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German test centre adds Zwick unit to test fusion reactor materials

Added: 22 Nov 2007

Structural materials must withstand high operational temperatures and coolant pressures as well as …

Regional loyalties to shape Industrial Ethernet market

Added: 22 Nov 2007

IMS scenario reflects position of Siemens and Rockwell in EMEA and the Americas respectively.

Chemicals, oil companies face REACH market ban

Added: 22 Nov 2007

An estimated 50% of companies affected by the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Re…

Process Skills Academy on go

Added: 21 Nov 2007

Chemicals, pharma and polymer sectors training set to start training in January following green lig…

What's in store for the UK process plant engineering market?

Added: 21 Nov 2007

Industry analyst Plimsoll has taken a look at the market and makes a few predictions for 2008

China automation Q&A

Added: 20 Nov 2007

Bayer MateriaScience's automation strategy at the Bayer Integrated Site Shanghai chemicals producti…

Taking a leaf from China

Added: 20 Nov 2007

While perhaps not everyone’s ideal role model, former Chinese ruler Mao Zedong offers some useful o…

Entering a new era of functional safety

Added: 20 Nov 2007

London - The IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 functional safety standards are steadily taking root in the pr…

Regulations could increase costs and carbon emissions

Added: 20 Nov 2007

The UK process industries have an important role to play in implementing the Water Framework Direct…

Inverter drives: No sense in fiddling as the world 'burns'

Added: 20 Nov 2007

Eddie Kirk explains the variable speed drives market, which has undergone a cathartic revolution si…

Coca-Cola develops a taste for water ultrafiltration

Added: 20 Nov 2007

Global soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has made ultrafiltration (UF) a minimum standard for water treat…

Plugging process into the market

Added: 19 Nov 2007

SABIC UK Petrochemicals is working to further leverage its technologies for linking commercial data…

Paper leaves recorder makers in a Catch 22

Added: 19 Nov 2007

Digital, paperless data recorders have many advantages over their older, paper-based counterparts. …

Burning issue?

Added: 19 Nov 2007

New rules for the design of electrical appliances mean manufacturers must reassess the fire-resista…

Kuwait wastewater plant opts for Siemens nutrient removal system

Added: 19 Nov 2007

System an alternative to conventional Modified Ludzack Ettinger process that consisted of an anaero…

Czech steel plant advances critical cooling water measurement

Added: 19 Nov 2007

The reliability of the flow measurement is vital to ensure the correct operation of the cooling sys…

Drives: Getting a handle on whole-life costs

Added: 19 Nov 2007

Purchase price is still being given too high a priority when it comes to buying drives equipment, b…

Drives: Maintaining performance and reducing failures

Added: 19 Nov 2007



Environmental factors such as heat, dust, moisture and high peak loading can take their toll on inv…

Business minister backs chemicals industry

Added: 16 Nov 2007

CIA hears praise and learns of industrial biotechnology and process industries skills initiatives

Apprenticeships key to UK government's new skills drive

Added: 16 Nov 2007

Ambitious plan includes over £1billion in funding to increase overall apprenticeships to over 400,0…