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KSB pumps for 'world's first' pine diesel plant

Added: 14 Jul 2010

Piteå, Sweden – German equipment maker KSB has supplied around 30 pumps to a pioneering new plant m…

Amnesia blights process safety

Added: 13 Jul 2010

Is corporate memory loss to blame for the recurrence of major accidents? Dr Julian Hought examines

A bad case of solar flannel

Added: 13 Jul 2010

The term ‘greenwash’ refers to a practice of companies or individuals who disingenuously spin their…

Impellers help shampoo manufacturer to double capacity

Added: 13 Jul 2010

Lymington, UK – Growing demand for its natural-ingredient-derived haircare products has recently le…

BP caps Deepwater Horizon well

Added: 13 Jul 2010


London – BP has completed the installation of the new sealing cap on the leaking MC252 well in the …

UK has 'huge' appetite for anaerobic digestion

Added: 12 Jul 2010


London – The UK government has announced that it is drawing up an action plan to deliver a “huge in…

EDF launches Hinkley Point C project consultation

Added: 12 Jul 2010

London – EDF Energy has launched a stage 2 public consultation process for its ’preferred proposals…

Gazprom, ENI and EDF sign South Stream Project deal

Added: 9 Jul 2010

St. Petersburg , Russia – Gazprom, ENI and EDF have recently signed a deal to facilitate the French…

Virtual expansion helps Mowbray make real gains

Added: 9 Jul 2010


Doncaster, UK – Robotic and automation centre, CenFRA Ltd claims to have saved thousands of pounds …

Attitudes to Wireless Survey

Added: 9 Jul 2010

Ahead of a major Wireless feature in the next issue of Process Engineering magazine, we are running…

Siemens technology to pinpoint water pipe leaks

Added: 9 Jul 2010

Erlangen, Germany – Siemens Corporate Technologies and Siemens Industry Solutions Division have joi…

US owner 'vows' to keep Tate & Lyle UK plants open

Added: 9 Jul 2010

London – American Sugar Refining Inc. (ASR) vice president Jonathan Bamburger has reportedly given …

Lifeline for power stations, as MEPs let industry "off the hook"

Added: 8 Jul 2010

Strasbourg, France - MEPs at the European Parliament have adopted stricter rules on air pollution, …

Emerson controls for new Saudi power plant

Added: 8 Jul 2010

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Emerson Process Management is to install its Ovation expert control syst…

Missed opportunity of probe into UK climate research unit

Added: 7 Jul 2010

London – The team of top professors, jetted in to Norwich (see story) to investigate the activities…

Total in £720m oil sands deal

Added: 7 Jul 2010

Paris – Total E&P Canada Ltd., a Total subsidiary, is to acquire UTS Corp. with its main asset, a 2…

npower highlights dangers of missing CRC deadlines

Added: 7 Jul 2010

London – Energy firm npower has issued a warning to businesses and the public sector that they risk…

Asset project lets Matthew Walker 'have its cake and eat it'

Added: 7 Jul 2010

Heanor, UK – The evocative smell of rich dried fruits, exotic spices, and cognac mingled with sherr…

Taylors gets materials transfer down to a tea

Added: 7 Jul 2010

Harrogate, UK – Tea and coffee merchant, Taylors of Harrogate, has recently recruited Vortex Valves…

In praise of pay checks

Added: 6 Jul 2010

The issue of rewards has been at the top of the UK’s political and social agenda for the past two y…