- Fallen hero: from water buoys to war, windshields to
waterproofing, Shawinigan was an important player in the history of
Canadian chemicals.
For the 25th anniversary of the CSChE in 1991, I contributed an article to Chemical Engineering in Canada: A Historical Perspective, edited by Les Shemilt, FCIC. The article detailed a few of the important technological innovations made by a remarkable company, Shawinigan Chemicals Limited. Now, on the 60th anniversary of ......
- PBI Media purchases SRI Consulting assets; co. to
merge with chem. week.
PBI Media, Inc. (Potomac, MD), a portfolio company of Veronis Suhler Stevenson's (New York) private equity affiliate, has acquired the Chemical Business Services operations of SRI Consulting (Menlo Park, CA), a producer of information and data for the global chemicals industry. No terms of the deal were given. The acquired ......
- Bleak outlook for chemicals.
Speakers at the Chemical Industry Association's Annual Business Outlook conference in London, said that they expected continued restructuring in the chemical industry and an uncertain economic climate. Cees Van Lede, ceo of Akzo Nobel, said he believed 1999 would not be an easy year for the chemical industry, as in ......
- Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries
Efficiency and Sustainability in the Energy and Chemical Industries Jakob de Swaan Arons, Hedzer van der Kooi and Krishnan Sankaranarayanan, Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 300 pp., $165.00, 2004 IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 Business, governments and non-governmental organizationa are increasingly discussing sustainability, a broad topic with far ranging implications, but one ......
- Purchasing chemicals from India: Lots of opportunities
India is the fourth largest economy in the world, after the U.S., China and Japan, and the country is beginning to use its financial muscle to export products worldwide, including chemicals. According to K. Ravimurthy, a senior analyst with ARC Advisory Group, Bangalore, India, the development of the Indian chemical ......
- The Chemical Industries Association and leading
analytical laboratory LGC are to set up a UK REACH centre to help the
chemicals industry prepare for the new legislation.
The Chemical Industries Association and leading analytical laboratory LGC are to set up a UK REACH centre to help the chemicals industry prepare for the new legislation. The centre will co-ordinate independent verification, manage data and provide advice. It will also undertake a further round of consultation and workshops before ......
- Confessions of a book review editor
Sigmund Freud thought that every sexual act involved more than two people (think Oedipus). The same can be said of every book review. There is, of course, the primal couple, the author and reviewer. But hidden behind the scenes -- and sometimes not so hidden: think of The New Republics ......