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Chemical engineer to lead AMEC infrastructure team
Added: 12 Aug 2013
Project manager AMEC has appointed chemical engineer Rob Brown as managing director of its Environm…

Threat to Schneider's Invensys takeover
Added: 2 Aug 2013
Schneider’s proposed £3.4 billion takeover of Invensys is still under threat of being beaten by a b…

Schneider acquires Invensys for £3.4bn
Added: 31 Jul 2013
UK-based Invensys today accepted an offer from France’s Schneider Electric to acquire the company f…
On the right track for safety
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Efforts to establish effective safety practices in the construction of process infrastructure seem …

Siemens names Kaeser as new CEO
Added: 31 Jul 2013
Siemens today replaced CEO Peter Loescher with the company’s chief financial officer Joe Kaeser.

First rise for manufacturing orders in a year
Added: 24 Jul 2013
New orders in the UK’s manufacturing sector rose in the three months to July for the first time in …

Distillery secures biomass funding
Added: 23 Jul 2013
Installation of a biomass boiler funded at a whisky distillery south of Inverness has become the fi…

Autonomous systems and energy storage research secure £132m
Added: 17 Jul 2013
Funding of up to £132 million was today announced by MP David Willetts for three key areas of resea…

Connecting electronics in liquid metal
Added: 10 Jul 2013
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a 3D printing technology to create …

Materials boost for supercapacitors
Added: 9 Jul 2013
A group of scientists have developed a method that synthesises enhanced materials for supercapacito…

Platinum-free catalyst could cut cost of hydrogen
Added: 5 Jul 2013
Researchers have developed a catalyst that creates hydrogen fuel without the use of expensive plati…

Gasification technology enables cheap production of biomass
Added: 3 Jul 2013
A new gasification method claims to turn forest residues into biofuel for less than a euro per litr…

Badger Meter control valves
Added: 2 Jul 2013
Pump Engineering has unveiled its extensive range of control valves designed for liquid handling.

Air-powered lifting
Added: 17 Jun 2013
The JDN Mini-series offers models available for payload ratings of 125, 250, 500 and 980kg.

Preventing thermal bridging
Added: 17 Jun 2013
The Armafix X is designed for HVAC applications and protects the thermally sensitive area surroundi…

Filtration cartridges & equipment
Added: 17 Jun 2013
Hi-Line Industries provides a filtration service, supplying original filtration equipment and alter…

Cutting down on carbon emissions
Added: 12 Jun 2013
A recent study led by researchers at Dartmouth College suggested logging releases harmful amounts o…

Sub-metering exceeds expectations
Added: 10 Jun 2013
Utility supplier Wavin have employed 140 Elcomponent parts across its UK and Ireland plants.

Applying interlocking systems
Added: 10 Jun 2013
Smith Flow Control’s Mike Fynes takes a look at how mechanical key interlocking can improve valve s…

Haas to exhibit tools at EMO 2013
Added: 4 Jun 2013
Visitors to the Haas booth at EMO 2013 will witness cutting demonstrations on 16 of the company’s l…