Bilfinger's industrial service branch in Norway heads for the North Sea once again: Statoil has awarded the company a contract for the provision of insulation, scaffolding and painting (ISP) services for one of the Sleipner offshore rigs, roughly 160 miles off the coast of Norway.

The Chemical Process Industry is making a concerted effort to find an alternative to oil. Natural gas, coal and biomass are all potential sources of basic chemicals, and syngas production can make a bigger contribution than it has so far.

Single use technology is one of the leading technolgies in the biotech sector. But can this promising cultivation method really live up to the high expectations? In a case study, Sartorius explains how it successfully cultivated Sf9 cells using single use vessels...

Collaborative approach between users and solution providers is the need of the hour for manufacturing renaissance in India. Realizing this fact, Frost & Sullivan had organized Industrial Technologies Summit, which acted as a knowledge sharing platform. Additionally, the company acknowledged the companies, which have established best practices in enhancing overall customer value addition.

Energy, food and medicine – our modern society wood not be possible without the discoveries and inventions of the chemical age. But what are the most important chemical inventions ever? IChemE asked professionals for their favourites - and here are the winners...

Praj Industries announced the completion and start-up of its bio-refinery applying 2nd generation ethanol technology.

Mannheim-based Rhein Chemie, a wholly owned subsidiary of specialty chemicals company Lanxess and partner of the rubber, lubricant and plastics industry, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.

Boosted by political support, the German biogas energy economy accounts for roughly one quarter of the total global installed capacity. Analysts of Global data expect this trend to continue, as the power generation from biogas in the country is projected to reach 28,265 GWh in 2025.

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, has announced that its French subsidiary Borealis Chimie divests its joint-ownership share in the Le Havre urea production plant and related ammonia storage facility at Gonfreville l’Orcher, France.

Researchers from the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have developed a new process to produce polylactic acid (PLA) from glycerol, a waste by-product in the production of biodiesel.