Ravi Sethi of ProcurianRaw material costs as a percentage of plastic packaging costs have been on a steady rise due to the long-term appreciation in crude oil prices, a key ingredient for resins. Crude oil prices have increased five-fold ...
Australia- and Greer, S.C.-based specialty chemicals and solutions developer Alexium International Group Ltd. — holder of proprietary patent applications for Reactive Surface Treatment (RST) technology — reports that it has ...
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INVISTA and computational biology company SilicoLife announce a collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable bio-derived processes for the production of industrial chemicals. The two companies are collaborating in order ...
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Foster Wheeler AG announced that the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded, for the sixth successive year, the prestigious Order of Distinction Award for Occupational Health and Safety by the ...
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FMC Corporation has appointed Thomas Schneberger vice president, global business director of Alkali Chemicals. He will manage the specialty chemical company's global alkali business, the leading producer of soda ash in North America. Most ...
According to a new report from Markets and Markets, he global colorants market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6 percent from 2013 to 2018 and reach 11 million metric tons by 2018. Asia-Pacific, with its thriving economies and rapidly ...
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Constructed to minimize its potential impact on the surrounding area, Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (“Momentive Specialty Chemicals,” “MSC” or the “Company”) recently announced the successful ...
US monoethylene glycol contracts are set to move higher in September, with multiple producers planning to increase prices, sources said Thursday. MEGlobal is raising its North American Benchmark price to 60 cents/lb ($1,323/mt), a 3 ...
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In India, contemporary glass artists form a small group and Srila Mookherjee belongs to this rare tribe. Rarer still is the fact that she blows her own glass. In the thriving glass industry at Firozabad, you would find many glass-blowers, ...
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In a popular television show about the most challenging jobs on earth, drilling for minerals and other extracts was termed as the third most difficult and arduous profession. Although most of the work is done by machines, the task involves ...
Expenditures on insect control in cotton are essentially unchanged at about 16 or 17 cents per kilogram of cotton over the last decade, despite inflation in chemical prices. However, as a percent of total production costs, insecticides are ...
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Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST), through its Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) recently conducted training on advance bleaching and dyeing of abaca fibre. Members of Tanikala ng Pagkakaisa ...
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Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced that its board of directors has elected Leif E. Darner as a member of the board. With the addition of Darner, the ...
Chemical scrubbers are a highly appreciated odor control technology. The scrubber works on the basic principle of providing a contact between chemicals, water and odorous air, to oxidize or entrain the odor creating entities. The scrubber ...
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A conveyor belt is part of a larger conveying system that enables the mechanical handling of various materials. A conveying system can be used for bulky hard-to-manage components as well as small and light-weight materials. A stainless ...
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