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ANSYS bags rival Fluent

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Engineering software specialist ANSYS Inc has completed its acquisition of Fluent Inc, the world's …

Minister expects no fall in energy prices

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Energy minister Malcolm Wicks is not confident that energy prices will fall despite the infrastruct…

Alfa Laval targets new growth areas

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Alfa Laval has identified district cooling, LNG (liquefied natural gas) and renewable energy projec…

Buncefield blast linked to faulty controls

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Investigators have identified failures of the automatic tank gauging (ATG) and safety switch system…

AMEC sells French unit

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Amec has agreed to sell its French business, Amec SPIE, to a private equity firm for Euro 1,040 mil…

Fairport adds Aeromaster Fairport

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Engineering Group has acquired Aeromaster International Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition…

Skills "mismatch" hits engineering

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Around 28% of companies are struggling to recruit vital engineering staff, with a further 15% repor…

Parker claims instrument mounting breakthrough

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Monitoring devices often prove difficult to mount onto process piping as the tolerances used when m…

Rheometry on the double

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Plastics films manufacturer Renolit AG, based in Salzgitter, Germany, is using rotational and capil…

Siemens backs coal technology

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Siemens Power Generation Group is acquiring Sustec-Group's coal-to-electricity technology and engin…

Keeping gas flowing

Added: 24 Jun 2006

Undersea pipelines and the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are now seen as key to meeting UK …

Thermo, Fisher to merge

Added: 23 Jun 2006

Thermo Electron Corp and Fisher Scientific International Inc are to merge in a stock-for-stock exch…

New IChemE president

Added: 23 Jun 2006

Greg Lewin, president of Shell Global Solutions International bv, has succeeded John Archer as pres…

New nanoparticles support better biodiesel route

Added: 21 Jun 2006

US research team develops special nanoparticle structures to enhance the efficiency of biodiesel pr…

UK launch for new BP, DuPont biofuel

Added: 21 Jun 2006

First product, a biobutanol, will be launched in the UK next year as a gasoline bio-component

Emerson oil & gas flowmeter an ‘industry first’

Added: 21 Jun 2006

Liquid ultrasonic flowmeters are designed to facilitate detection and troubleshooting of measuremen…

Darling alerts planners

Added: 21 Jun 2006

Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling wants local authorities to consider national interest…

IEC revises nuclear software standard

Added: 19 Jun 2006

New edition of standard for computer-based instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power pla…

Technology fuels record oil & gas activity

Added: 19 Jun 2006

Oil & Gas Licensing Round attracts record number of applications for new exploration and production…

Profibus profile for pumps

Added: 19 Jun 2006

Profibus International introduces profile for vacuum and hydraulic pumps in conjunction with the VD…