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Achema: New kit on the block
Added: 12 Jun 2012
London – Achema 2012, which takes place in Frankfurt,18-22 June, somewhat justifiably, bills itself…

Thermal storage using zeolite pellets
Added: 8 Jun 2012
Technology is being developed to store and reuse heat generated from biogas plants

£1bn to be invested in Scotch whisky production
Added: 7 Jun 2012
Diageo has unveiled plans to invest over £1bn in Scotch whisky production over the next five years
Ship technology could enhance process-water safety
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A technology used for treating ballast seawater on ships is now being offered as an alternative to …

Funding drives large-scale production of nanoparticles
Added: 7 Jun 2012
A Nottingham University spin-out is hoping to improve industrial nanoparticle production

Metal-free catalysts aid sustainable processes
Added: 29 May 2012
A €4m EU-funded project aims to develop carbon materials that will replace precious metals in catal…

ABB adds major drive-systems order in Kazakhstan
Added: 25 May 2012
London – ABB has won a $44-million order to deliver three gearless mill drive systems (GMDs) for a …

Blow to energy costs at Anglian Water
Added: 25 May 2012
London – Anglian Water has selected Atlas Copco’s low-pressure ZS blowers to supply air to the aer…

Agraferm completes commissioning phase for £5m AD plant
Added: 24 May 2012
Bury St Edmunds, UK - Material Change and its Symonds Farm JV AD partner have completed the commiss…

PVC flooring major Beaulieu filters out downtime
Added: 23 May 2012
London – Flooring manufacturer Beaulieu International Group has increased productivity following a …

Heaters raise productivity at Moy Park
Added: 23 May 2012
Craigavon, UK – Food company Moy Park has installed two additional thermal fluid heaters at its pou…

Tata Steel plant knocks £10k off its energy bill
Added: 21 May 2012
Stocksbridge, UK – Tata Steel has reduced energy bills on the finishing process at its steel plant …

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…

SABIC adds ATEX cameras at Teesside site
Added: 21 May 2012
Middlesbrough, UK — SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd has installed ATEX explosion proof digital cameras …

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…

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…

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…

Insulation protects WWT plant from weather extreme
Added: 16 May 2012
Fortrose, UK – The Scottish Highlands are no stranger to cold weather but the winters of 2010 and 2…

Robots protect jobs at Premier Foods
Added: 14 May 2012
London – That automation can protect, rather than destroy, jobs by improving the productivity, comp…
Q&A - Fluids Handling
Added: 14 May 2012
Process Engineering asked Florent Violain, LCC development manager at Sterling Fluid Systems (UK) L…