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Rotork in valve actuation upgrade at Severn Trent site

Added: 6 May 2008

Project part of an £8-million programme awarded to Interserve Project Services to upgrade the site,…

Getting lean through value-driven maintenance

Added: 6 May 2008

Value Driven Maintenance methodology sets realistic improvement targets, gives focus and embeds con…

Feed producer weighs in with 99% accuracy

Added: 6 May 2008

A Nichols previously used a hand-controlled auger system and a scale to weigh out ingredients for a…

Findus finds energy savings

Added: 6 May 2008

Patented fuel treatment system that improves combustion by applying a finely calibrated magnetic fi…

North East gets REACH ambassador

Added: 6 May 2008

Phil Hollowood to head up efforts to help industry deal with controversial EU chemical safety regul…

Grangemouth refinery strike to go ahead

Added: 24 Apr 2008

INEOS and Unite fail to reach agreement at arbitration meeting. Management and union remain poles a…

Chemicals group slams EC REACH fees scheme

Added: 22 Apr 2008

Discounts intended to address industry concerns but are much less significant than they first appear

German steel plant focuses on IR cameras

Added: 21 Apr 2008

Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann steelworks uses infrared cameras to inspect, maintain and optimize pro…

INEOS issues safety warning ahead of Grangemouth strike

Added: 18 Apr 2008

Strike planned to start 27 April threatens the safety of the country’s largest oil refineries

Tyco to upgrade Russia nuclear plant

Added: 18 Apr 2008

£13m order from the EC and Russian operator for gate valves at the Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant u…

REACH: EU urges industry to pre-register all chemicals by 1 December

Added: 17 Apr 2008

EC concerned that companies are not aware of their obligations under REACH, especially suppliers th…

Management Moves

Added: 15 Apr 2008

Habasit Rossi … Victaulic … Excel Automation … Boge Compressors … Haden Freeman … Polypipe … HARTIN…

Process Business News

Added: 15 Apr 2008

Centre for Process Innovation ... FLIR Systems ... KSB/Nikkiso ... Grundfos ... Amec ... John Crane…

Technology Tracker March/April

Added: 15 Apr 2008

Emerson ... Sick .. FLIR Systems ... Rexroth ... GarrettCom Europe ... CompAir ... Eurotherm ... At…

MTL sells MOST product lines to GE Fanuc

Added: 15 Apr 2008

The sales follows MTL's recent acquisition by Cooper Industries of Houston, Texas.

Petrobras adds Emerson automation at polymer plant

Added: 14 Apr 2008

Polystyrene facility lifts production by 5% and cuts maintenance costs 12% through multi-year moder…

Polimeri problem pump now its most reliable

Added: 11 Apr 2008

Elastomer maker's project with Amarinth cuts labour costs by 85% and overall costs by 83%.

Cargill opens £75m process plant in Manchester

Added: 11 Apr 2008

Facility will process around 750,000 tonnes of wheat per annum to provide sweeteners for the food i…

New pumps benefit biodiesel leader Argent

Added: 11 Apr 2008

Scottish plant is one of Europe's largest biodiesel processing facilities and has a capacity to pro…

Aleris Aluminium saves Euro200k a year via condition monitoring

Added: 11 Apr 2008

German aluminium products manufacturer notes big savings through monitoring the condition of critic…