Attractive Repellent
Greasy fingers and stainless steel surfaces – a combination that’s irritating countless people in and around the home. Now Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute thinks it’s found a solution to this age-old problem.
Industries / Chemicals & Materials
Orion Expansion
Luxembourgish chemicals company Orion Engineered Carbons is planning to expand its presence in Cologne.
Torggler Goes Bavarian
The venerable Italian producer of chemical building materials Torggler Chimica has opened a branch in the town of Oberhaching near the Bavarian capital Munich.
EUR 10 Million for Pilot Plant PAZ
The European Union, the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft are giving a combined EUR 10 million to the Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Center for Polymer Synthesis and Processing (PAZ) in Schkopau, which has been helping its customers perform polymer synthesis and processing procedures on an industrial-orientated scale since it opened in 2005.
Compounding Success
Huge salt plant for food & pharma.
Not Heavy. Not Metal.
“Made in Germany” carbon fiber super plastics.
Bitterfeld-Wolfen Attracts More Investments
The industrial park in Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Saxony-Anhalt), one of Europe’s largest production sites for chemicals, is enjoying a wave of new investments.
New Wood Polymer Material
NOVO-TECH, a company based in Aschersleben (Saxony-Anhalt), is now marketing a completely new group of materials known as wood polymer materials.
New Joint Project in Leuna
This spring, TOTAL Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland and DOMO Chemicals inaugurated their new joint project for benzene production and extraction in the chemical park in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt.
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