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Parker Hannifin motors to tackle Cameron's deep-sea problem

Added: 27 Sep 2010

London – Oil and gas flow equipment company Cameron – supplier of the failed blowout preventer (BOP…

DCS market dip much worse than ARC predicted

Added: 27 Sep 2010

Dedham, Massachusetts – ARC has got its DCS market projections in a bit of a twist, the market anal…

Corus out of the traps at Welsh plant

Added: 27 Sep 2010

Llanelli, UK – Corus has installed steam traps at its Trostre Steel Works, in Llanelli, South Wales…

Brunner Mond taps ITS for PIMS project

Added: 24 Sep 2010

Northwich, UK – Industrial Technology Systems Ltd, an AspenTech partner, has recently been awarded …

ABB, Dresser Masoneilan in valve safety link

Added: 24 Sep 2010

London – ABB is to collaborate with Dresser Masoneilan, a global supplier of process control valves…

Foundation Degree launched for polymer industry

Added: 24 Sep 2010


London – Cogent and London Metropolitan University (LMU) have developed a new flexible Working High…

Insects hit Abbot's powder milk process

Added: 24 Sep 2010

Abbott Park, Illinois – Abbott has launched a recall of certain of its Similac-brand, powder infant…

Topsøe technology for Chinese clean-coal project

Added: 24 Sep 2010

Lyngby, Denmark – Haldor Topsøe has signed a contract with the Henan Jinkai Group, China, which is …

FoE: 'Dont' bring me the head of the IPCC

Added: 23 Sep 2010

London – Friends of the Earth apparently does not want the controversial chair of the Intergovernme…

Fieldbus Foundation roadshow for Twickenham

Added: 23 Sep 2010

London - Fieldbus Foundation UK is to stage its end user roadshow event at Twickenham rugby ground …

Foster Wheeler for BP projects in Scotland

Added: 23 Sep 2010

London – BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd has awarded Foster Wheeler two contracts for the Forties …

Your top tips for improving energy efficiency

Added: 22 Sep 2010

London – The process industries’ response to initiatives such as the CRC scheme (see story) – and i…

Centrica chief: 'The old utility business model is dead'

Added: 22 Sep 2010

London – The energy sector is undergoing a transformation every bit as fundamental as the market li…

Automation gaining traction at SMEs

Added: 22 Sep 2010

Manufacturing is apparently back on the government agenda and the following article by Andy Parker-…

APC checks costs

Added: 21 Sep 2010

Unipetrol is achieving energy savings of €2m/year following the implementation of an advanced proce…

Pilkington advances gas cleaning, energy recovery at Chinese plant

Added: 21 Sep 2010

Changshu, China – Pilkington Group Ltd’s glass plant at Changshu on the Chinese eastern seaboard, o…

CBI wants better thinking on low-carbon heat

Added: 20 Sep 2010

London – The UK’s policy for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from heat is too fragmented and compl…

BP Deepwater Horizon update

Added: 20 Sep 2010

Timeline based on BP annoucements since the initial rig accident on 20 April 2010 (share price then…

Skills forum at the House of Commons

Added: 20 Sep 2010

London – Cogent’s annual skills forum will take place 14 Oct at the House of Commons (12.45 registr…

Greencore adds peristaltic technology at Yorkshire site

Added: 20 Sep 2010

Selby, UK – Food manufacturer Greencore Group Plc] has reduced downtime and repair costs on the wat…