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Petrobras project delays cost Aker up to $88m

Added: 12 Oct 2011

Oslo — Aker Solutions has agreed to pay damages to Petrobras for continuing delays on all major sub…

DCS suppliers report "very strong' order rates

Added: 11 Oct 2011

Dedham, Massachusetts — Most global DCS suppliers, such as ABB, Siemens, Honeywell, Yokogawa and Em…

Byres launches SCADA 'security in a box'

Added: 11 Oct 2011

British Columbia, Canada — Byres Security Inc., part of Belden Inc. has launched what it claims is …

Dow launches new polypropylene catalyst technology

Added: 5 Oct 2011

New York — Dow Chemical Co. has launched Consista C601 polypropylene catalyst, which it describes a…

Control valves market on the rebound

Added: 5 Oct 2011

Dedham, Massachusetts — Last year will likely represent the low-point for control valve shipments w…

Food and beverage makers gain appetite for systems integration

Added: 29 Sep 2011

Manchester, UK — Food and beverage manufacturers has significantly increased their adoption of inte…

EU efficiency motor rules to boost swappage scheme

Added: 29 Sep 2011

London — ABB’s drives and motors swappage scheme, has taken on new importance with the introduction…

High global demand prompts new Metso valve facility

Added: 28 Sep 2011

Helsinki — Finnish group Metso has opened a new valve production and technology centre in the Helsi…

Heat exchanger company wins Euro1m grant to tackle pig manure problem

Added: 28 Sep 2011

Watford, UK — Pig manure is a huge problem across Europe and has been identified as a major environ…

Global pulp & paper makers invest in automation

Added: 26 Sep 2011

Recent major awards for Honeywell, Metso in South America and China

Severn Trent Services for major de-nitrification project in China

Added: 20 Sep 2011

Shanghai, China — Severn Trent Services has gained a contract to provide a de-nitrification system …

Yara repeats order for mixer – 26 years on

Added: 19 Sep 2011

York, UK — John R Boone has supplied a replacement 2000-litre heavy duty rotary drum blender to Yor…

Scottish Water strike threat despite pay agreement

Added: 19 Sep 2011

London — Industrial action can not be ruled out at Scottish Water later in the year if changes to S…

Level control is the 'most gruelling offshore application'

Added: 19 Sep 2011

London — Level control has been identified as by far the most challenging offshore valve applicatio…

DuPont wins $920m aramid secrets lawsuit against Kolon Industries

Added: 15 Sep 2011

Wilmington, Delaware — DuPont has won a civil lawsuit for $919.9 million in the US against Kolon In…

Ensus sits out biofuel woes

Added: 13 Sep 2011

Competition for US imports and continuing uncertainty over regulatory support mechanisms have promp…

Fiddlers Ferry contractor PJD earns international safety recognition

Added: 13 Sep 2011

Castle Donington, UK – UK mechanical engineering contractors PJD Group has been shortlisted as one …

British Gas, Bio Group in waste-to-gas project

Added: 13 Sep 2011

London — British Gas and Bio Group are to jointly establish a facility to convert commercial food w…

Industry's "first" condition monitoring iPhone app

Added: 13 Sep 2011

Dewsbury, UK —Parker Filtration, part of Parker Hannifin claims to have released the industry’s fir…

Oxford Catalysts earns US technology award

Added: 13 Sep 2011

Oxford, UK — Microchannel technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group was named as the winne…