Printable, colorful camouflage with polymers

13-Feb-2018 - In nature, colors can serve as a form of communication, but they can also hide animals and plants, camouflaging them from sight. Researchers now report that they have developed polymers that can better mimic nature's color-changing abilities than existing polymers. They say the materials could ...

Eurofins expands its presence in India

17-Nov-2017 - Eurofins Scientific announces that it has acquired Spectro Analytical Labs Ltd. (“Spectro”), an environment, analytical product testing and inspection company in India. The company has over 22 years of experience in quality testing and inspection-related services, and owns accreditations from the ...

Separating methane and CO2 will become more efficient

19-Oct-2017 - To make natural gas and biogas suitable for use, the methane has to be separated from the CO2 . This involves the use of membranes: filters that stop the methane and let theCO2 pass through. Researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, have developed a new membrane that makes the ...

Molecules move faster near sticky surfaces

Molecules move faster as they get closer to adhesive surfaces, but this effect is not permanent

05-Sep-2017 - Molecules move faster as they get closer to adhesive surfaces, but this effect is not permanent. Such is the puzzling conclusion of a study published in Physical Review Letters, carried out by Simone Napolitano and his colleagues in the Laboratory of Polymers and Soft Matter Dynamics at the ...

Evonik expands fumed silica capacities in Antwerp

Investment sum in the upper double-digit million euro range

28-Jul-2017 - Evonik is investing an amount in the upper double-digit million euro range in the expansion of its fumed silica capacities in Antwerp, Belgium. The production complex is scheduled to become operational in the summer of 2019. Typical applications of these specialty silica, which Evonik markets ...

New routes for post-consumer recycled polystyrene

Total explores the circular economy

15-Jun-2017 - Total has completed an industrial scale test run, following a series of pilot plant trials, demonstrating the feasibility of sustainable incorporation of about 20% of post-consumer recycled polystyrene within virgin polystyrene. The trial, which was carried out on an existing production asset, ...

LANXESS invests in its production site in Lillo/Antwerp

Efficiency investments of roughly EUR 25 million in plastics production chain in 2017

26-Apr-2017 - LANXESS announced plans to further strengthen its integrated production complex for polyamide and precursors for plastics in Antwerp. With an investment of roughly EUR 25 million in 2017, the specialty chemicals company will primarily implement measures to further enhance efficiency. “Our ...

Eurofins acquires environmental testing laboratory business of Ramboll Group in Finland

04-Apr-2017 - Eurofins Scientific announces that it has acquired the analytical laboratory business of Ramboll Group (“Ramboll”) in Finland comprising 5 laboratories specialized in environment testing. Ramboll has built a clear market leadership in Finland throughout its 100-year history, offering the widest ...

Scientists unravel how natural gas is converted into methanol at room temperature

16-Sep-2016 - Twenty years after the technique was developed, scientists at KU Leuven and Stanford University have unravelled the mechanism behind the direct conversion process of natural gas into methanol at room temperature. This discovery will have major consequences for the future use of methanol in ...

Graphitene appoints Azelis exclusive distributor in Italy

30-Aug-2016 - Azelis announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Graphitene International Limited, effective 1st of September 2016. Under the agreement, Azelis will promote the Graphitene™ range in the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE), chemicals and rubber & ...