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Upturn, downturn
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Shrugging off months of dire warnings for the economy overall, pump and valve manufacturers, especi…
Catalysts, cars and best practice
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Johnson Matthey's site in Billingham is making big strides in the areas of overall equipment effect…
Skills the next "energy" crisis
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Today’s global energy crisis was preceded by years of warnings about our over reliance on fossil f…

Confidence key to wireless adoption
Added: 30 Oct 2008
UK process operators are keen to introduce and/or expand the use of wireless at their facilities, t…
E.ON plans major biomass plant
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Power generator E.ON plans to build a 150MW biomass power station at the Port of Bristol. The propo…
GSK stuck on 42T knowhow
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Product design and development consultancy 42 Technology and global pharma company GlaxoSmithKline …
Process could miss out in new golden age for engineering
Added: 30 Oct 2008
The promise of a high salary - as demonstrated by the recent IChemE survey (see below) - is clearly…
Pump maker claims Profibus first
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Watson-Marlow Bredel launches IP66 rated cased peristaltic pumps with certified Profibus DP network…
Cadbury removes sticky valve problem
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Problem with sticking solids handling valves eradicated, following investigation and design solutio…
BASF preparing for tougher trading environment
Added: 30 Oct 2008
Chemicals group braced for difficult trading conditions despite sales growth of 13% and earnings im…
Metal refiner Collini adds direct SCADA-SAP connection
Added: 29 Oct 2008
Direct SCADA-SAP connection at leading metal refiner Collini to ensure continuous process supervisi…
Knowledge gap costs food processors
Added: 29 Oct 2008
A recent industry survey by Mono Pumps has revealed that the UK's food and beverage manufacturers a…
AstraZeneca cuts instrumentation costs at Devon facility
Added: 28 Oct 2008
Georg Fischer instrumentation proves robust and reliable for AstraZeneca in Devon Instrumentati…
Hydrogen monitors for university project
Added: 27 Oct 2008
Bangor University in Wales is employing advanced hydrogen monitoring technology for an in-depth res…
Drax, Siemens to build biomass power plants
Added: 24 Oct 2008
Three new 300MW plants to deliver baseload capacity generation and will mean that Drax will be resp…
European Parliament 'doesn't care' about energy costs
Added: 24 Oct 2008
MEPs euphoric after voting through a series of proposals that will require power generators to pay …
Industry has energy to beat the crunch
Added: 23 Oct 2008
industry leaders continue to shrug off the doom and gloom and forecast continuing investment in cap…
IPS for world’s first hydrogen-fuelled power plant
Added: 23 Oct 2008
Enel selects Invensys to supply control and automation technology for the world’s first hydrogen-fu…
HERAEUS NOBLELIGHT LTD.
Added: 23 Oct 2008
A carbon infra-red heating system from Heraeus Noblelight is helping to ensure that Leyland trucks …