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• Chemical Processing Economic Snapshot Ending April 2018

   

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• EPA Covers Confidential Chemicals

  By Lynn L. Bergeson

  On June 21, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued guidance to assist companies in creating structurally descriptive chemical names for substances whose specific chemical identities are claimed confidential and for listing substances on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)…

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• What Happens To REACH Post-Brexit?

  By Seán Ottewell, Editor at Large

  A senior member of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), Brussels, urges U.K. companies to stay closely in touch with REACH (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) regulations and to cooperate with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Helsinki, once Brexit…

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• Quick Quiz: General Chemistry Knowledge

   

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• Use Automation To Reduce Operator Stress, Increase Plant Safety

  By Mark Sen Gupta, Principal Consultant, ARC Advisory Group

  Procedures are everywhere; and nowhere is this more obvious than in the process industries. Many like to refer to the process industries as being largely “continuous,” but this – in fact – is a misrepresentation. The state of process facilities constantly changes. Whether starting up,…

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• Intellectual Property: Foil Foreign Filching

  Tim laughed when he walked into my cubicle to talk. He managed a specialty manufacturing company that boasted around 100 years of experience. A firm had just contacted him wanting his help. Tim explained that his background check showed that it did a lot of business in China. He suspected the firm…

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