Solvay and Henkel team up on sustainable farming project
Chemical company Solvay has expanded a project that has been designed to ensure that the raw materials it uses come from sustainable sources.
The company is teaming up with global business Henkel in the Sustainable...
Silicon nanostructures could transform printing
Scientists have found a way to expand the colour spectrum used by printers using a novel nanostructure system.
The current colour range for computers and printers is based on the sRGB (standard Red Green Blue),...
Air Products signs deals
Air Products, the world-leading industrial gases company which has been serving Guangdong in South China for 30 years, has signed a second long-term oxygen and nitrogen supply contract with a leading global materials supplier...
Product proves its worth
BASF presented a case study on the successful first use of its scratch-resistant iGloss® clearcoat technology in North America at the 29th annual SURCAR Conference.
A global automotive manufacturer adopted the iGloss technology at one...
Chemists develop new technique
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in America have developed a new method for making ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules in the laboratory. The method has the potential to bring down dramatically the cost of...
Chemist receives award
Keary M. Engle, an assistant professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in the US, has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
The R35 grant...
Dow announces $1 million support after hurricane disaster
The Dow Chemical Company announced an emergency fund in response to the widespread devastation caused by the recent Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Texas is home to 12,000 Dow employees and contractors and, although the company,...
Companies link up for CO2 project
BASF and bse Engineering have signed an exclusive joint development agreement for BASF to provide custom-made catalysts for a new chemical energy storage process.
The companies say that the process will enable the economically-viable...
Project explores Industry 4.0 opportunities
Chemical company BASF and software company SAP have announced the start of a project that will help businesses to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by Industry 4.0.
Based at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site in Germany,...
Initiative to improve the standardisation of metabolomics
The European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals has announced the launch of a new initiative which will accelerate the use of metabolomics technology to improve safety assessment of chemicals.
The technology has the...