Tuesday, August 23, 2016

HPLC 查考 (读 HPLC 50 years) 160111

1.HPLC 仪器. 中国内,上仪厂 : 50,000-65,000. 与美国网上 $ 8,000-12,000.  大致相当.


2. 埴料  . 核-壳型, Dupont 公司成果, 硅胶型 大概是 grace  公司.


 这二个类型,过去上海试剂厂都试制过.


3.装柱仪.  北京有,客户是中科院. 是进口组装. 大连也有.


4.ODS C-18 也有专业公司,如YMC American.


5.HPLC总产值 : 2015  $7.062 billion ---2020   $ 9.23 billion.

Monday, July 4, 2016

polyurethane makers prepare for a phaseout. (specialty chemicals). 160110

As along-used curative for urethane elastomers faces a ban in Europe, polyurethane suppliers look at


alternatives.


Companies such as Chemtura are trying to find alternatives to MOCA in polyurethanes.


4,4'-methylenebis 2-chloroaniline.  MOCA or MbOCA.


From: CEN JUNE 6,2016

Sunday, June 26, 2016

" skills gap"hits the factory floor. ( specialty chemicals). 160109.

Small chemical producers reach out to community colleges for operator training.


Job gab : projected manufacturing job by the year 2025.


3.4 million : jobs are likely to be needed over the next decade.


2.7 million : Jobs will be created by the  retirement of baby boomers.


700,000  :jobs will be created by economic expansion.


1.4 million : jobs are likely to be filled.


600,000 : jobs were unfilled in 2011.


2 million : jobs are expected to remain unfilled in 2025.


From : CEN  MAY 23, 2016.


文中 Avatar,也许就是过去Baker等试剂公司,经过资本重组. 它看好前景. 这个10年结束时,


美国化工处於世界榜首. Avatar从配套食品,医药出发引伸到职工培训.


从培训视频看到的工塲与过去上海化工行业的车间差不多,上一代与下一代之间没有大沟.

HPLC struggles with its version of Moore's law.(analytical chemistry). 160108

Technique confronts practical limitations in pursuit of greater speed and accuracy.


"pretty soon the physics of smaller chromatography particles will run out of gas." Mike Yelle,


separations technology vice president at Waters.


From : CEN JUNE 13 , 2016


这个Moore's 定律, 从半导体发展中引过来. 每24个月尺寸就变得更小.

50 years of HPLC. 160107

A look back at the history of high -performance liquid chromatography and the column-packing


materials that enable its success.


from : CEN  JUNE 13, 2016


HPLC 在 现今分析中处领导地位, 回顾它的技术与仪器进步的过程. 使我警诧的,在起源中,


Du pont 公司起了极大的作用, 还有Dow 公司. 过去知道 Waters, 或Varain 仪器公司.


过去, 上海试剂厂, 分析,测试方面在行业中走在前面,用HPLC做了一些剖析工作. 在后面


也做了薄壳微珠的试制工作, 这些人与事也快50年了.


改革开放与国际接轨,也促进了HPLC的发展.  差不多 20 年 前, Du pont 公司, 上海农药分析


用HPLC, 价 $20万, 是当时国内最先进设备.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Evonik will acquire Air product's. (specialty chemicals) 160106

Air product & chemicals has agreed to sell its performance materials division to the German specialty
chemical maker Evonik Industries for $ 3.8 billion in cash .
Air products performance materials at a glance.  TOTAL SALES: $ 1.04 BILLION.
Key epoxy-curing agent products: Curing agents, accelerators and catalysts; adhesive promoters.
Key polyurethane additive products: Catalysts, surfactants, and curatives .
Key specialty additive products: Surfactants, dispersants, and defoamers.
Following the deal announcement, Moody's took the unusual step of upgrading Evonik's credit rating,
noting that the acquired business is a "good fit" and that Evonik has "sufficient headroom" financially to supper the purchase.


 From : CEN  May 16,2016

Sunday, May 22, 2016

C & EN profiles WuXi Apptec. 160105

这是来自 C & EN MARCH 14,2016 的报导. 归类入 Outsourcing.
付标题  Chinese contract research giant.
小标题 Founder Ge Li claims no interest in launching his own drugs or relisting on Chinese stock exchange.
然后再听浦东电视台,记者采访李革20分钟短片.
首先感到从2011创业至今,职工过1万,1000人在美国. 这样的组织发展相当快. 其中4,000化学
工作. 全球第一.
第二,就营业来说,总销售中实验室服务占60%, 小分子制造 25%. 都是需要动手的.
总之,它是全新的模式,值得学习.