Making chemical safety an integral part of 5S in manufacturing

June 18, 2018

A company that produces sheet metal in Estonia has taken steps to protect workers from the dangerous chemicals used at its manufacturing plant by incorporating safety into a strategy aimed at increasing the efficiency of its manufacturing processes. The approach taken by the company is based on the ‘5S’ approach, the concepts of which relate to the efficient and effective organisation of workplaces and the standardisation of workplace processes.

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Halocarbon Products Corporation

Halocarbon Products is one of the world's leading producers of specialty fluorochemicals with over 60 years of experience in fluorine chemistry. Products include aliphatic fluorochemicals for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical manufacturing, inhalation anesthetics for the human and veterinary markets, inert PCTFE lubricants and other specialty products. Our manufacturing plant is located in North Augusta, South Carolina, USA.

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Exploring quantum use cases for chemicals and petroleum

whitePaper | December 19, 2019

classically, the algorithms have exponential scaling. However, due to the nature of quantum algorithms, chemistry calculations have been predicted to scale polynomially, a promising step towards the ability to perform exact calculations on molecules that are currently out of reach.

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whitePaper | July 1, 2022

It is widely recognized in many industries that sustainability is a key driver of innovation. Numerous companies, especially large ones who made sustainability as a goal, are achieving clearly more competitive advantages.

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Advanced Recycling: Seizing the Circular Plastics Opportunity

whitePaper | March 11, 2022

Our modern way of life would not be possible without plastics. However, better post-use management of plastic products is required, and we need to move to a circular economy for plastics that recognizes plastics as a resource or feedstock, not a waste.

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Electrochemical Destruction of Perfluorooctanesulfonatein Electroplating Wastewaters

whitePaper | August 15, 2022

Experiments were conducted to investigate 6:2 FTS oxidation, as this is a common replacement compound for PFOS in the electroplating industry.

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Characterizing Molecular Structure in Synthetic and Natural Polymers by Multi-Angle Light Scattering

whitePaper | September 9, 2022

This note provides a brief overview of basic principles of the detection and characterization of branching by means of multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detector.

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Planet Positive Chemicals

whitePaper | September 24, 2022

Climate action in the global chemical industry is lagging compared to other sectors. As of August 2022, only seventeen industry players had committed to targets in line with a 1.5 degrees future as part of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

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Halocarbon Products Corporation

Halocarbon Products is one of the world's leading producers of specialty fluorochemicals with over 60 years of experience in fluorine chemistry. Products include aliphatic fluorochemicals for pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical manufacturing, inhalation anesthetics for the human and veterinary markets, inert PCTFE lubricants and other specialty products. Our manufacturing plant is located in North Augusta, South Carolina, USA.

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