There will be a change in management at three of the 13 business units of specialty chemicals company LANXESS

LANXESS: Management Change

ProcessNet Snapshots
Snapshots of the ProcessNet-Jahrestagung 2010 and the 28. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen in Aachen

Water Treatment & Papermaking Industry in China
BASF planns to establish a world-scale production of water treatment and paper chemicals in Nanjing, China

Engel New VCI President
Dr. Klaus Engel, Evonik Industries AG, elected President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)

Literary Prize: D. Fischer-Henningsen
The 2010 literary prize is awarded to Doris Fischer-Henningsen, Editor-in-Chief of Chemie in Unserer Zeit

Independent Deepwater Estimate
New estimates of the amount of oil released from Deepwater Horizon are published in the first peer-reviewed study

New Material Research Center
Merck inaugurates new Material Research Center, the largest single R&D investment in the chemicals business sector to date

Waste: Feedstock For Renewable Diesel
Neste Oil develops technology for turning waste into feedstock for renewable diesel

Pallada-Bacteria
Biosorption of palladium from water turns industrial waste directly into C–C bond forming catalysts

Awarded: R. Schlögl and J. Lehmann
DECHEMA Plaque awarded to Robert Schlögl, Fritz-Haber-Institut, Berlin, and Jürgen Lehmann, University of Bielefeld