SOUTH KOREAN industrial giant Hyosung is ramping up production of the sugarcane-based 1,4-Butanediol (Bio-BDO) at its new facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

18th May 2026

Industry

South East Water chair and CEO resign following engineering failures

SOUTH EAST WATER chair Chris Train and CEO David Hinton have resigned following intense criticism over the company’s handling of a string of engineering failures that caused major supply outages affecting more than 300,000 customers since 2020.

12th May 2026

The Profession

IChemE matters - May 1019

In this month's IChemE Matters, Raffaella Ocone recounts the historical importance of nuclear policy in the world, and we get some excellent feedback around ethics for our feature on Xinjiang from TCE 1,016

8th May 2026

People

Joan Cordiner set to serve as IChemE president in 2027/28

8th May 2026

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud Part 1: Mud Huts to Modern Days

Martin Pitt describes how clay transformed human history

IChemE

Got You Covered

AS IChemE continues to evolve and grow, the TCE team found ourselves reflecting on what the magazine has meant to members over the years and how it has informed, entertained and developed.

People

We asked 100 engineers – Issue 1017

Research & Development

The Refrigerants Keeping Food Fresh...and Warming the Planet

Refrigerants are essential for the modern food industry. Aniqah Majid looks at the substances keeping food cool – and their climate impact

Chemical Engineers Who Changed the World

Chemical Engineers Who Changed the World

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.