Press and Service

2011

 

  • 14.12.2011: Experiments instead of the periodic table

    Many students simply tune out during chemistry class. The periodic table of elements drives some to desperation; others are bewildered the plethora of complicated formulas. “When students are allowed to conduct practical experiments, they are much more motivated to learn—and willing to come to grips with the theoretical fundamentals,” says Andrea Bappert, 46, a chemistry teacher at Emmastraße Secondary School in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

     

  • 07.12.2011: Workforce training for the chemicals region

    Would Recklinghausen even have a university of applied sciences if it weren't for the chemical industry? Chemicals undisputedly are introducing structural changes to the local economy, and Recklinghausen was approved as a university site in the 1990s to help promote this transition. The chemical industry was certainly an important consideration in that decision, says Dr. Klaus-Uwe Koch, 52, a professor of organic chemistry and polymer science at the school.

     

  • 23.11.2011: Industrial park supplies rare earths

    Rare earths are creating a buzz throughout the business world. At the Dorsten/Marl industrial park, 1,000 metric tons of these valuable precious metals are extracted – or to be more precise, recovered – every year. “The days when the modern industrialized society could afford the luxury of using raw materials once only are long gone," says Christian Bonmann, CEO of DELA GmbH.

     

  • 09.11.2011: Latex everywhere!

    Here’s a fact that exceeds the power of human imagination: one cubic centimeter of latex milk, which is as much as a full thimble, holds so many Latex particles that you could string them once around the world.

     

  • 27.10.2011: Greasy, grimy - and yet so valuable

    The brew being discharged from the silo truck leaves such a stench in the hall that you want to take to your heels. “It's not just alive, it's squeaking,” smiles Dr. Ludger Overmann, referring to the process of putrefaction that began long ago.

     

  • 20.10.2011: Chemistry Improves the Quality of Life: Exhibition in Citizen Service Center

    In this International Year of Chemistry, Mayor Wolfgang Werner and Dr. Margarete Gersemann of the ChemSite Initiative today inaugurated the exhibition titled The Ruhr District: The Future through Chemistry. The ChemSite info wall carrying flyers is on view in the Citizen Service Center of the Town Hall up to November 9, 2011.

     

  • 10.10.2011: Oxea creating new jobs in Oberhausen

    The chemical company Oxea GmbH is investing a double-digit million euro sum at its Oberhausen, Germany, site. Oxea will be building additional ester and carboxylic acid plants on its grounds, which are located in the city’s Holten area. As Dr. Martina Flöel, Oxea’s managing director, put it last Wednesday, expansion should “create jobs at all levels of the company.” At present, Oxea employs 1,070 people in Oberhausen.

     

  • 09.09.2011: From Marl to the world

    It is found in washing machine seals, hoses, roofing membranes and playground surfaces: synthetic rubber from the Marl Chemical Park is exported all over the world. Lanxess Buna GmbH produces around 60,000 metric tons of EPDM rubber annually at this site.

     

  • 17.08.2011: Rütgers makes room for new jobs

    “That already looks a lot cleaner," says Herbert Knorr, as he points to a newly paved surface. “We could build a new production plant here right now.”

     

  • 10.08.2011: It has to be clean…

    Detergent eliminates dirt and grease stains. But has anyone ever wondered why the dirt particles floating around in the washing machine don’t settle back down onto shirts, socks or sweaters? The answer: surfactants prevent this from happening. These chemical substances not only dissolve dirt particles on clothing articles, but coat them, allowing the solid particles to be easily pumped out of the machine with the water.

     

  • 03.08.2011: Shouldering structural change

    The Marl Chemical Park is the largest of the Evonik Group’s sites worldwide. On its broad shoulders rests a fair proportion of the structural change in the Emscher-Lippe region.

     

  • 27.07.2011: Good neighborly relations

    A spirit of community still thrives in Germany’s Northern Ruhr Valley. The view through the factory fence that marks the perimeter of the INEOS Phenol plant grounds in Gladbeck will even let you make out the numbers on the residential buildings beyond. That’s how close industry and domesticity reside in this community.

     

  • 20.07.2011: The stuff that diamonds are made of

    You get tires for summer and for winter, tires with reduced rolling resistance, tires that are effective against aquaplaning, and tires with especially low abrasion. The fact that tires with these beneficial properties are even available is all thanks to the filler carbon black. If this material didn't exist, the mobility that we all take for granted these days would be unconceivable.

     

  • 13.07.2011: The origins of the chemical industry

    In the beginning there was petroleum, created over millions of years from dead flora and fauna. A natural product composed of carbon and hydrogen. Today, it is a source of prosperity and jobs--including at BP in Gelsenkirchen.

     

  • 08.07.2011: From tiny pellets big products

    People who want to save energy and help the climate cannot avoid energy-saving renovation of housing. Thermal insulation plays a prominent role here. Dr. Marcus Plevoets is convinced that "the construction sector will be an important engine for the polystyrene industry in the future."

     
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