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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…
Smartphone calling
Added: 20 Jul 2011
Patrick Raleigh explains how the latest smartphone apps are widening the maintenance capabilities o…
Which camera?
Added: 1 Jul 2011
In recent years, a huge range of infrared cameras has come on to the market for applications includ…
Hindustan Petroleum moves to Honeywell mobiles
Added: 2 Jun 2011
Mumbai, India – Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) has implemented Honeywell Process Solutions’ m…
Chemical industries welcome review into health and safety regulations
Added: 25 May 2011
London – The Chemical Industries Association has welcomed the Lofstedt Review into health and safet…
UK reports on Fukushima nuclear lessons
Added: 18 May 2011
London – An interim report published today says lessons should be learned from the crisis at Fukush…
Briefing: A fresh approach to functional safety
Added: 12 May 2011
Changes to the IEC 61508 basis standard for functional safety significantly improve the guidance on…
