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Tees Valley process funding agreed
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Friday a deal to boost the process industries on Teesside.

Ineos considers UK shale production
Added: 16 Dec 2013
Chemicals firm Ineos is considering plans to begin shale production in the UK.

Global safety standard being developed
Added: 3 Dec 2013
The International Council of Chemicals Associations (ICCA) is currently developing a performance me…

Grangemouth shale gas import site selected
Added: 3 Dec 2013
Ineos Petrochemicals today confirmed it had selected the location of an ethane tank it plans to bui…

GSK to pilot process safety course
Added: 2 Dec 2013
GlaxoSmithKline has partnered with the University of Sheffield to develop a short course that addre…

Communication is key to safety
Added: 29 Nov 2013
Process safety management is a constantly evolving field, but good communication remains fundamenta…

BASF and Abu Dhabi in joint gas research
Added: 29 Nov 2013
BASF and the Petroleum Institute (PI) of Abu Dhabi today announced their intention to collaborate o…

Tyvek 800 J limited-use coverall
Added: 27 Nov 2013
Available in 2014, the DuPont Tyvek 800 J coverall is an innovation in Type 3 (liquid tight) protec…

Lunch with the BASF boss
Added: 27 Nov 2013
Last Friday I headed down to Mayfair to meet BASF chairman Kurt Bock, who over lunch gave me a fasc…

Manufacturing hits 18-year high
Added: 21 Nov 2013
UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…

Steam cracker is 'industry first'
Added: 20 Nov 2013
A feedstock steam cracker in Singapore is said to be the first industry facility capable of convert…
Complacent companies at highest risk of cyber attack
Added: 19 Nov 2013
Companies that employ outdated technologies and inefficient risk management tactics are at a higher…

ArcelorMittal buys hydrogen generators
Added: 19 Nov 2013
Industrial gas specialist Air Products today announced it had signed a deal to supply Indian steel …

Coal industry calls for technology backing
Added: 18 Nov 2013
Leading figures in the global coal industry gathered in Warsaw today to call for governments to bac…

Honeywell wins Chinese petrochemical deal
Added: 15 Nov 2013
Chinese national oil company Sinopec has selected process optimisation software by Honeywell for th…

BASF donates €300,000 to Philippines appeal
Added: 14 Nov 2013
German chemicals giant BASF today announced it was donating €300,000 to relief efforts in the Phili…

Avoiding blackouts…at any cost?
Added: 13 Nov 2013
Yesterday I was speaking to Dr John Roberts, who chaired the Royal Academy of Engineering group tha…

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment
Added: 12 Nov 2013
Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Ingersoll Rand launches efficient centrifugal compressor
Added: 7 Nov 2013
The Centac C800 centrifugal air compressor is designed for assembly, automotive food and beverage, …

Control rooms play catch-up
Added: 5 Nov 2013
They are present in most households and even my three-year old can operate one, so why are process …