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Tarmac reduces costs at Greenwich facility

Added: 19 Nov 2010

London – Tarmac has recently engaged Brammer, a UK distributor of industrial maintenance, repair an…

Aker nuclear power process wins IChemE energy award

Added: 19 Nov 2010

London - Aker Solutions’ Accelerator Driven Thorium Reactor (ADTR) has won the Energy Award at thi…

Government seeks to bridge skills gap with 25% less funding

Added: 19 Nov 2010

London – Secretary of state for business Vince Cable and skills minister John Hayes have launched t…

Chickening out?

Added: 16 Nov 2010

With the onset of the world downturn a few years ago, some of us wondered aloud what this might mea…

Mitsubishi leads $1bn Russian project to build ammonia/methanol plant

Added: 12 Nov 2010

Large-scale urea fertiliser plant construction, jointly with Sojitz, CNCEC

Explosion-proof connectors cut maintenance time at Dutch WWT plant

Added: 12 Nov 2010

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Explosion-proof plug-in connectors are helping to minimise maintenance…

Cussons installs Precia-Molen weighing systems at Salford plant

Added: 12 Nov 2010

Salford, UK – PZ Cussons (PZC) has recently installed numerous process weighing systems from Precia…

CRC: Government 'carbon-jacking' will backfire

Added: 11 Nov 2010

London – As the dust settles following the Coalition Government’s decision to hijack the Carbon Red…

German brewery switches to new filtration system

Added: 11 Nov 2010

Ludwigshafen, Germany - The Welde brewery in Plankstadt, Germany has switched its entire production…

Dow, Davy advance PTA process technology

Added: 11 Nov 2010

Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. and Davy Process Technology (DPT) have launched a new technolo…

ABB expert wound up by motor repairs

Added: 10 Nov 2010

London – UK industry is largely mismanaging its motor inventory, according to Steve Ruddell of ABB …

Anglian Water unblocks pumps at Basildon STW

Added: 10 Nov 2010

Basildon, UK – Anglian Water has resolved problems that were creating continuous blockages at its B…

Welsh Water turns to smart stator technology

Added: 10 Nov 2010

Welsh Water has specified that all existing and new Seepex progressive cavity pumps on site be upgr…

EDF, Babcock get Sizewell B back on stream

Added: 9 Nov 2010

London – Babcock is highlighting its role in helping EDF Energy to bring Sizewell B power station b…

Work-based degree champions need your feedback

Added: 9 Nov 2010

London – Skills and training body Cogent is seeking feedback for the industry experts, who have bee…

Thames Water adds automatic filtration at UK's largest treatment works

Added: 9 Nov 2010

London – Thames Water has installed automatic filtration technology at its sewage treatment works i…

Shell reduces its stake in Woodside

Added: 9 Nov 2010


London – Shell group subsidiary Shell Energy Holdings Australia Ltd (SEHAL), has sold 78.34 million…

Market studies herald process market recovery

Added: 8 Nov 2010

Wellingborough, UK - Recovery is on the cards for many suppliers of equipment to the process indust…

New Sinopec EO/EG plant based on process from Dow

Added: 8 Nov 2010

 Midland, Michigan - Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZRCC) has launched a new et…

Contracts & Projects Tracker: October 2010

Added: 5 Nov 2010

Aker Solutions has won a $40m contract to provide a complete, 8 000 feet drilling riser system to S…