Application development in the process industries

by | Oct 2014

The process industries span several industrial sectors, such as minerals and metals, pulp and paper, food and beverages, chemicals and petrochemicals, utilities and pharmaceuticals; thus, they constitute a considerable part of the manufacturing industries. In the...

Emerging trends in the Industrial Greases Market

by | Oct 2014

Grease, as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is “a solid to semi-fluid product of a dispersion of a thickening agent in a liquid lubricant” (ASTM 1978). The production process as well as the overall technology used to produce industrial...

Challenging the impacts of climate change

by | Jun 2014

In order to reply to the consequences of the climate change, agendas and initiatives have been introduced to align business strategies and activities with the natural environment. The chemical industry tries to counteract their bad reputation as a high pollution...