and aiming at jointly improving...