22-06-2012

AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals has won this year’s Responsible Care Award. The Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry (VNCI) awarded the accolade to Industrial Chemicals for its ‘Sustainable degreasing and dewatering of animal hides’ project. The hides of slaughtered animals are recycled ...

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08-12-2011

For the chemical industry, up until now 2011 has been a better year than 2010. However, it has not been as good as was expected at the start of 2011. In the first quarter, there was a growth in production of 2.7% compared to the same period in 2010. However, production declined in the ...

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Chemicals Company commended as a trendsetter in transport safety

20-06-2011

SABIC has won the Responsible Care award for 2011. The announcement was made during the annual meeting of the Dutch Chemical Industry Federation (Vereniging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie (VNCI)) in The Hague. The company was chosen to receive the award because of its efforts to ...

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25-05-2011

The year 2011 has started on a positive note for the chemical industry in the Netherlands. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) figures for the first quarter of 2011 show that output grew by almost 3% compared to the same period in 2010. Chemical companies are generally optimistic and see both ...

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04-06-2010

Werner Fuhrmann is the new chairman of the Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry (VNCI). The general assembly of members concurred with the committee’s proposal today. He succeeds Jan Zuidam who was chairman since June 2007. Werner Fuhrmann (57) is the managing director of AkzoNobel ...

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Energy extraction from heat earns KOLB innovation award

03-06-2010

From now on the chemical company, KOLB Nederland based in Klundert, the Netherlands, will be using considerably less natural gas for warming up raw materials. Instead of gas, the company reuses heat extracted from its brand new reactor unit. The energy savings are already very promising. The ...

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31-05-2010

Dutch chemical industry production shows a substantial recovery. In particular, basic chemicals showed a sharp increase in demand. This was reported by the Netherlands Chemical Industry Association (VNCI) during a presentation of the economic results in The Hague. A structural recovery is ...

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Zuidam (VNCI): ‘Sector plays an important role in reduction of CO2 emissions’

04-12-2009

With a drop in production volume of 5% and a loss in turnover of 25% compared to 2008 (provisional figures), 2009 can be characterised as a ‘difficult’ year for the chemical industry in the Netherlands. Both in terms of production volume and turnover, the sector is back at the level of late ...

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VNCI rewards SABIC Innovative Plastics with Responsible Care Award 2009

09-06-2009

Plastic drink bottles are used by just about everyone. They are usually made from PolyEthylene Tereftalate, better known as PET. They often end up in the rubbish bin and then in rubbish dumps after having been used only once. SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a system to upcycle PET ...

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Major fall in demand since the fourth quarter of 2008

27-02-2009

The Dutch chemical industry intends to continue to invest in sustainability and innovation. For this reason the sector requests government policies focused on the encouragement of demand, the enhancement of the labour market and the reduction of the cost burden that are required to enable the ...

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