National Skills Academy.(Movers & shakers)(Brief
article)
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The National Skills Academy has appointed Philip Jones as ceo,
taking over from interim ceo Craig Crowther. Ian Mains will be the new
business development manager and Liz . . .
Strategem IPM.(Movers & shakers)
Strategem IPM has announced that David Roberts will take over from
Laurence Jenkins as chairman. Strategem is a UK-based strategic
intellectual property management . . .
Eden Biodesign.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Michael
Faughnan)(Brief article)
Michael Faughnan has been appointed business development director
of UK contract bio manufacturer Eden Biodesign. Faughnan joins Eden from
Cytovance Biologics where he was responsible for North . . .
Acambis.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Peter Allen)(Brief
article)
Peter Allen has been appointed a non-executive director of the
board of Acambis. Allen is currently the chief financial officer of
Abacus Group. Acambis develops novel vaccines for unmet medical . . .
Amgen.(Movers & shakers)
US biotechnology company Amgen has appointed Anna Richo senior vice
president, Worldwide . . .
HFL Risk Services.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of )(Brief
article)
Andrew Fowler has joined risk management specialists HFL Risk
Services. Fowler joins HFL after 16 years with the UK Health 8 Safety
Executive where he worked on COMAH assessment to help minimise . . .
Borealis.(Movers & shakers)(appointment of Alfred Stern
)(Brief article)
Borealis has appointed Alfred Stern as head of its Innovation and
Technology programme. Stern comes to Borealis from DuPont where he was
global business manager of the engineering polymers business . . .
Alexander Makarov has received the 2008 ASMS Distinguished
Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award.(Movers & shakers)(award for
Alexander Makarov has received the 2008 ASMS Distinguished
Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award. Makarov was presented with the
award at the 56th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied . . .
Fluorotechnics.(Movers & shakers)
Australian protein tools business Fluorotechnics has appointed
Reiner Westermeier as scientific marketing director. Fluorotechnics
provides fluorescence labelling technologies for protein detection . . .
Lexan freezer film produced by Sabic Innovative Plastics has
eliminated the need for warm air to be blown on the inside of
super
Lexan freezer film produced by Sabic Innovative Plastics has
eliminated the need for warm air to be blown on the inside of
supermarket freezer doors to remove fogging. The freezers are . . .
Dow Corning.(Environment & Safety)(Brief article)
Silicone specialist Dow Corning has been named 'Best Place to
Work' in three European countries. In Germany, the Great Place to
Work Institute and Capital placed the company 33rd in the top 100 . . .
Bayer.(Environment & Safety)(awards)(Brief article)
German chemicals and lifescience major Bayer has received the 2008
Environmentally Friendly Technology Environmental Award from the
Federation of German Industries (BDI) for its chlorine . . .
LP Oxo[SM] Selector low-pressue hydroformylation technology,
offered cooperatively by Dow Technology Licensing, part of US chemi
LP Oxo[SM] Selector low-pressure hydroformylation technology,
offered cooperatively by Dow Technology Licensing, part of US chemical
major Dow Chemical, and Davy Process Technology, part of . . .
Sabic has also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with
China Petrochemical (Sinopec)to expand the heads of agreement signe
Sabic has also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China
Petrochemical (Sinopec)to expand the heads of agreement signed in
January 2008 giving Sabic a 50% share in the $2.5bn Tianjin . . .
Sabic.(Projects & Technology)(Saudi Basic Industries
Corp.)(Brief article)
Saudi petrochemical major Sabic is to build a new polypropylene
compounding plant in Genk, Belgium. The plant, which is expected
onstream at the beginning of 2010 will have an initial capacity of . . .
Swiss agribusiness Syngenta and US life science major DuPont have
signed an agreement designed to broaden their crop protection
Swiss agribusiness Syngenta and US life science major DuPont have
signed an agreement designed to broaden their crop protection product
portfolios. The companies will share the cost for the . . .
Malaysia's life science sector is expected to be boosted by
a joint project to build an RM450m integrated biotechnology facility
Malaysia's life science sector is expected to be boosted by a
joint project to build an RM450m integrated biotechnology facility
specialising in biotherapeutics in Alor Gajah, Malacca, according to . . .
Abbott Laboratories.(Projects & Technology)
US pharma major Abbott Laboratories has opened a new RSD facility
at its headquarters in Abbot Park, Illinois. The Formulation Development
Center will specialise in the formulation into tablets and . . .
BASF.(Projects & Technology)(Brief article)
German chemical major BASF is to gradually increase its global
production capacity for dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) by 100 000t by
the end of 2008. There are DMAPA production facilities in . . .
Licence to drive.(News)(Brief article)
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Caption: Licence to drive: Bayer Material Science's Makrofol
ID enables very high-contrast personalisation using laser engraving,
including a photo and signature of the . . .
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