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Jacobs purchases Wood’s nuclear business for US$303.5m

WOOD is to sell its nuclear business to Jacobs for £250m (US$303.5m). The sale proceeds will go towards reducing Wood’s debt from its 2017 purchase of Amec Foster Wheeler.

Type: News

IChemE SIG calls on members for supply support in response to coronavirus

ICHEME’s Pharma Special Interest Group (SIG) has called for members to come forward and help supply ventilators and ventilator components following a request from the UK Government.

Type: News

Engineering company increases ventilator component production

IMI Precision Engineering, a pneumatic motion and fluid control technology company, has rapidly adapted its Switzerland-based manufacturing capability of an essential valve component, to help meet increasing and urgent demand for ventilator units.

Type: News

Arkema to focus on specialty materials business

ARKEMA is to exit the intermediate chemicals business as it seeks to realise its ambition of becoming a world leader in specialty materials. By 2024, it aims to be a pure specialty materials player with a resilient and focussed portfolio.

Type: News

Ineos launches new healthcare business

INEOS has launched Ineos Hygienics as part of its pandemic response to produce hand gel and sanitiser sprays at scale.

Type: News

Ebola vaccine stockpile established

A STOCKPILE of Ebola vaccine has been established by humanitarian organisations to help better prepare against future outbreaks.

Type: News

Researchers look to recover waste anaesthetics

A TEAM of chemical engineers and doctors are developing a new membrane to capture and reuse anaesthetic gas that is currently vented from hospitals.

Type: News

Firefighter injured at US chemical plant explosion

ONE firefighter was injured while responding to a large fire at a chemical plant in Affton, St Louis County, Missouri.

Type: News

Readers of the Lost Safety Case

In the fourth article in his series, David Jamieson looks at what we can learn from Indiana Jones

Type: Feature

Shell to use BASF adsorption technology for CCS

AS both companies work to accelerate to a net zero emissions world, Shell has now added BASF’s Sorbead adsorption technology to its portfolio for pre- and post-combustion carbon capture and storage (CCS) applications.

Type: News

Equinor submits plans for Humber hydrogen facility

EQUINOR has submitted plans for its proposed Humber hydrogen production facility to the UK Government as part of the next phase in developing CCUS clusters.

Type: News

Engineers Assemble: Royal Academy of Engineering calls meeting on ethics

ENGINEERS from across disciplines are being invited to attend the launch of a new report and panel discussion on ethics in the profession, led by IChemE Deputy President David Bogle.

Type: News

GSK to buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax

GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) has announced it will buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax, in a deal worth approximately US$3.3bn

Type: News

Company fined £800,000 for near-fatal 2020 explosion

COATINGS company International Paint has been fined £800,000 (US$976,512) for a near-fatal 2020 explosion that caused a worker “life-changing injuries”.

Type: News

Tata Steel to close Port Talbot coke ovens over ‘worsened’ condition

TATA STEEL’S beleaguered Port Talbot steelworks in Wales has suffered a further operational blow with the unexpected closure of its Morfa coke ovens.

Type: News

Investigation launched into fatal hydrogen sulfide leak that killed two US workers

THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an investigation into a hydrogen sulfide leak at a Texas refinery that killed two workers and injured more than a dozen others.

Type: News

UK invests £50m in “lifesaving” medicine manufacturing facility

THE NHS is set to benefit from an increased supply of oncology and autoimmune disease treatments thanks to the government’s £50m (US$64m) investment into a “lifesaving” manufacturing facility.

Type: News

Tokyo University researchers find critical conditions for embryo development using rubber rings

TOKYO University researchers have discovered some of the conditions that cause human cells in embryo development to transform from solid to liquid.

Type: News

Johnson Matthey to open its first hydrogen internal combustion engine plant

JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) is set to open its first hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) plant for heavy duty vehicles at its site in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Type: News

100 Years? Piece of Cake

Séamus Higgins and Ellie Cooke look at a century’s evolution of food and processes, in the form of a chocolate birthday cake

Type: Feature