Tikkurila concluded the sale of its subsidiaries in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania

05-Mar-2012 - Based on the letter of intent announced in November 2011, Tikkurila has concluded the divestment of its three sales subsidiaries in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The companies were transferred to Dejmark Group, a company established by Tikkurila's local management, on February 29, 2012. ...

Tikkurila to change its business model in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

18-Nov-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 retail ...

Tanguy awarded IChemE Honorary Fellowship

02-Sep-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 ...

Molzahn awarded EFCE Dieter Behrens medal

25-Aug-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 organisation, ...

Half-Year Report 2010: Sika improves profit and continues to gain market share

03-Aug-2010 - Sika grew in all Regions in the first half-year of 2010 in terms adjusted for exchange rates. In emerging markets, double-digit growth rates were achieved throughout. With material costs initially still low and those for personnel reduced, operating profit increased considerably. For the second ...

Plasma technology for solvent-free utility wood

ttz Bremerhaven is evaluating the effectiveness of the process with a genetic detection method

30-Jul-2010 - In order to raise the competitiveness of wood compared to other materials, it is necessary to develop a cost-efficient method of wood protection which is free of toxic chemicals and nevertheless guarantees the wood's long durability. DURAWOOD, a research project funded by the European Union, has ...

Researchers Seeking the Fourth Property of Electrons

Electric dipole moment would explain the creation of the universe in the form that we know it

28-Jul-2010 - Do electrons have a fourth property in addition to mass, charge and spin, as popular physics theories such as supersymmetry predict? Researchers from Germany, the Czech Republic and the USA want to find the answer to this fundamental question of physics. In order to improve the precision of ...

Reactor simulation takes EFCE prize

06-Jul-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 processes. ...

Brunetti wins EFCE award in Membrane Engineering

05-Jul-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 ...

ABB inaugurates new semiconductor manufacturing unit in Switzerland

New generation of high-power semiconductors to improve energy efficiency, productivity

04-May-2010 - ABB inaugurated its expanded high-power semiconductor manufacturing plant in Lenzburg, Switzerland. Doris Leuthardt, President of the Swiss Confederation, was the guest of honor at the event. The expansion is the end result of a three-year, $140 million investment, which includes new buildings ...