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Business as usual?
Added: 4 Oct 2007
UK industry sites are releasing fewer air pollutants but greenhouse-gas and waste-production levels…
Plastic piping for nuclear station
Added: 4 Oct 2007
British Energy is switching to polyethylene (PE) pipework as an alternative to coated steel for the…
Cadbury to axe 700 UK jobs
Added: 4 Oct 2007
Closure of 500-employee Keynsham factory. Another 200 jobs to go at Bournville
Chocolate block
Added: 3 Oct 2007
Gertrude Hawk Chocolates (GHC), a US chocolate manufacturer serves high volume markets that demand …

KPI: No more heroes
Added: 3 Oct 2007
Patrick Raleigh visits Flexsys' Ruabon Works — now a world-class chemicals operation following a se…
Cheese maker cuts fuel consumption
Added: 2 Oct 2007
UK’s largest cheese maker installs energy saving systems on three oil-fired, steam-raising boilers…
Ethernet boosts coal-mine safety and economics
Added: 2 Oct 2007
Technology is helping to drive a resurgence in the UK coal mining; improving operators’ ability to …
BASF, RWE, Linde target CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants
Added: 2 Oct 2007
Joint venture agreed. Commercial application from 2020, with 90% of CO2 to be removed from combusti…
Mono of the Glen
Added: 2 Oct 2007
Severn Trent is operating two auto desludge packages at its Great Glen Sewage Treatment Works in Le…
Weighing requirements for the chemical industry
Added: 2 Oct 2007
Amid all the IT- and legislation-driven changes, the main elements of static weighing systems have …
Wireless plant and backhaul in the industrial environment
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Invensys technical paper highlights the potential of the emerging WiMAX standard in applications re…
Board maker gets unstuck
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Europe's leading manufacturer of particle board Pfleiderer has overcome production issues at its Gr…
Marmite project saves time and energy
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Unilever UK has increased throughput by 30%, made waste savings of 10% and cut energy consumption b…
Belts deliver energy savings for air compressors
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Year-long study examined energy saving potential of REC belts over wrapped belts, when used to driv…
Turning the global tide
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Those who belive that it is no longer feasible to manufacture chemicals in the UK - a prevailing vi…

Fresh blow to UK pharma industry
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Concern as Pfizer decides to shutdown manufacturing operations in Kent — the latest in a series of …
Emerson, Cisco attune
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Emerson Process Management and Cisco have linked up to offer open-standard systems for wireless pro…
Investors turn off water
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Private investors are showing little interest in funding projects in the water sector, a senior ind…
Foot & Mouth outbreak linked to process failings
Added: 1 Oct 2007
Poor maintenance and control procedures allowed virus to transfer from research centre to farmland …