07-05-2013

It may soon be easier to protect consumers from dangerous condiments thanks to an electrochemical method developed by Chinese scientists that can spot the toxic azo dye, Orange II. They were able to spot the dye at nanomolar concentrations in ketchup and chilli products using the ...

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01-11-2010

In line with the increasing globalization of its sales markets, GEA is planning to build a separator production facility in Wuqing, China. Production is scheduled to start in 2011. The site, which is located immediately next to an existing GEA Heat Exchangers Segment production plant, will ...

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21-09-2010

analytica China, which was held at the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center (SNIEC), drew to a close last Friday, exceeding industry expectations with 15,282 visitors from 66 countries. The number of exhibitors saw an increase of more than 30 percent compared to the last time that the ...

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28-06-2010

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) reports that in 2009, China surpassed all other countries in the production of bioethanol patents, emerging as the global leader in the commercialization of bioethanol research. In the CAS Chemistry Research Report: China Takes Lead in the Commercialization ...

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22-10-2009

Wacker Chemie AG and Dow Corning Corporation officially started the construction of the second phase of their pyrogenic silica plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The pyrogenic silica plant, together with a siloxane plant, is a key facility of an integrated silicone manufacturing ...

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Hydrogen Peroxide plant will produce for growing Chinese market

12-10-2009

Solvay announced that it has struck an agreement with Huatai Group of China to establish a Hydrogen Peroxide joint venture. The joint venture company, Shandong Huatai Interox Chemical Co Ltd, will build a Hydrogen Peroxide plant at Huatai’s new site in Dongying, Shandong Province, China, with ...

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17-04-2009

LGC Standards has opened its first office in Beijing, China. The new office will enable the company to bring its range of laboratory products and services to the Chinese market. LGC Standards provides a range of products and services for measurement and laboratory control encompassing ...

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23-12-2008

Eurofins’ new food testing laboratory in Suzhou, near Shanghai, China is the first facility in that country to have developed capabilities for testing pesticides and melamine/cyanuric acid that are approved by and identical to the latest European standards of testing available at its ...

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02-12-2008

Royal DSM N.V. announced that DSM Nutritional Products has opened its third premix plant in China. The new facility allows DSM to serve a larger geographical area in China. This enables the company to capitalize on opportunities that arise from the rapidly growing animal nutrition & health ...

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Tungsten carbide as catalyst for cost-effective conversion of cellulose into industrially useful carbon compounds

25-09-2008

Alternatives to fossil fuels and natural gas as carbon sources and fuel are in demand. Biomass could play a more significant part in the future. Researchers in the USA and China have now developed a new catalyst that directly converts cellulose, the most common form of biomass, into ethylene ...

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