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CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

ISN, RelyOn Nutec | June 11, 2021

The strategic partnership allows for RelyOn Nutec to launch more than 100 eLearning courses to ISN's members, totaling 75,000+ companies. RelyOn Nutec is the world's largest provider of safety, drilling, fire and technical training for the oil and gas sector globally. ISNetworld, ISN's online platform of data-driven products and services, helps its customers manage risk and strengthen relationships. This new agreement allows broad access to high quality digital content that wil...

Sciencedaily | August 31, 2020

Ethylene is the most important chemical precursor for ethanol and polyethylene and is mainly produced by steam cracking. Although the ethylene fraction is usually very pure (more than 99%), remaining traces of acetylene contaminants can destroy the catalysts used in downstream processes. As ethylene and acetylene are very similar and only differ in the amount of hydrogen atoms -- ethylene has four hydrogen atoms bound to two carbon atoms, acetylene has two -- the separation of both gases is elab...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Hawkins, Inc. | December 07, 2021

Hawkins, Inc. a leading specialty chemical and ingredients company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of NAPCO Chemical Company, Inc. and its affiliates. The transaction is expected to close by the end of December 2021. NAPCO Chemical manufactures and distributes water treatment chemicals from three locations in the cities of Spring, Lufkin, and Luling, Texas. NAPCO Chemical’s products meet their customers’ needs to keep water safe for consu...

Daily Democrat | March 17, 2020

California’s rush to detect new cases of COVID-19 has been slowed by shortages of a key chemical needed to conduct the diagnostic tests, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday. And because of this shortage, the federal government has restrictions on who gets tested, even as the cases and deaths mount. “My great concern is we could be testing a lot more people,” said Newsom. California now has 8,227 test kits sent by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he said. The kit...