05-04-2012

VWR International, LLC announced that it has acquired VITRUM PRAHA S.R.O. and VITRUM ROZNOV S.R.O., two distributors of scientific laboratory supplies headquartered in Prague and Roznov. VITRUM PRAHA and VITRUM ROZNOV were founded in the early 1990's and are two well established independent ...

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18-11-2011

Tikkurila has signed a letter of intent to sell the entire share capital of its three sales companies in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The intention is to sell the companies to a Czech company to be established by Tikkurila's local management. The new company will continue the ...

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21-10-2010

Spolchemie announced the appointment of Mr. Goro Iwamura as Marketing Manager Resins at Spolchemie. Mr. Iwamura is on secondment from DIC Japan initially for one year. He has worked at DIC for 30 years in various technical and commercial positions in the resins business in the USA and Japan. ...

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02-09-2010

Philippe Tanguy, vice president of scientific development at international oil and gas company Total has been awarded a certificate of IChemE Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his contributions to chemical engineering. The presentation took place on in Prague, Czech Republic at the 7th ...

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25-08-2010

Dr. Martin Molzahn of Germany has been awarded the Dieter Behrens Medal by the EFCE. The award, which is presented once every four years, recognises work carried out on behalf of the Federation by raising the profile of chemical engineering throughout Europe or in relation to the ...

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06-07-2010

Maarten Sabbe, a chemical engineering PhD student at the University of Gent in Belgium has been awarded the 2010 EFCE Excellence Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering. Sabbe won the award for his PhD thesis, Ab initio based kinetic modelling for the simulation of industrial chemical ...

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05-07-2010

Dr. Ing. Adele Brunetti has been awarded the EFCE Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering for her PhD thesis, Integrated membrane plant for pure hydrogen production for PEMFC (polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell). The aim of the thesis was to apply membrane engineering techniques to new ...

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01-04-2010

ABB has agreed to acquire the semiconductor business of Polovodice a.s. in the Czech Republic. The additional production capacity for high-power semiconductors will help ABB to cope with the expected rising demand fueled by growth in renewable energy and efforts to improve energy ...

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20-08-2009

With effect from Monday 17 August, Mr. François Vleugels became the new General Manager of Spolchemie. Mr. François Vleugels has extensive senior management experience in various leading chemical companies. Martin Prochazka will continue in the position of General Manger of sister companies ...

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04-05-2009

Health and the environment were the big winners when the European Commission and the European Patent Office presented the 2009 European Inventor of the Year awards. In the presence of the Head of the Czech Parliament Miloslav Vlcek and over 400 guests in Prague Castle, EPO President Alison ...

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