Chevron Phillips Chemical gets nod to build petrochemical project

The company has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to a joint venture between JGC (USA), Inc. and Fluor Enterprises, Inc. to execute the 1.5 million metric tons/year (3.3 billion pounds/year) ethane cracker portion of the project.

Synthetic latex polymers market worth over $30 billion

Consisting of a 10 million dry tons and worth over $ 30 billion, the global synthetic latex polymers (SLP) market is a sizeable one.

Danone opens research centre in the Netherlands

The new facility in Utrecht will develop medical and baby food

Edwards highlights environmental benefits of its vacuum equipment

The CXS chemical dry vacuum pump from Edwards is particularly well suited to harsh chemical environments

Barnes Group Inc. to acquire M?nner

M?nner is a leader in the development and manufacture of high precision molds, valve gate hot runner systems, and micro-injection molding systems

Olam joins Fi Europe for the first time

Its business units Cocoa, Spices & Vegetable Ingredients (SVI), and Edible Nuts will showcase sustainable products

New sclerosis criteria improve classification

Updated systemic sclerosis classification criteria outperform 1980 disease measures

The world of future medical technology

Suppliers give exciting glimpses into the new developments in medical products, devices and instruments at MEDICA (20 to 23 November) and COMPAMED (20 to 22 November)

Sustainable Beauty Award finalists announced

Huge leap forward in texture analysis

Stable Micro Systems’ sees every critical moment with its new Video Capture and Synchronisation System

AK Steel files anti-dumping case

Kuraray’s PVB film makes photovoltaic modules lighter and less expensive

The new PVB films have high encapsulant performance, eliminating the need for using edge seals on the PV module to help stop water from leaking inside