Europe’s specialty chemicals sector enters new phase
Nick Powell, CEO of Ingredients + Specialties, Univar Solutions, speaks candidly about what chemical distributors are seeing in real time, where demand is strengthening,...
Why supporting working parents is now a resilience issue for chemical sector employers
Support for working parents has often been seen as a “nice to have”. For chemical employers, that view no longer fits the world they...
Beyond compliance: turning competence management into a performance advantage
Whether you operate under COMAH regulations, work with hazardous materials outside that scope, or simply want to sharpen productivity, quality and reliability: strong competence...
What if the next revolution in chemistry came from its processes?
An industrial platform developed by French startup Plaskimia combines plasma, continuous flow chemistry and artificial intelligence to invent a new generation of chemical processes —...
Rethinking feedstocks: how biotechnology is changing chemical manufacturing
Fossil based chemistry is no longer fit for purpose: the future lies in a resilient new source of cleaner chemicals, says Sophie Roelants, COO...
Critical raw material exploration: unlocking new sources for specialty chemicals
Rare earths for magnets, lithium and cobalt for batteries, platinum group metals for catalysts — the supply chain that feeds green energy and advanced...
Pioneering Teesside plant strengthens UK critical minerals processing capacity
DEScycle has opened its first demonstration plant at Wilton Centre in Teesside, marking the first operational deployment of its distributed metals processing infrastructure platform.
It’s a...
Are animal models limiting progress in product development?
Novel alternatives to animal testing can provide more meaningful analysis, says Matt Stevenson, scientific substantiation senior manager at Imperial Brands Science.
While animal models have...
Beyond the traditional turbine: the case for electrifying chemical production
Across the chemicals, fertilizers, and petrochemicals sectors, producers face mounting pressure to reduce operating costs and carbon emissions, while maintaining the reliability and throughput...
Recovering value from hydrogen streams
Divyam Mandalia, Director of Global Purification at PSB Industries, discusses the role of advanced oxygen removal in chlor-alkali processing.
Chlor-alkali production is among the most...
