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American Chemistry Council | June 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the US and world economies into the worst recession in decades, and the US chemical industry will see a sharp decline before rebounding next year, according to the an updated outlook from the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The trade association’s baseline prediction is for a 9.3% decline in US chemical production volume this year. Its pessimistic outlook, in which COVID-19 cases start spiking again, is for a 14.7% production decline, and i...

CEN | February 05, 2020

With its escalating infections, city shutdowns, and nationwide transportation halts, the coronavirus epidemic is starting to strain China’s chemical industry. But experts see the impact as manageable and, they hope, shortlived. By the afternoon of Feb. 5, 24,423 people were confirmed infected with the new virus, 16,678 of them in the central Chinese province of Hubei. The death toll in the province was 472, more than the 349 people who died in China from the SARS virus in 2003. The governm...

The Star | February 03, 2020

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has placed on standby its Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) team to assist government efforts against the 2019 Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). At a press briefing Monday, PNP Chief Gen. Archie Gamboa said the CBRNE team — composed of field officers, nurses, medical technicians, and doctors — may also help in screening the passengers and assisting in the repatriation of Filipinos in China. “(PNP) has made avai...

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Businesswire | July 11, 2023

Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm, today announced its platform investment in Detechtion, a leading provider of real time asset performance management solutions. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices in San Luis Obispo, California; Calgary, Alberta; and Brisbane, Australia, Detechtion was founded in 1999 with the mission to improve field asset performance and field workforce efficiency for energy companies. The company offers a complem...