Baldor is adding more powerful models to its H2 range of ac motor drives, plus washdown-duty variants and more plug-in expansion cards

Forty-three per cent of oil producers expect to increase employment but skills and equipment shortage could lead to constraints

Versatile lighting for many applications such as dashboards, air conditioning indicators, button lamps, gauge illumination, warning markers

Plastics are a critical part of not only our company, but also our individual lives. To a large extent, plastics define our standard of living. It touches every aspect of society.

TONE monomers, polyols and polymers from Dow are homopolymers of e-caprolactone, a seven-membered ring compound. The product family originally consisted of two high molecular weight polymers and one of low molecular weight.

Some 4000 exhibitors from 50 countries and nearly 200000 visitors from 100 nations including 40000 decision makers are expected to attend Achema 2006.

The chemical industry could be the first to benefit from a European project that is taking existing radio frequency identification (RFID) systems up to the next level

In all likelihood, in the spring of 2007, the new European chemicals legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals)) will enter into force. In spite of various substantial revisions and improvements of the proposal, REACH is, without question, the most important challenge for the chemical industry in the past decades.

The Anderson Development Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, Inc of Japan, is a speciality chemicals company located in Michigan, USA.

High-quality pipe system email 250 light is an alternative for aggressive and exhaust air waste water in industrial processes introduced at Achema.

Bentley Chemicals has launched the EZ~Spray Junior which sprays or injects five different materials from one gun and can be used for insulation, coating, encapsulation and specialised moulding.

The ATEX Directive, 94/9/EC, seeks to improve process equipment safety by defining standards for machinery in potentially-explosive environments. At the same time, ATEX has created new obstacles to compliance, which chemical processors must now surmount.

Designed to handle a wide variety of chemicals and low-pH process fluids, the Wilden Typhoon plastic mag-drive pumps from Axflow are available from 0.75kW (1HP) through to 3.75kW (5HP).

Biotechnology Journal is Wiley-VCH’s international resource devoted to biotechnology with a focus on nutrition, technology and healthcare.

Stork Veco has developed an improved disc filter (leaf filter) for cake filtration in, for example, the additives for lubricant industry. Problems caused by traditional wire-mesh screens, such as difficult cake discharge, cleaning and clogging, are solved with the Veconic Plus screen.

The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently leading a joint investigation with the Environment Agency (EA) under the supervision of a Major Accident Investigation Board (MAIB)

Accurate protection of process plant and personnel is what every plant manager is looking for. Roger P Bours looks at solutions whether it comes down to providing the right pressure relief solution, runaway reaction control or monitoring the status of signaling devices.

Explosion proof and suitable for detection of the alkane series, from methane to hexane, propylene, methanol, ethanol and ethylene

Thorsten Arnhold explores the difficulties  of safety dealing with hazardous and potentially explosive materials.

Reflecting the trend in the European and the US paint/coatings market, there has been a slow but perceptible shift from solvent to water-based or high-solid coatings in China.