THE UK government has published additional documentation on how the UK will manage chemical regulation if it is no longer part of the EU REACH legislation.

10th December 2018

Environment

UK government announces £60m in funding for sustainable packaging

THE UK government has announced the launch of a £60m (US$76m) innovation fund to accelerate the development of sustainable plastic packaging.

10th December 2018

IChemE

Walt Disney’s safety manager to speak at Hazards 29 conference

MIKE Bell, worldwide safety and health manager at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, will deliver the Trevor Kletz Memorial Lecture at IChemE’s Hazards 29 conference in 2019.

7th December 2018

Business

Bayer to sell businesses and cut 12,000 jobs

BAYER, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has announced plans to sell businesses and cut approximately 12,000 jobs. This follows the recent US$66bn acquisition of agricultural giant Monsanto.

6th December 2018

Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit

THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global threat posed by current unsustainable practices it is important that industry takes action. The Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit brought together global business experts to discuss how they are embracing change towards a more sustainable future.

15th November 2018

IChemE

New Congress for IChemE

IChemE has published a new Royal Charter and By-laws, and approved the establishment of a Congress.

20th July 2018

Business

Deal or No Deal?

No deal is now the base case – are you ready for Brexit?

Careers in Chemical Engineering

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Vince Pizzoni

Yasmin Ali speaks to Vince Pizzoni, associate professor at Nottingham University, executive search consultant for the energy industry, and career coach.

Chemical Engineers Who Changed the World

People

Keith Bingham Quinan and colleagues – An explosive start

2015 marks the centenary of the Great Shell Crisis of World War I (WWI), in which the British Army was running short of munitions. The subsequent scaling up of the supply of high explosives and propellants became a major achievement of the embryonic chemical engineering profession under the leadership of Kenneth Bingham Quinan.

People

George E Davis – Meet the Daddy

For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.