Hervé Vaudrey, DEKRA Process Safety, France, explains how we can learn from accidents

J. Wang, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), discusses process safety in China and if there is a faster way to improve it

M. Kraume, TU Berlin, on trends in chemical engineering, his motivation, and the (German) chemical engineering community

Highlights from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

German-Swiss chemist discovered guncotton and ozone and co-invented the fuel cell

Composite catalyst for selective hydrogenation

Current practices in the Unites States could cause local water shortages in the future

Research budget of 11 billion euros; more openness for new technologies needed

LyondellBasell begins construction of its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in the US

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) reevaluates concentration limits for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in granules