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ABB hopes to double sales in China by 2008

Added: 5 Nov 2004

Power and automation technology giant ABB has revealed plans for a huge expansion of its operations…

Solvay monomers move into China

Added: 4 Nov 2004

Solvay has signed a license agreement to supply its proprietary vinyl chloride monomer manu…

Rhodia sells its membranes

Added: 3 Nov 2004

Only a few days after announcing its intention to merge with Dynamic Synthesis, the French …

Controlled drives

Added: 27 Oct 2004

Variable speed drives not only save energy, but can also contribute to improved process control, as…

Easy as APC

Added: 27 Oct 2004

Derek Horn explains how new developments in advanced process control can help operators of even hig…

In a field of their own

Added: 27 Oct 2004

With the proliferation of microtechnology, especially in field instrumentation, devices can now eas…

Losing interest in Runcorn

Added: 26 Oct 2004

ICI will have no further economic interest in Ineos Chlor after transferring its remaining 15% owne…

FMCW radar level

Added: 20 Oct 2004

The Solartron Mobrey Pegasus range of two-wire, loop-powered, non-contact level transmitters brings…

Without a trace

Added: 20 Oct 2004

A new development in polymer design could help keep football pitches frost-free, warm drivers' hand…

Land of the rising microbe

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Japan's process industries have a long history of using micro-organisms as catalysts. Stuart Nathan…

Calder Hall applies for decommissioning

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Calder Hall on the Sellafield site has applied to the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate for consen…

Aker Kvaerner picks Ireland

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Aker Kvaerner's pharmaceuticals business is to build an engineering centre in Cork, at the …

Emerson wins Angola contract

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Emerson Process Automation has won a $9 million contract to provide automation for a BP floating pr…

Process automation set to thrive in China

Added: 20 Oct 2004

The rapidly growing investment in industrial production in China is about to spread to the …

Homogeneity by degree

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Why are Japanese process engineers seemingly more adept at lateral thinking than their counterparts…

Meeting the growth targets

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Future productivity gains for European firms will have to come from research and innovation, argues…

Partners in polymers

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Polymeric-based research in the UK is alive and well. The main strategic issues are now to do with …

No bar for alcohol orders

Added: 20 Oct 2004

French contractor Technip has won six contracts for construction of ethanol and biodiesel u…

Arkema launches as spin-off looms

Added: 20 Oct 2004

The chemicals operations of Total has set the ball rolling on its two-year path to spin-off…

A question of trust for CEFIC

Added: 20 Oct 2004

Peter Elverding, new president of the European Chemical Industry Council, has called for a return t…