Chemie.DE Newsletter No. 26/2010, 07/07/2010

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Latest News from Chemistry, Analysis and Chemical Engineering from 06/30/2010 to 07/06/2010

Reactor simulation takes EFCE prize
07/06/2010 - Maarten Sabbe, a chemical engineering PhD student at the University of Gent in Belgium has been awarded the 2010 EFCE Excellence Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering.
Sabbe won the award for his ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119700/

Uhde wins follow-up contract for the construction of a new coke oven plant from Dragon Steel Corporation in Taiwan, R.O.C.
07/06/2010 - Following the successful completion and commissioning of a coke oven plant (phase 1) for Dragon Steel Corporation of Taiwan, a member of China Steel Corporation (CSC), Uhde has again been awarded a pl...
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Sartorius expands portfolio for process analytics
Alliance with Berlin-based technology company Schmidt + Haensch in the field of refractometry
07/06/2010 - Sartorius has extended its portfolio of instruments for laboratory and process analytics. Sartorius will collaborate with the measurement technology firm Schmidt + Haensch, and add the latter’s refrac...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119731/

Wacker Finalizes Acquisition of Silicon-Metal Production Site in Norway
07/06/2010 - Wacker Chemie AG has successfully concluded its acquisition of the silicon-metal production site in Holla from FESIL Group (Norway). The transaction announced early last month has now been cleared by ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119724/

The thinnest, smoothest metallic lines in the world helps speed up miniaturisation of electronic devices
New method creates super-thin, high integrity, continuous metal lines that surpass today’s semiconductor industry requirements
07/06/2010 - Scientists from Singapore A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), University of Cambridge (UK) and Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea) have created metallic lines so thin an...
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For platinum catalysts, smaller may be better
07/05/2010 - When it comes to metal catalysts, the platinum standard is, well, platinum! However, at about $2,000 an ounce, platinum is more expensive than gold. The high cost of the raw material presents major ch...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119694/

AkzoNobel sets $3 billion China target for 2015
07/05/2010 - AkzoNobel announced that it plans to double its current revenue in China within five years. A target of $3 billion has been set for 2015, with China poised to play an integral role in AkzoNobel's str...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119706/

Air Products to Build New ASU at Granite City, Illinois
07/05/2010 - Air Products announced the signing of a new long-term oxygen and nitrogen supply agreement, and that it will build a new air separation unit (ASU) and refurbish its existing ASU and liquefier at its f...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119691/

A. Schulman Appoints Francisco Castillo as Managing Director for Its Mexico Operations
07/05/2010 - A. Schulman, Inc. announced that it has named Francisco Castillo as Managing Director of Mexico, effective July 1, 2010. He will report to Gustavo Perez, Business Unit Leader of Masterbatch for the Am...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119692/

Benoît Battistelli takes over as President of the European Patent Office
07/05/2010 - Benoît Battistelli took up office as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). A French national, he succeeds Alison Brimelow of the UK, who has headed the EPO since July 2007. Mr Battistelli was...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119668/

Simulation-based matchmaking for Shape Memory Alloys
Researchers discover Shape-Memory Metals with unprecedented functional stability
07/02/2010 - A new shape memory alloy with up to now unprecedented functional stability was developed by researchers from the Institute for Materials at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in cooperation with researchers ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119650/

Wacker Appoints New Distributor for Polymer and Silicone Products in Chile
07/02/2010 - Wacker reorganizes its distribution network for silicone and polymer products in Chile to improve efficiency and to create crossregional synergies. As part of an ongoing optimization of Wacker’s dist...
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LANXESS: Expansion of Mesamoll production in Uerdingen
07/02/2010 - LANXESS is expanding the capacity for its premium products in the Mesamoll range, amid growing demand for these phthalate-free plasticizers. A mid-single-digit amount in million euros is being investe...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119665/

Electrons are late starters
07/02/2010 - When physicists search for new semiconductors for chips or lasers, they have been able to rely on sophisticated computer programs - until now. However, it is possible that the models these programs ha...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119651/

Equipolymers Announces Sale of Manufacturing Facility in Ottana, Italy
07/02/2010 - Equipolymers announced that it has concluded the sale of its pure terephthalic acid (PTA) and polyethylene terephthalate resins (PET) production facilities at its manufacturing site in Ottana, Italy ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119657/

CSEM SA leads a European consortium in revolutionizing infrared chemical sensing
07/01/2010 - The European Union has awarded a grant of 2.8 million Euro to the project PLAISIR (Plasmonic Innovative Sensing in the Infrared) which started 1st January 2010 and will run for three years. The goals ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119617/

Eastern Europe and Niche Applications Stimulate the European Polymer Blends Market
07/01/2010 - Hard hit by the global economic slowdown in 2009, the European polymer blends and alloys market is on the upswing again, thanks mainly to high growth potential in Eastern Europe, particularly for elec...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119546/

Borealis sets investment milestones for the development of its Porvoo location
07/01/2010 - Borealis strengthens its long-term commitment to the production site in Porvoo, Finland with a 10 year contract with Neste Oil to supply feedstock and further investment in the site’s innovation capab...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119618/

Baune takes helm at AkzoNobel MCA
07/01/2010 - Effective July 1, 2010, Jürgen C. Baune has been appointed General Manager of AkzoNobel’s worldwide MCA (monochloroacetic acid) activities, part of the company’s Industrial Chemicals business. Baune s...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119549/

Why mercury is more dangerous in oceans
07/01/2010 - Even though freshwater concentrations of mercury are far greater than those found in seawater, it's the saltwater fish like tuna, mackerel and shark that end up posing a more serious health threat to ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119572/

Carbon sequestration: Boon or burden
06/30/2010 - The idea to sequester carbon is gaining support as a way to avoid global warming. For example, the European Union plans to invest billions of Euros within the next ten years to develop carbon capture ...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119511/

IChemE opens China office
06/30/2010 - A new IChemE office in Shanghai is open for business following the successful application to local government for a wholly owned foreign enterprise (WOFE) business licence. The office will primarily b...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119544/

LANXESS plasticizers deemed innocuous: Mesamoll II for the global toy market
Approval from the European Commission expected in fall 2010
06/30/2010 - The phthalate-free plasticizer Mesamoll II manufactured by specialty chemicals group LANXESS has taken its final step toward gaining European approval for use in food contact applications. The Europea...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119542/

Kemira Oyj and Nanyang Technological University start joint R&D cooperation around water treatment and purification technologies
06/30/2010 - Kemira starts a research and development cooperation with the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) that aims to enhance used water treatment and purificat...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119543/

Carbon nanotubes form ultrasensitive biosensor to detect proteins
06/30/2010 - A cluster of carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of protein-recognizing polymer form a biosensor capable of using electrochemical signals to detect minute amounts of proteins, which could provid...
http://www.chemie.de/news/e/119510/

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