Dow Named One of America's Most Shareholder-Friendly Companies

24-Feb-2006 - Institutional Investor magazine has named Dow one of the most "shareholder friendly" companies in the United States. In a survey of 1,300 portfolio managers and brokerage firm analysts, the Company was ranked number one in the Chemicals/Commodity sector. In addition, the Investor Relations ...

Solvay to boost ultra performance polymer portfolio with acquisition of Mississippi Polymer Technologies

12-Jan-2006 - Solvay announced that it has signed a binding Agreement for the acquisition of Mississippi Polymer Technologies (MPT). MPT is a US-based start-up company that commercialized PARMAX®, a new family of specialty materials with unique properties. This will further expand Solvay's portfolio of ...

Fixing by Filtration

New testing strips for detecting heavy metals

09-Jan-2006 - Many heavy metals are toxic to the environment or to humans. Legal limits for these pollutants in drinking water and run-off are thus correspondingly low. Rapid on-the-spot analysis and routine water quality tests demand a rapid, cost-effective method that doesn't require complex instruments. ...

Environmentally Friendly Catalyst Drastically Reduces Laughing Gas Emissions

11-Nov-2005 - A catalyst that reduces the emission of a nitrogen-containing greenhouse gas by more than 90%, a sensor system that continuously measures the temperature of liquid steel and consequently contributes significantly to improving quality, and a solder paste that makes it possible for electronics ...

Air Products sells sodium vinyl sulfonate North America distribution activities to Proviron Fine Chemicals

24-Oct-2005 - Air Products announced that it has sold its sodium vinyl sulfonate (SVS) North American distribution activities, effective October 1, 2005, to Proviron Fine Chemicals NV of Ostend, Belgium. With this acquisition, Proviron reinforces its worldwide sales and marketing activities for SVS. Air ...

Scientists Need to Focus on Developing More Resilient and Efficient Advanced Catalysts

28-Sep-2005 - There is an acute need for technological improvements in the advanced catalysts industry as robust and long-lasting catalysts are the need of the hour. By preventing catalyst deactivation, the new breed of catalysts can improve process efficiency and thereby, run rigs at higher capacities and ...

UA Physicists Find Key to Long-Lived Metal Nanowires

29-Aug-2005 - University of Arizona physicists have discovered what it takes to make metal 'nanowires' that last a long time. This is particularly important to the electronics industry, which hopes to use tiny wires -- that have diameters counted in tens of atoms -- in Lilputian electronic devices in the next ...

Coal to Electricity

Progress toward a low-temperature coal fuel cell

23-Aug-2005 - Coal remains one of our most important sources of energy. Worldwide coal reserves are considerably larger than petroleum and natural gas deposits. If it were possible to "tease out" the energy stored in coal in a more efficient and environmentally friendly way than in conventional power plants, ...

UCR chemists prepare molecules that accelerate chemical reactions for manufacturing drugs

New molecules help make stable catalysts that work at room temperature

22-Aug-2005 - Chemists at the University of California, Riverside have synthesized a new class of carbenes that is expected to have wide applications in the pharmaceutical industry, ultimately resulting in a reduction in the price of drugs. Called cyclic alkyl amino carbenes or CAACs, the molecules attach ...

EU Directive on Emissions in Paints and Coatings Strongly Influences the Course of Rheology

Manufacturers Must Produce Environmentally Safe Products to Succeed in the Market

12-Aug-2005 - The European market for rheology modifiers in paints is gaining momentum with the gradual recovery of the European economy that began in late 2003 and continued through 2004, ending three years of economic stagnation that preceded. Many rheology modifier manufacturers experienced moderate growth ...