- Deloitte & Touche report on Canada's chemical
sector.
A recent report from Deloite Touche Tohmatsu International, states that the Canadian chemical industry is experiencing a revival, encouraged by the relatively stable Canadian dollar, a growing economy and increasing export opportunities. Indeed, the chemical industry in the wider North American region is coming out of a six year slowdown....
- Healthy, wealthy and wise.
Chemical companies play a key role in the economy, but Yvonne Brown knows regulators will ensure money does not come before the environment. The chemical industry has made good progress in reducing emissions from chemical plants and the energy they use. But, the current lack of safety data on chemicals ......
- The role of university research in catalysis
innovation.
Catalysis plays a dominant role in industrial chemical manufacturing. Complementary research in academic laboratories can be instrumental in initiating technology breakthroughs. The importance of catalysis to the chemical industry is enormous. An estimated 90 per cent of chemical production processes are based on catalytic technologies [1], encompassing four major market ......
- Chemicals: according to Chemical and Engineering
News' list of the "Global Top 50" chemical companies, for
the second year in a row, Dow Chemical, BASF and DuPoint are the top
three companies with chemical...
Chemicals: According to Chemical and Engineering News' list of the "Global Top 50' chemical companies, for the second year in a row, Dow Chemical, BASF and DuPoint are the top three companies with chemical sales of more than $30 billion each. A notable trend in this year's survey is the ......
- 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 ......
- CHINA: What's hot, what's not
If you are looking for inexpensive sources of chemicals, China may or may not be the place to look. It all depends on the chemicals you need. Unlike the country's burgeoning manufacturing industry, which is driven by exports, the chemicals industry in China, for the most part, was created with ......
- Dangerously reactive materials in the
laboratory.
Highly reactive chemicals require special treatment in the laboratory. This article reviews safety criteria and provides information on how to stay up-to-date with your safety knowledge. Many categories of unstable and highly reactive chemicals may be made, stored and Used in laboratories. These include reactive monomers, water-reactive and air-reactive materials, ......