KOLB receives Responsible Care Award 2010

Energy extraction from heat earns KOLB innovation award

03-Jun-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 ...

Chemical industry back on track

31-May-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 still ...

Chemical sector: partial recovery in 2009, uncertainty about 2010

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

04-Dec-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 2003. ...

Environmental award upcycling plastic bottles

VNCI rewards SABIC Innovative Plastics with Responsible Care Award 2009

09-Jun-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 waste ...

Chemical industry focuses on retaining its innovative capacity and talent

Major fall in demand since the fourth quarter of 2008

27-Feb-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 ...