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Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG, Germany

Infraserv Höchst is a leading service provider and full-service site operator for the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries. Based in Frankfurt/Main, Infraserv GmbH & Höchst KG supplies firms in the process industry with products and services in energy, facility management, safety, security, envi more

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• EPCA provides numerous initiatives to ensure recruitment in the chemical industry
  

  The European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) is stepping up its involvement in educational initiatives for the natural sciences. EPCA is currently supporting three projects intended to illustrate the high status of chemistry in everyday life. The initiatives enable school students to take part in l more

• Scientists to produce suberabsorbents from CO2

  The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has pledged €2.2 million in funds for a project by the BASF-supported Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) and hte AG, a company in which BASF has a majority interest. The goal of the project, which takes place with the cooperation of research s more

• Celanese Appoints Holmes Chief Marketing Officer

  Celanese Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. Peter Holmes to the position of Chief Marketing Officer, effective December 13. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Holmes to Celanese where he will co-lead Celanese’s Office of Strategic Growth and bring his deep experience to our ongoing efforts to more

White papers Education

• Calculating VOCs: Not all Low-VOCs Are Considered Equal

  Like most coatings, paints, and maintenance products, water repellents are expected to comply with increasingly stringent regulations of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), which are any volatile carbon compounds that engage in atmospheric photochemical reactions. The simplest example of a VOC would be a solvent or drying aid. Common examples include alcohols (such as IPA), mineral spirits, kerosene, toluene or xylene. The only compounds that have been exempt from regulations are those that have shown negligible photochemical reactivity, such as volatile methyl siloxanes, acetone, and tertiary butyl acetate. Conflicts between application specifications that require higher VOC products and tightening regulation standards pose a challenge to the market more

• Increased productivity for downstream processing of biotherapeutics
  

  Polymer-based chromatographic resins featuring high mechanical and chemical stability and high protein binding capacities can help to increase the throughput and robustness of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Advances in genetic engineering and cell culture technology have raised upstream productivity in the production of recombinant proteins. Increased titres of up to 10 g/l stress the need for highly efficient and robust downstream processes (DSP). Most industrial bioprocess development groups apply generic DSP platforms that are designed to purify various candidates of the same class of proteins applying the same process design. Besides various filtration and virus inactivation steps, they usually involve two or three chromatographic unit operations with orthogonal separation modes. The use of high capacity chromatographic resins can help to overcome the DSP bottleneck by increasing process throughput and robustness more

• Best Practices to Mitigate Lubricant Contamination

  Many assume the contamination of lubricants occurs after the lubricants have been applied to machines. While wear debris and water ingress are expected to contribute to lubricant contamination it doesn't mean maintenance professionals need to accept lubricant contamination as a futile battle. There are many best practices used to help mitigate the ongoing battle against lubricant contamination more

Job offers Education

• Tenure Track Assistant Professorship W1 for Organic Chemistry (m/f)
  

  The Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Bonn (Germany) seeks applications for the position of a Tenure Track Assistant Professorship W1 for Organic Chemistry The initial appointment will be with an initial pay-scale grade W1. After a positive evaluation, th more

• Professorship W2 for Organic Chemistry (m/f)
  

  The Kekulé-Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Bonn (Germany) seeks applications for the position of a Associate Professorship W2 for Organic Chemistry. The initial appointment will be with an initial pay-scale grade W1. After a positive evaluation, the candidate more

• Project manager Electrical & Instrumentation (m/f)
  

  Our client is one of the worldwide leading chemical companies. With its products, our client is strongly established in the market. The number of employees worldwide amounts up to a 5-digits-figure. The group operates production sites in the most important regions in the world. Our client is renowne more

Publications Education

• [News of the Week] Newsmakers

  Science speaks with microbiologist George F. Gao, who is in the trenches of the H7N9 avian influenza outbreak that has killed 27 people in China since March. And after 26 years, Eugenie Scott, the founding executive director of the National Center for Science Education, has announced her retirement. more

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• The Coexistence of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Prevalence and Risk Factors in Young, Middle-aged and Elderly People from the General Population

  by Roberto de Marco, Giancarlo Pesce, Alessandro Marcon, Simone Accordini, Leonardo Antonicelli, Massimiliano Bugiani, Lucio Casali, Marcello Ferrari, Gabriele Nicolini, Maria Grazia Panico, Pietro Pirina, Maria Elisabetta Zanolin, Isa Cerveri, Giuseppe Verlato Background The joint distribution o more

Market studies Education

• Sri Lanka Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2011

  As 2010 comes to a close, Sri Lanka is able to bask in a year of soaring investor interest and economic growth, which will see its GDP growth most likely come in at 7%. Healthcare spending in the country is expected to continue strengthening over the coming years, with BMI forecasting an increase fr more

• Morocco Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q1 2011

  Morocco’s pharmaceutical business environment remains ranked 14th BMI’s Q111 BusinessEnvironment Ratings (BER) for the Middle East and Africa (MEA), which assesses 19 countries in theregion. Globally, Morocco ranks 64th out of 83 markets. The country’s market is mid-sized by regionalstandards, but i more

• Moldova Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q3 2010

  Moldova’s pharmaceutical market was valued at US$208mn in 2009, and BMI calculates that the market will post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.95% between 2009 and 2014 in US dollar terms, increasing to 8.45% growth between 2009 and 2019. Moldova is ranked 19th out of 20 countries in BMI’s more

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