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Kemira completes staged expansion for water treatment chemicals production
Added: 23 Nov 2021
Global chemicals company Kemira has completed the final stage production capacity expansion in the …

Soap manufacturing needs adaptable pump systems
Added: 3 Nov 2021
Soap manufacturing is no longer one-size-fits-all. So the pumps you employ need to be adaptable, ex…

Heriot-Watt vows £0.6 million laser beam award will transform UK industrial capabilities
Added: 13 Jul 2021
Researchers at the National Robotarium based at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University have secured a £…

WMFTG marks Bredel anniversary with €4 million investment
Added: 13 Jul 2021
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG)has marked the 60th anniversary of its Bredel brand wit…

Visitor registration opens for the UK Chemical Industries EXPO, CHEMUK 2021
Added: 16 Jun 2021
Visitor registration for the CHEMUK 2021 EXPO, running from 15-16 September 2021 at the NEC in Birm…

Valves ensure chemical safety
Added: 8 Jun 2021
Ensuring a chemical plant meets the latest safety standards requires proven experience, given the h…

New president for Europe’s pump industry trade association
Added: 31 May 2021
Italy’s Vanni Vignoli has been elected as the 30th president of European pump industry association …

Survey reveals nearly half of pharma companies can’t make use of their own data
Added: 31 May 2021
Almost one in two pharmaceutical European and US companies surveyed (48%) say their competitiveness…

BPMA pumps up the membership with four new company recruits
Added: 19 May 2021
British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) membership has continued to grow despite a year of ec…

Tough pumps bear fruit for lime treatments
Added: 30 Apr 2021
Plants and refineries use lime to remove sulphur dioxide from flue gas output but this can damage d…

Chemicals sector finds Brexit's sunlit uplands hard to REACH
Added: 28 Apr 2021
Brexit’s sunlit uplands are proving difficult to access and, for one sector at least, the blame for…

Chemical pumping proves its worth in the wider world
Added: 28 Apr 2021
As our March/April edition went to press, the Government was releasing early details of its legisla…

EU withdrawal results in the chemical industry paying a heavy price
Added: 24 Mar 2021
The global focus on chemicals has grown, which might be good news for one of the UK’s most successf…

Certification enhances Siemens’ cyber credentials
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Siemens UK has been awarded the coveted Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification required for orga…

Customised online-monitoring of industrial processes from Metrohm
Added: 25 Jan 2021
An integrated solution for 24/7 online-monitoring of critical chemical parameters in industrial pro…
Kemira completes first stage for massive expansion in UK water treatment chemicals production
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Global chemicals company Kemira has announced the first part of a two-stage capacity expansion in i…

BPMA scores a century in membership drive
Added: 1 Dec 2020
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has celebrated a membership milestone after signi…

BPMA successfully delivers postponed 2020 pump auditor training
Added: 17 Nov 2020
The British Pump Manufacturers Association has staged its first Certified Pump System Auditor (CPSA…

Compressor replacement keeps ethylene supply on tap
Added: 4 Nov 2020
No compressor, no ethylene: when the reliability of one piece of equipment determines a process can…

Chemicals sector R&D is prepared for a new era
Added: 19 Aug 2020
Looking for a silver lining in the pandemic cloud isn’t easy, writes Brian Attwood, but the chemica…