Chemicals

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What is Innovation Alley at Smart Factory Expo 2019?

CO2 capture carbon emissions

New tech to help heavy industry to cut 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions

Manufacturers Cox and Plant Products, a manufacturer of conveying systems for major processing plants has plans to increase sales to £3m within 12 months and ambitious targets to more than double that figure by 2018.

Digital Transformation

99% of process manufacturers preparing for growth despite market challenges

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£480m joint investment will fund Europe’s largest waste-to-energy plant

Women in chemistry: Reducing the UK’s 2.5 billion binned coffee cups

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Business groups call on government to prevent no-deal Brexit

Yorkshire chemicals company Croda International were originally founded by a a Mr Crowe and Mr Dawe in 1925 and develop products for multiple sectors including construction, pharmaceuticals and textiles.

British speciality chemicals firm agree £65m takeover of Danish pharma business

The 2018 gala’s dinner chairs were Christine Bryant, Senior Vice President, Polyurethanes–North America, Covestro LLC; Karen S. Carter, Chief Inclusion Officer, The Dow Chemical Company; Bruce Chinn, President, Chevron Oronite Company LLC; Susan Ellerbusch, Chief Executive Officer, Air Liquide USA LLC; Erin N. Kane, President and Chief Executive Officer, AdvanSix Inc.; Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc; and John Y. Televantos, Senior Partner, Arsenal Capital Partners.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers praises companies for inspiring female engineers

Gauging the mood of UK Manufacturing: The Manufacturer’s Annual Manufacturing Report 2019

James Briggs Ltd - Production Line exporting is great

Despite Brexit anxieties, James Briggs will survive for the long term, says new CEO

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Digital Transformation

IIoT is helping to build the ‘Refinery of the Future’