Latest Archive


Input from plastic fabricators from around the world has contributed to the design of the Leister Weldplast S2

Added: 29 Jan 2008

Input from plastic fabricators from around the world has contributed to the design of the Leister…

SIL certs can seriously impair plant safety

Added: 28 Jan 2008

IEC61508 AND PARTICULARLY THE PROCESS industry application of it in IEC61511 is gaining ground stro…

Sonhoe awards contracts for £2bn Teesside refinery project

Added: 28 Jan 2008

GE Oil & Gas to supply heavy oil upgrader, deal with Chevron Lummus for hydroprocessing complex inc…

Brewery of the future

Added: 28 Jan 2008

While the UK brewing industry is calling for a freeze on duties, new technology in the form of a “B…

Wireless: Big bang or slow burner?

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Wireless sensor networks have huge potential in process control applications, offering cost savings…

Clearing the Ethernet mist

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Market analyst firm IMS Research forecasts that global shipments of industrial Ethernet nodes will …

Coal-fired power crunch

Added: 28 Jan 2008

E.on UK says it has no idea when UK government will make a decision on its proposal to build a 1,60…

Playing with fire

Added: 28 Jan 2008

The UK government’s decision on whether or not to approve E.on’s plans to build a new coal-fired po…

Aker to build £81m carbon capture plant

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Plant will have a capacity to remove 100 ktpa of CO2 from exhaust gasses and could come on stream b…

Pfizer keeps cool at Cork plant

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has completed a project to improve the efficiency and control of its c…

Sonic boom ahead?

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Photoelectric sensors have been the most popular control devices for detecting conveyor-transported…

Glaxo keeps it pure

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Glaxo Smith-Kline's manufacturing plant in Harlow keeps ultra pure water circulating in the ring ma…

Pisa project tracks leaks

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Up to 40% of fresh water seeps out into the ground through cracks and fissures in aging water suppl…

Chemical tanks on radar

Added: 28 Jan 2008

When Cheltenham-based Premiere Products installed a new 40,000-litre polypropylene (PP) tank for pr…

Getting accurate gas emissions data

Added: 28 Jan 2008

Gas analysis used to be regarded as an expensive necessity, primarily to meet legislative requireme…

Chemical industry slams EU Emissions Trading Scheme plans

Added: 28 Jan 2008

CIA calls for greater certainty following the European’s Commission’s proposals for the EU Emission…

Feeling the heat

Added: 28 Jan 2008

High demand for heat exchangers has put pressure on suppliers, as there is an acute scarcity of som…

Syngenta migrates to new control platform

Added: 25 Jan 2008

Siemens collaboration helps agribusiness to develop and implement a migration strategy from the com…

Skills Academy sets out with high hopes

Added: 25 Jan 2008

Gold Standard job roles will be central to the work of the National Skills Academy for Process Indu…

Cooper set to snap up MTL

Added: 24 Jan 2008

Agreed bid for the MTL Instruments Group that values the company at some £144 million