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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…

UK team advances measurement of gas bubbles in pipelines.

Added: 17 May 2012

Southampton, UK – Researchers at the University of Southampton has devised a new method to more acc…

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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…

Robots protect jobs at Premier Foods

Added: 14 May 2012

London – That automation can protect, rather than destroy, jobs by improving the productivity, comp…

KSB Dutch power project

KSB pumps for new Dutch power station

Added: 14 May 2012

Frankenthal, Germany – This September KSB AG is supplying boiler feed pumps for the newly built A a…

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

Industry concern over insolvency of aluminium major

Added: 14 May 2012

Berlin – The insolvency proceedings initiated by Voerde Aluminium GmbH – the 3rd largest aluminium …

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Technologies to watch: Fluids Handling

Added: 14 May 2012

KSB is starting production of its high-efficiency SuPremE electric motor series (pictured) at its f…

Crumbs problem Mitz

Crumbs problem solved at last

Added: 14 May 2012

London – A process that has reportedly defied automation for decades has been resolved by systems i…

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Sales up 20% at Severn Trent Services

Added: 11 May 2012

Barcelona, Spain - Severn Trent Services has increased sales by over 20% worldwide, in the past yea…

Drax set to complete £100m turbine upgrade

Added: 10 May 2012

Drax, UK - Drax Power Station is a month away from completing the largest steam turbine modernisati…

UK oil & gas services sector doing well

Added: 10 May 2012

Aberdeen, UK - Gross revenues generated by the UK oil & gas well services sector grew by 28% to £1.…

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Eni: Euro2bn and new name for chemicals business

Added: 10 May 2012

Rome – Eni has renamed its Polimeri Europa division Versalis, as part of a major new investment str…

IChemE MU students

Manchester students net IChemE sustainability prize

Added: 10 May 2012

Manchester, UK – A project to turn corn waste into succinic acid has earned an international sustai…

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Severn Trent Services for Australia water treatment project

Added: 10 May 2012

Birmingham, UK – Severn Trent Services (STS) is to supply an filter underdrain system for the Munda…

Energy is the biggest concern for UK chemicals makers

Added: 9 May 2012

London - The continuing high cost of energy in the UK is a major barrier to future jobs and growth,…

Dow Freeport shale

Dow to tap further into shale-gas feedstock resources

Added: 9 May 2012

Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical Co. is to construct a new world-scale ethylene production plant at…

Honeywell enterprise software launch

Honeywell launches enterprise-wide software for process sector

Added: 9 May 2012

Bracknell, UK – Honeywell has launched Intuition Executive software, which comprises enterprise-wid…

Emerson radar level gauge

Emerson in level measurement buy

Added: 9 May 2012

London – Emerson Process Management has acquired ISE Magtech of Pearland, Texas, for an undisclosed…

Metso to automate combined-cycle power plant in Turkey

Added: 8 May 2012

Helsinki – AGE ENERJ? Yat?r?mlar? A?, one of Turkey’s major energy companies has engaged Metso to a…

Norway advances carbon capture plans

Added: 8 May 2012

Oslo - Aker Solutions has opened a carbon capture plant at the CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM)…