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Different take on inventory management
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Brazilian energy company Petrobras has recently signed a service contract with Metso covering the s…
Why energy-saving plans are failing to go the distance
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Depending on the relative cost of enery at the time, energy-efficiency programmes and capital inves…
Creaming off the cost
Added: 1 Nov 2011
One of the UK’s ten largest food companies, Dairy Crest has started up two biomass boilers at its D…
Environmental monitoring: Joined up power plants
Added: 1 Nov 2011
The appetite for the development of new waste-to-energy and biomass incineration plants is increasi…
Apps ease maintenance woes
Added: 1 Nov 2011
While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…
New water quality monitoring service
Added: 1 Nov 2011
The Environment Agency (EA) has created a new agency, called the National Water Quality Instrumenta…
HSE inspectors to become industry 'traffic wardens'?
Added: 21 Oct 2011
London — The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is proposing to charge industry for any ‘material brea…
Smartphone app to ease maintenance technicians’ woes
Added: 10 Oct 2011
Paris — CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software offers a valuable tool for maint…
Woodhouse asset management deal with Costa Rican power company
Added: 4 Oct 2011
London — ICE, the major electrical utility company of Costa Rica, has awarded a three-year contract…
Turnarounds: All change in petrochemicals sector
Added: 1 Oct 2011
London — The west European petrochemical Industry is reckoned to spend around €3 billion a year on …
BASF demolition job for RVA
Added: 30 Sep 2011
Ipswich, UK — BASF has started dismantling its Kaipiainen polymer production facilities in Finland.…
Lubricant saves $1.4m at Chinese steel mill
Added: 23 Sep 2011
London — Guangdong Shaogang Songshan Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of pig iron, steel and steel prod…
NSK helps Italian group to nibble costs
Added: 22 Sep 2011
London — An Italian snack food company is achieving annual savings of Euro192,600 on production and…
Take a tablet, and some paper
Added: 16 Sep 2011
London — At the recent official opening of Bentley Systems’ new London office, CEO Greg Bentley gav…
Industry's "first" condition monitoring iPhone app
Added: 13 Sep 2011
Dewsbury, UK —Parker Filtration, part of Parker Hannifin claims to have released the industry’s fir…
New demand for process safety leadership training
Added: 16 Aug 2011
London – The National Skills Academy for Process Industries (NSAPI) has reported that 60 major comp…
Sellafield award for Babcock, Balfour Beatty JV
Added: 4 Aug 2011
London – A Babcock and Balfour Beatty JV, SMF Delivery Team, has been awarded a contract by Sellafi…
UK firm puts BASF site on the path to world-class performance
Added: 3 Aug 2011
Warrington, UK – BASF has started an ’operational excellence’ programme with Reliable Manufacturing…
Lubricants save Lafarge $1.5m at UK, Jordan cement plants
Added: 29 Jul 2011
Belgium, Brussels - Lafarge is set to save $1.5 million through the use of Mobil SHC 600 lubricants…
EDF plugs into predictive maintenance software for new UK plant
Added: 25 Jul 2011
London – EDF Energy is to employ Emerson Process Management’s AMS Suite predictive maintenance soft…
