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UK process plant spending to grow
Added: 10 Mar 2008
The chemicals industry is projected to continue to account for the single largest share of total pr…
BASF rides the waves
Added: 10 Mar 2008
Chemicals group charts a careful course amid market, regulatory and project build uncertainty, offi…
Trelleborg
Added: 29 Feb 2008
Trelleborg Industrial AVS has appointed Amit Kaul as key account anager for India. Kaul is the firs…

Experts lined up for SOLIDS show
Added: 22 Feb 2008
Presenters will focus on areas ranging from plant efficiency and materials handling to health & saf…
Watson-Marlow acquires Flexicon A/S for GBP14m
Added: 22 Feb 2008
Danish company enhances peristaltic pump maker's aseptic filling and capping machine range
Citect factory data system takes the biscuit for Ryvita
Added: 18 Feb 2008
Poole plant achieves 90% reduction in manual inputs and major gains in efficiency, accuracy, transp…
Amplicon adds isolated digital I/O board to portfolio
Added: 18 Feb 2008
Industrial I/O board protects host computer and reduces interference issues, to ensure consistent c…
British Sugar joins Carbon Trust PAS 2050 standard initiative
Added: 18 Feb 2008
Joins 20 companies on the carbon footprint initiative including Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, Kimbe…
BASF first to issue carbon balance for its operations
Added: 18 Feb 2008
CO2 savings from BASF products outweigh emissions caused during production and disposal by a factor…
Limescale protection defuses Australian mines
Added: 15 Feb 2008
Scale so severe that the 150-litre hot water systems on some mine sites regularly ‘explode’ due to …
China chemicals maker adds GE Fanuc process control technology
Added: 15 Feb 2008
New 1000-ktpa dimethyl ether plant in Zhangjiagang operates three production lines with another two…
Solar Petroleum moves to safer, faster filling
Added: 15 Feb 2008
Has eliminated the lifting of full containers and increased filling speeds from 60 to 100 container…
UK researchers claim TiO2 process breakthrough
Added: 15 Feb 2008
Partnership with Millennium to advance process yielding 97% TiO2, compared with 85% industry averag…

Thames Water plant ups efficiency through gearbox replacement
Added: 15 Feb 2008
Brammer in conjunction with Brevini Gearboxes recommend standard planetary gearbox with an incorpor…
Statoil using ABB devices on world’s most northerly LNG plant
Added: 15 Feb 2008
Equipment for measurement of process temperatures, loading and offloading monitoring, spill detecti…
Dow, Alstom to develop amine scrubbing technology for power industry
Added: 15 Feb 2008
Alstom to lead on the installation of carbon capture systems using the developed process, while Dow…
Solids group in use-it-or-lose-it alert over funding
Added: 13 Feb 2008
"If we don’t make a success of this then the whole concept of ISHAB will dwindle and the Government…
Quality control of bioethanol
Added: 12 Feb 2008
Bioethanol must meet various parameters in terms of acidity, chloride and sulphur contents as well …
British Sugar targets flow control at UK's first bioethanol plant
Added: 12 Feb 2008
Wissington engineers opt for FF and AS-i compatible valve control for zone 1 hazardous area