New Chiral Hydrogenation Technology

26-Sep-2002 - Leverkusen - Bayer AG has commercialized a new chiral hydrogenation technology to meet the demand for chiral advanced intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients with one or more stereo-centers. The technology allows Bayer to produce chiral hydrogenation catalysts including the R and S ...

W. C. Heraeus Sells Electronic Metal Powder Business in the U.S.

18-Sep-2002 - Hanau, Germany, September 18, 2002. W. C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the globally active precious metals and technology group Heraeus Holding GmbH, has completed the sales of its Palladium and Silver Palladium electronic metal powder business to Cermet Materials Inc. effective ...

New Foxboro pH Sensor Line Doubles Service Life, Reduces Costs in Demanding Applications

12-Sep-2002 - Foxboro, a unit of Invensys Production Management, has introduced a new family of pH sensors designed to improve operation in traditional problem areas within harsh process applications. As demonstrated at the Invensys Showcase Conference and EXPO, the new DolpHin(TM) sensor line incorporates ...

Removing nickel from drinking water

Renaissance for "long-serving" ion exchange resin

03-Sep-2002 - Leverkusen - An ion exchange resin from Bayer AG that has been doing faithful service for more than 30 years in removing heavy metal residues from water is set to experience an outstanding renaissance: in a study financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the ...

BOC purchases rights for innovative heat treatment processes

02-Aug-2002 - Guildford, UK, July 29, 2002 - BOC's Controlled Atmospheres Technologies (CAT) group has purchased the overseas intellectual property rights for ferric and austenitic nitrocarburising processes from Huyton Heat Treatments. Huyton Heat Treatments, based in Liverpool, has been developing innovative ...

Air Products Takes Majority Ownership In Largest Industrial Gas Company in Taiwan

11-Jul-2002 - LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., July 9, 2002 - Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.announced today that it has increased its ownership to 70% in San Fu Chemical Company, Ltd., the largest industrial gas company in Taiwan. Since 1987, Air Products has had a joint venture arrangement with San Fu, holding just ...

Bayer product for isolating arsenic from drinking water gains important approval in United States

10-Jul-2002 - Leverkusen – Bayoxide® E33, a ferric oxide developed by Bayer for separating arsenic from drinking water, has cleared an important registration hurdle in the United States: NSF International, an independent US testing organization, has certified the Bayer product according to the "ANSI/NSF ...

New Informational CD-ROM from SPECTRO: X-Ray- Fluorescence Technologies and Applications in Petrochemistry

09-Jul-2002 - The gratis CD-ROM developed by SPECTRO especially for the field of petrochemical elemental analysis informs users about the potential applications and advantages of X-ray-fluorescence analysis in the production and processing of raw materials, intermediate, and final petrochemical products. ...

SPECTRO Introduces the New Benchtop Metal Analyzer SPECTROMAX for Routine Metal Analysis

25-Jun-2002 - The most modern spectrometer technology makes it possible : The analysis of metals for quality control in small and medium size companies is as simple and reliable as never before with the SPECTROMAX. Equipped with a state-of-the-art CCD optical system - which captures all relevant spectral ...

Efficient Joining of Plastics With Infrared

20-Jun-2002 - Kleinostheim, 15 June 2002. Contact-less infrared heat joins plastic components without additional materials. Heraeus Noblelight, a company within the worldwide, precious metals and technology organization Heraeus Holdings GmbH, is showing infrared emitters, which help to facilitate the welding ...