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A new member of the ICIS REACH Group

I was surprised and delighted when MarkR , joined ICIS Connect and became a member of our ICIS REACH group. Mark is the first consultant to take the plunge and become a commenting member. He's got some wise words to say on the cost involved in the...

Published 26 Nov 2009 16:25 by SimonRobinson

Filed under: EU, Group, REACH, Groups, chemicals, chemical

Making things simpler

I've been listening to our users and have modified ICIS Connect to make it easier to use and to shape it more towards what's being used and what isn't. I've been getting quite a bit of feed back from users having difficulty in differentiating...

Published 19 Nov 2009 14:55 by SimonRobinson

Filed under: REACH, TSCA, Groups, regorganisation, Forums, Xperimania

Groups of common interest.

ICIS launched its Connect product a couple of years ago and we've been looking at how to get the best out of it. Our latest idea is to tailor our efforts into areas of common interest around issues that will affect the global chemical industry and...

Published 18 Nov 2009 11:13 by SimonRobinson

Filed under: Connect, ICIS, EU, evaluation, authorisation, regulation, product, Group, European Union, chain, REACH

Managing ICIS Connect

Hi there, I'm Simon Robinson and one of my jobs as online Editor at ICIS is to help run our information and discussion section, ICIS Connect. I'm going to be posting in the coming weeks and months about the process of running ICIS Connect, the...

Published 18 Nov 2009 11:08 by SimonRobinson

Filed under: Connect, ICIS

Welcome to the Ashland Fairfield, CA Quality Assurance Laboratory

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Published 7 Oct 2009 22:55 by Ashland Ken Forbes QA Lab Fairfield CA

Filed under: Welcome to Asland Fairfield QA Lab

Ongoing: Tracking the Green Chemistry Startups.

I'm hoping to see more hands on deck building a list of green chemistry startups. See the recent post from Doris De Guzman - http://www.icis.com/blogs/green-chemicals/2009/09/green-chem-startups-to-watch.html The Industry sources that do a pretty...

Published 25 Sep 2009 15:53 by green underworld

Filed under: start-ups, green chemistry

Pedro turns back clock, beats Lincecum

For one night, the old man who was once surely among the best two or three pitchers in the game was able to best the young right-hander who can make the same claim these days. Max Minelli Half A Mill Emanuel Jacob Todd Beam vs. Cyrus featuring Deep Purple...

Published 4 Sep 2009 21:23 by slogs

Gasoline markets slip, financial markets stumble

Yesterday's financial market action was very revealing. As Olivier Jakob of Petromatrix perceptively describes it, "liquidation on gasoline led to a correction in crude oil, which in turn pressured equity markets". The problem is that financial...

Published 23 Jun 2009 20:47 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: housing, President Obama, chemical sales, unemployment

Canada plans to ban phthalates

Last week Friday, Canada's Minister of Health announced their planned proposal to ban phthalates in soft vinyl toys and child-care articles as well as further reduction limits of lead in consumer products. Canada is proposing regulations to prevent...

Published 23 Jun 2009 17:02 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Canada, Regulation, Government, bans, Health and safety, phthalates, children, lead

Carbon cap and trade costs little

I was working about the Cash for Clunkers bill (where you can exchange your old car for money voucher for a new supposedly more environment-friendly car) and it was more complicated than I thought...I need to do more research about that. So for now let's...

Published 23 Jun 2009 16:36 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Regulation, studies and reports, Government, Congress, costs, cap and trade, CBO

Plastic windows face wrath of conservationists

"I'm afraid conservation areas are suffering a plague of plastic windows," the chief executive of English Heritage was quoted in today's Telegraph.co.uk . "I would never in a million years put one in," he continued. The conservationist...

Published 23 Jun 2009 14:35 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: chemicals, gossip, hi-tech, Daily Telegraph, Conservation, English Heritage, renovation, plastic windows

World Bank sees deeper recession

The chemical industry is always a leading indicator of the global economy. One of the blog's oldest friends used to be a central banker, and he made no secret of the fact that our discussions about demand levels were often an important factor in his...

Published 23 Jun 2009 10:57 by Chemicals & The Economy

Filed under: China, India, Economic growth, Oil markets, Financial Events, M & A, Leverage, recession, IMF, World Bank

Swine flu stalks the ACC conference

ICIS Houston managing editor Stephen Burns survived the ACC conference, and sends this tale and video ... The American Chemistry Council ( ACC ) has revealed that an attendee at its annual meeting in Colorado Springs earlier this month had contracted...

Published 23 Jun 2009 10:40 by ICIS Chemicals Confidential

Filed under: business travel, conferences, gossip, ACC, golf, swineflu, Broadmoor

Real time global carbon counter in NYC

I haven't seen this yet but definitely worth checking out during my lunch break. A new real-time global carbon counter was unveiled last week in the heart of New York City at 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, outside Madison Square Garden and Penn Station...

Published 22 Jun 2009 19:19 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Company initiatives, General, NYC, carbon emission, Deutsche Bank, carbon counter

P&G resin wins Green Chem award

This news came in this morning from Procter & Gamble (P&G) Chemicals about their green alkyd resin Chempol® MPS winning this year's EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award under the category Greener Chemicals Design. The resin is...

Published 22 Jun 2009 17:45 by Green Chemicals

Filed under: Products, R&D, EPA, Government, Award, P&G, resin, green chemistry