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Brave new world: Industry 4.0 technology
Added: 17 Sep 2013
Wireless devices are common in all workplaces these days, including process plants. But what would …

Summer Spending Spree
Added: 21 Aug 2013
The football transfer markets are feeble compared to the money changing hands in the process indust…

Operators failing to maintain pipe networks
Added: 12 Aug 2013
Companies are at risk of being hit with unexpected bills if they fail to maintain their supporting …

Improving heat transfer in industrial plants
Added: 16 Jul 2013
MIT researchers have undertaken the first systematic study of the factors that control boiling heat…
Waste processing reaches new levels
Added: 10 Jun 2013
Advances in the fields of energy-from-waste and plastics recycling signal the way ahead.

PMI participates in Maintec 2013
Added: 16 May 2013
PMI Software recently showcased their range of computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS) a…
PepsiCo not waiting for things to happen
Added: 14 May 2013
North West manufacturing plant builds up the skills of maintenance and production workers.

Fluke launches preventive maintenance platform
Added: 20 Mar 2013
Fluke has launched a preventive maintenance platform on its web site to help industrial maintenance…

IChemE launches revised Forms of Contract
Added: 6 Feb 2013
London – The IChemE has launched revised editions of the UK Forms of Contract – the product of seve…

Wood Group GTS for US power plant
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London – Wood Group GTS has signed a four-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Enteg…

Russian steel plants slip into higher gear
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London - Two Russian steel mills have increased productivity and reduced unscheduled downtime follo…

Tanker drivers' passport to safety
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – A safety passport for petroleum tanker drivers is the focus of a new initiative, jointly a…
Time pressures compromising maintenance safety
Added: 10 Jan 2013
London – Pressure to reduce UK plant downtime is threatening health and safety during maintenance, …

Aerial inspection 'saves £5m' on N Sea platform
Added: 26 Nov 2012
Aberdeen, UK – The first offshore inspection in the North Sea to have been carried out using a remo…

Engineers listening for pipeline leaks via phone line
Added: 26 Nov 2012
Farnborough, UK - Pipeline and maintenance engineers are at the forefront of a battle to prevent oi…

MCerts for Europe
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Andrew Chappell of the Environment Agency on the emergence of a Europe-wide certification for emiss…

BP selects KBR services contract
Added: 16 Nov 2012
London – BP has selected KBR as its preferred engineering and project management services (EPMS) pr…

Honeywell launches mobile app
Added: 8 Nov 2012
London – Honeywell has unveiled a mobility application that provides secure remote access to it’s E…

Demand grows for virtualised services
Added: 19 Oct 2012
London – UK businesses are increasingly turning to virtualisation to help them reduce costs yet gro…
Time to Tweet
Added: 3 Oct 2012
?The use of social media such as Twitter and mobile devices to transfer information has emerged as …