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SABIC to axe over 1,000 jobs in Europe
Added: 22 Apr 2013
Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands – SABIC is to shed 1,050 jobs as part of a restructuring of its che…

Germany’s first straw-fired CHP plant prepares to go online
Added: 22 Apr 2013
The biomass plant has received a number of pump and valve improvements ahead of operation in May

Price wars threaten growth in valves market
Added: 22 Apr 2013
TechNavio has warned that price wars could pose a challenge to growth in the valves market
First use of LNG to power fracturing pumps
Added: 19 Apr 2013
Texas-based Green Field Energy has achieved an industry first in using 100% LNG to power hydraulic …

Hydroelectric 'best solution' for sustainable energy
Added: 19 Apr 2013
A research team has assessed the social acceptability of different processes for producing sustaina…

Submergence tests ensure nuclear safety
Added: 19 Apr 2013
ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi have demonstrated successful submergence of the CUP-TWL pump

Fertiliser plant explosion - Texas
Added: 18 Apr 2013
London - Believed at this time to be an industrial accident, an explosion at a fertiliser plant in …

BASF fights photoinitiator patent infringements
Added: 15 Apr 2013
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF is taking action to stop the distribution of counterfeit versions of i…

Stainless steel coating reduces fouling in food industry
Added: 15 Apr 2013
London – Researchers in the US have developed a way to modify stainless steel surfaces which, they …

Oil & gas to power valves market
Added: 11 Apr 2013
Oil and gas is the largest revenue generator for the industrial valves and actuators market, accord…

Sulzer opens third service centre
Added: 11 Apr 2013
Winterthur, Switzerland - The installed base of Sulzer Pumps within the oil and gas, hydrocarbon pr…

Ensus to halt bioethanol plant
Added: 10 Apr 2013
Teesside, UK – Ensus has decided to temporarily pause production at its bioethanol plant due to con…

Energy costs: the only way is up
Added: 8 Apr 2013
Burton on Trent, UK – Energy costs for businesses increased by 7% in from January 2012 to December …

Fat-fuelled power plant to run UK's biggest sewage works
Added: 8 Apr 2013
London – Fat and oil from food outlets and build-ups in drains will soon be powering the UK’s’s big…

Energy concerns for UK plastics industry
Added: 8 Apr 2013
London – The British Plastics Foundation has added it’s concerns to reports that UK gas supplies ar…

Magnet motor can cut WWT energy costs
Added: 8 Apr 2013
Gothenburg, Sweden – SKF has launched a high-speed, permanent magnet motor for aeration blowers in …

Process People & Skills: April 2013
Added: 8 Apr 2013
Siemens Industry UK has appointed Jeremy Wilkinson to the position of business manager for hybrid d…
Next-gen power is heating up
Added: 5 Apr 2013
Paris - GE’s Power Conversion business has taken steps in testing viable ways of producing large am…

Cash injection for technology development
Added: 5 Apr 2013
Swindon, UK - The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is to invite capital b…

Dow boss predicts manufacturing renaissance
Added: 4 Apr 2013
London – Manufacturing industry is on the brink of a global renaissance, Andrew Liveris, chairman, …