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GE, Fanuc to end joint venture
Added: 19 Aug 2009
Fanuc wants to reinforce CNC portfolio, while GE aims to continue global investment in industrial a…
North East process industries issue SOS to Mandelson
Added: 14 Aug 2009
NEPIC and TVEP appeal to business secretary over the growing threat to future of process sector job…
VDC identifies level measurement leaders
Added: 13 Aug 2009
Endress+Hauser, Emerson, VEGA, Yokogawa, and Siemens lead world market for products such as hydros…
BP, Martek to develop advanced biofuels from sugar
Added: 13 Aug 2009
Companies to jointly work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications by developi…
Oil & gas fuels hazardous area equipment demand
Added: 13 Aug 2009
Market is heavily dependent on the price of oil; as it determines the investment capabilities and r…
Lawyer goes nuclear
Added: 11 Aug 2009
Between winding down Sellafield and overseeing a £70bn nuclear waste clean-up, the interim legal h…
Artenius workers take fight to Barcelona HQ
Added: 7 Aug 2009
London - Angry worker employed by chemicals firm Artenius at the Wilton site on Teesside will confr…
Biofuels production could trigger water shortages
Added: 7 Aug 2009
The growing demand for bioethanol, particularly corn-based ethanol, has sparked significant concern…
Total hit by another serious accident
Added: 7 Aug 2009
The incident follows a more serious accident on 15 July at the Total Petrochemicals France plant in…
Drax unphased by massive earnings dip
Added: 6 Aug 2009
Selby-based group blames decline on lower power demand and depressed UK gas prices. Approximate 30%…
National Instruments launches wireless sensor platform
Added: 6 Aug 2009
NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform combines its LabVIEW graphical programming software with …
Comment on LSC £50m process training fund story
Added: 6 Aug 2009
From: Mark Smith, director PTL:
Telford, UK - Thank you for your recent coverage of Polymer Training…

Foster Wheeler's 'excellent' quarter
Added: 5 Aug 2009
Milchovich: We have an extensive prospect list that offers numerous examples of clients planning to…
Energy symbiosis on the Yangtse Delta
Added: 5 Aug 2009
Parsons Brinckerhoff, One North East in project to show how Chinese region could cut carbon emissio…
Spray coating technique is a cracker for thermowells
Added: 4 Aug 2009
Okazaki Manufacturing Co. has developed a spray coating for thermowell temperature assemblies that …
Legionnaires warning as HSE fines meat company
Added: 4 Aug 2009
Companies must carry out regular, simple checks to protect employees from Legionnaires¹ disease. Th…
Coatings firm probes solvent vapour measuring device
Added: 4 Aug 2009
Raleigh Coatings has trialled a new type of solvent vapour probe at its Staffordshire operation, wh…
Gas analyser guides nitrate removal advance
Added: 4 Aug 2009
Portable FTIR multiparameter gas analyser helps prove the efficacy of technique to remove nitrate p…
Unions threaten Total warfare
Added: 3 Aug 2009
Total accused of 'reneging' on Lindsey refinery deal as GMB and Unite serve notice of ballot for s…