New Pollutant Cleanup Technique Puzzles, Pleases Chemists

12-Sep-2003 - Scientists looking for ways to clean up a common, persistent type of organic pollutant have developed an approach that not only restores the power of a naturally occurring pollution buster but also boosts it to levels of effectiveness that they can't currently explain. "It's safe to say that we ...

Rice University finds chemical "scissors" to yield short carbon nanotubes

New process yields nanotubes small enough to migrate through cells

24-Jul-2003 - Chemists at Rice University have identified a chemical process for cutting carbon nanotubes into short segments. The new process yields nanotubes that are suitable for a variety of applications, including biomedical sensors small enough to migrate through cells without triggering immune ...

DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise (DCSE) opens European research and development facility

17-Jun-2003 - At a meeting with its key European customers, DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise (DCSE) leaders last week opened a new European research and development facility for its line of protective coatings and surface protection products. As part of the company's strategy to increase surface ...

PLEXIGLAS®: Innovations for a classic plastic

26-May-2003 - At ACHEMA 2003, the Plexiglas Business Unit of Degussa AG, Düsseldorf, will demonstrate that a classic like PLEXIGLAS® also belongs in the area of "Advanced Materials." The versatility of this plastic is clear from the business unit's booth, which is largely devoted to Plexiglas. With an ...

Solvay reinforce fluorine specialties

25-Mar-2003 - Solvay Fluor has started operations in Tavaux, France, for the commercial production of Solkane® 365 mfc. The new state-of-the-art facility, whose construction was achieved within half a year only, is designed for an annual production capacity of 15,000 tons. The hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Solkane® ...

Production joint venture between SIMONA and Georg Fischer

17-Jun-2002 - SIMONA AG, Kirn (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) and Georg Fischer, Schaffhausen (Switzerland), are to found a 50:50 production joint venture for the manufacture of pipes and moulded components made of fluoroplastics. For SIMONA and Georg Fischer this strategic step represents a long-term ...

AGREEMENT TO BUY AUSIMONT IS MAJOR THRUST IN SOLVAY'S STRATEGY TO BOOST HIGH-VALUE SPECIALTIES

28-Dec-2001 - Solvay has signed today an agreement with Montedison and Longside International aiming at acquiring Ausimont, the fluorinated specialties group. This acquisition would be the largest ever made by Solvay and would significantly upgrade the Group's product portfolio, by doubling the size of its ...

Divestment of ICI's Chlor-Chemicals, Klea and Crosfield Operations

11-Dec-2000 - CI has agreed terms with Ineos, a major global producer of Acrylics, Ethylene Oxide and derivatives, for the sale of its Chlor-Chemicals, Klea and Crosfield businesses. The consideration payable to ICI places a value on ...