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Bring back apprenticeships

Added: 17 Jul 2007

Traditional training route should be the basis of any industrial skills policy going forward

TOTAL Processing & Packaging down 40%

Added: 16 Jul 2007

Drop in visitors mirrors decline in exhibition area compared with 2004, down from 42,870m2 to 25,60…

LNG vaporisers benefit from reverse osmosis technology

Added: 13 Jul 2007

RO unit removes all the salts that accumulate in the water and virtually eliminates deposits in the…

Most UK plant engineering companies need new (or better) ownership

Added: 13 Jul 2007

Underperforming process plant engineering sector is throwing away £1.2bn in annual profits

Hexion bags Huntsman, Basell deal terminated

Added: 13 Jul 2007

Private equity-backed thermosets major to pay around $10.6bn for Huntsman. Basell gets $200m payoff…

Mocap at Efee - Vienna 2007 – Stand 17

Added: 12 Jul 2007

MOCAP will be exhibiting their Vari-Stem stemming plugs at an exhibition being held in conjunction …

Maximum Power Protection, Minimum ‘Carbon’ Footprint

Added: 10 Jul 2007

The new Multi Plus uninterruptible power supply provides distinct advantages at a time when energy …

Coffee maker wakes up to steam

Added: 9 Jul 2007

Kraft raises some 40 tonnes of steam an hour costing around £6.5 million pounds a year

Infrared camera technology prevents flooding in Europe

Added: 6 Jul 2007

Technology helped to keep pumping stations up and running during floods in southwest Hungary.

New Leister LHS ‘Plug & Go’ Heat Solutions

Added: 6 Jul 2007

LEISTER, the Swiss design & manufacturer of hot air systems prides itself on the continued developm…

New Eddy Current Probe Is Capable Of Operating To 240°C

Added: 6 Jul 2007


Designed to be the most robust available, Sensonics range of Senturion Proximity Probes has recentl…

Unique New Ribbed Disc Design from Tomoe

Added: 6 Jul 2007

- Improves Flow Rates of 700 series valves

Brazil firm claims green polyethylene first

Added: 6 Jul 2007

Braskem studies project for commercial production of plastic made from ethanol starting in 2009

Canada oil sands project for Technip

Added: 6 Jul 2007

Fort Hills Energy contract for the transformation of heavy oil from the bitumen sands near Edmonton…

Hydro nets Belgian sewer clean-up contract

Added: 6 Jul 2007

Euro2-million contract to sewer overflow supply technology for programme in the Meuse valley

Hydro PVC plant in release-to-air incident after power failure

Added: 6 Jul 2007

Power loss triggers release of semi processed PVC from a reaction vessel at plant in the north east…

Asset care plan raises Flexsys site to world class

Added: 5 Jul 2007

New approach helps one of the UK's oldest chemicals sites to achieve world-class performance ratings

TOTAL migrates to single control system at UK refinery

Added: 5 Jul 2007

$7-million contract to supply a process automation system to flagship Lindsey Oil Refinery in North…

Contrinex miniature sensors are designed to take the pressure

Added: 4 Jul 2007

Contrinex has developed the ‘Series E’ range of miniature sensors that can withstand up to 20bar …

ABB claims production breakthrough in life sciences industry

Added: 4 Jul 2007

New IIT for PAT platform will 'enable customers to change the way pharmaceuticals are made'