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Quantitech Frog 4000

Onsite analyser

Added: 4 Nov 2014

Quantitech has launched the FROG-4000, a rugged, portable instrument capable of analysing trace lev…

FROG-4000

Onsite chemical analysis

Added: 22 Oct 2014

Quantitech has launched the FROG-4000, a rugged, portable instrument capable of analysing trace lev…

Karl-Ludwig Kley

Merck buys Sigma-Aldrich for £10bn

Added: 22 Sep 2014

Pharma and chemicals giant Merck has agreed to buy life sciences firm Sigma-Aldrich for approximate…

Bosch Rexroth oil analysis

Slick solution for machine downtime

Added: 27 Aug 2014

Bosch Rexroth has launched a new oil analysis service to help service and maintenance engineers to …

Biomass

Biomass pre-processing study launches

Added: 11 Jul 2014

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) today launched a programme assessing the impact of pre-proc…

Mark Cavendish Kevlar helmet

Engineering sporting brilliance

Added: 28 May 2014

Here at Process Engineering we aim to please. As the Brazil World Cup approaches, followed by Wimbl…

Food lab testing facility

Intertek expands food testing capability

Added: 2 May 2014

Intertek has opened three food testing laboratories this year, including a 24/7 facility in Derby.

Keep it clean

Keep it clean

Added: 1 May 2014

High water costs and environmental laws are forcing process plants to consider new cleaning methods.

Show me the bone

Show me the bone

Added: 15 Apr 2014

New X-Ray systems boost quality control capabilities at a meat production facility in Belgium.

EFSA food safety group headquarters

Food safety group calls on scientists

Added: 15 Apr 2014

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is asking high-calibre scientists to join its team of risk as…

Analytica 2014: The challenges of foodstuff analysis

Added: 10 Apr 2014

Every year, there are no less than 400,000 samples examined by official food inspection bodies. Thi…

chemical compound

Compound reclassification proposed

Added: 7 Apr 2014

A proposal to reclassify plastics chemical Bisphanol A (BPA) as potentially harmful to reproductive…

Food Forensics

Food Forensics

Added: 7 Apr 2014

The chemical fingerprinting of food samples will be instrumental in the fight against the deliberat…

Lalicia Potter

Picking a winner

Added: 4 Apr 2014

Which technique is better – discrete or continuous flow analysis? Lalicia Potter of Seal Analytical…

Flow-on effect

Flow-on effect

Added: 4 Apr 2014

Measuring the factors that affect a powder’s formulation is crucial, says Robert McGregor of Brookf…

Poultry processing

Intertek opens UK food testing lab

Added: 12 Mar 2014

Intertek has opened a new food laboratory in Derby.

Food Greencore

Food fingerprinting to combat fraud

Added: 10 Mar 2014

The chemical fingerprinting of food samples will be key in the fight against food fraud, according …

Meat your maker

Meat your maker

Added: 14 Feb 2014

In the year since the horsemeat scandal, what has the food industry done to strengthen its defences…

Endecotts sieves and certificate

Precision test sieves

Added: 16 Dec 2013

Endecotts Test Sieves are manufactured to offer qualities that make them extremely precise and accu…