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Bio-polymer projects show a lot of bottle

Added: 21 May 2012

London – There has been significant progress recently in the development of fully bio-based version…

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New Welsh centre offers grass roots approach to biotechnology

Added: 21 May 2012

Aberystwyth, UK – Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science…

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SABIC adds ATEX cameras at Teesside site

Added: 21 May 2012

Middlesbrough, UK — SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd has installed ATEX explosion proof digital cameras …

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Dutch bioprocess pilot facility opens for research

Added: 18 May 2012

CSM, Royal DSM and Delft University are participating in a joint venture for bioprocess research

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Rio Tinto teams up with Imperial College

Added: 18 May 2012

Rio Tinto and Imperial have announced scholarships to support the training of engineers

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Molson Coors gears up at Burton-upon-Trent plant

Added: 18 May 2012

Burton-upon-Trent, UK - HES Tractec has supplied 20 Comer gearboxes to Molson Coors, the UK’s bigge…

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Step change for UK polymer recycling

Added: 17 May 2012

London - The UK plastics industry is making some significant strides towards meeting an ambitious g…

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Oxford Catalysts technology for Russian GTL plant

Added: 17 May 2012

Abingdon, UK – Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology developed by the Oxford Catalys…

SABIC Hadeed Reliable

UK 'game' aids Saudi Arabia's largest steel maker

Added: 17 May 2012

Warrington, UK – Saudi Arabia’s largest steel manufacturer, Hadeed, is rolling out an intensive wor…

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New B. Braun plant to feature advanced process technologies

Added: 17 May 2012

Melsungen, Germany – Pharmaceutical and medicals supplier B. Braun Melsungen AG’s new Euro164-milli…

UK team advances measurement of gas bubbles in pipelines.

Added: 17 May 2012

Southampton, UK – Researchers at the University of Southampton has devised a new method to more acc…

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KIRK progresses Tullis Russell biomass plant

Added: 17 May 2012

Glenrothes, UK – KIRK Environmental has announced that construction is well underway on its part of…

Robots protect jobs at Premier Foods

Added: 14 May 2012

London – That automation can protect, rather than destroy, jobs by improving the productivity, comp…

KSB Dutch power project

KSB pumps for new Dutch power station

Added: 14 May 2012

Frankenthal, Germany – This September KSB AG is supplying boiler feed pumps for the newly built A a…

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

Industry concern over insolvency of aluminium major

Added: 14 May 2012

Berlin – The insolvency proceedings initiated by Voerde Aluminium GmbH – the 3rd largest aluminium …

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Technologies to watch: Fluids Handling

Added: 14 May 2012

KSB is starting production of its high-efficiency SuPremE electric motor series (pictured) at its f…

Crumbs problem Mitz

Crumbs problem solved at last

Added: 14 May 2012

London – A process that has reportedly defied automation for decades has been resolved by systems i…

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Sales up 20% at Severn Trent Services

Added: 11 May 2012

Barcelona, Spain - Severn Trent Services has increased sales by over 20% worldwide, in the past yea…

Drax set to complete £100m turbine upgrade

Added: 10 May 2012

Drax, UK - Drax Power Station is a month away from completing the largest steam turbine modernisati…

UK oil & gas services sector doing well

Added: 10 May 2012

Aberdeen, UK - Gross revenues generated by the UK oil & gas well services sector grew by 28% to £1.…