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Celanese and Degussa JV gets probed

Added: 31 Jan 2003

The European Commission is to open a detailed investigation into a proposed joint venture between G…

SPX Corporation to acquire Hankison International

Added: 28 Jan 2003

SPX Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets and subsidiarie…

Less colourful fish means better eyesight

Added: 27 Jan 2003

Following scientific assessments establishing a link between high canthaxanthin intake and …

No shops, no toilets, just pumps

Added: 23 Jan 2003

Twelve Shell petrol stations in Europe have been converted into so-called unmanned 'Shell Express' …

Ticona halts manufacturing in Telford

Added: 20 Jan 2003

Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese AG, is to cease manufacturing at its si…

Euro power worth billions

Added: 20 Jan 2003

The Siemens Power Generation Group has secured power plant orders totalling over 1.3 billion Euros …

Halliburton to sell Mono pumping

Added: 20 Jan 2003

Halliburton is to sell its Mono pumping business to National Oilwell through the sale of al…

Any old tyres?

Added: 20 Jan 2003

Ajax, Ontario-based Environmental Waste International has made the first commercial sale of…

Making the surface switch

Added: 17 Jan 2003

A team of US researchers has designed and demonstrated a reversible 'surface switch' whose properti…

ABB wins $50 million pulp and paper contract

Added: 16 Jan 2003

ABB has recently signed a five-year, $50 million pulp and paper maintenance contract with Carter Ho…

Hazid makes chemical processing plants safer

Added: 14 Jan 2003

Manufacturers will be getting a helping hand to make their chemical processing plants safer and mor…

Plastics for nylon fibre

Added: 14 Jan 2003

Honeywell will sell its engineering plastics business to BASF and will acquire BASF's nylon fibre b…

BP sells $1.3 billion stake in oilfields

Added: 13 Jan 2003

BP has agreed to sell its 96.14% stake in the North Sea Forties oilfield (together with a package o…

Carbon fibre drill pipe performs perfectly

Added: 10 Jan 2003

A new lightweight, flexible drill pipe engineered from composites rather than steel has pas…

Joint venture targets specialty food ingredients

Added: 8 Jan 2003

DuPont and Bunge Limited are to form a joint venture to produce and distribute specialty fo…

Choosing the right heat exhanger

Added: 8 Jan 2003

Various types of compact heat exchanger have been developed, ranging from plate-and-frame units to …

Maintaining future assets

Added: 8 Jan 2003

With more of industry recognising the benefits of developing a maintenance strategy to increase out…

Spin doctors prevent wobbles

Added: 8 Jan 2003

Around half of all breakdowns in rotating machinery are caused by shaft misalignment, according to …

DuPont mixers get into gear

Added: 8 Jan 2003

Mixing various substances is particularly tricky when the substances have different viscosities. Re…

Removing salt of the earth

Added: 8 Jan 2003

A supercritical oxidation unit developed by two Japanese firms could be used to destroy was…