08-11-2012

Possible solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges are outlined in a new report published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).Chemical Engineering Matters focuses on securing sustainable energy supplies, food and nutrition, access to clean water, health and wellbeing, ...

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07-11-2012

GlaxoSmithKline clinched the top prize at the IChemE 2012 Awards in recognition of its radical change in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The organisation won the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical Engineering Award alongside project partners GEA, Siemens, Sagentia and the Universities of ...

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New solvent-free manufacturing process enables industrial scale production for the first time

17-09-2012

BASF has received the French Pierre Potier Prize for research achievements in the area of metal organic frameworks (MOFs). Initiated seven years ago by the two French chemical associations “Fédération Française pour les sciences de la Chimie (FFC)“ und “l’Union des Industries Chimiques ...

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06-07-2012

UK chemical engineers have reported modest pay increases across the board in new data published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). IChemE’s 2012 salary survey, which gathered data from more than 2,500 chemical engineers, reveals that overall trends in chemical engineering pay ...

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21-11-2011

British Prime Minister David Cameron has launched an international engineering prize in London today, to celebrate those whose work inspires, benefits and advances society.The £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering will be awarded every two years beginning in 2013. The prize is the result ...

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08-11-2011

Huntsman Pigments won the top prize at last night’s IChemE 2011 Awards ceremony for its revamped site in Calais, France. More than 400 guests from all over the world were in Birmingham, UK for the event celebrating chemical engineering innovation and excellence. Huntsman was awarded the ...

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25-10-2011

Queen’s University’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has confirmed its position as a world leader in research, outranking Oxford and Cambridge to take the UK’s number one spot for research citations per academic paper.Queen’s emerged as the leading institution in the UK in the ...

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04-04-2011

Europe must do more to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels, according to the results of a new survey commissioned by the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE).Almost 1800 chemical and process engineers took part in the study and 87% agreed that their country must do more to ...

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24-02-2011

Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch have been named as the world’s most influential chemical engineers of all time by readers of tce magazine. The German duo were responsible for devising the Haber-Bosch process, perhaps the most recognised chemical process in the world, which captures nitrogen from ...

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16-02-2011

Eleven of chemical engineering’s leading figures were named as IChemE’s first Associate Fellows. The new membership grade has been introduced to recognise professionally qualified people that hold senior positions in the chemical, biochemical or process engineering industries, without a ...

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