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Self-cleaning filter saves on downtime

Added: 8 Jan 2003

Building on the success of its Eco self-cleaning filter, Russell Finex has introduced a hor…

Patents expiry forces GSK cuts

Added: 8 Jan 2003

GlaxoSmithKline is to axe 400 jobs at its plant in Ulverston, Cumbria with the phase-out of…

BNFL attacks Leningrad

Added: 8 Jan 2003

Nuclear remediation and decommissioning specialist BNFL Environmental Services is to take o…

Government sets out White Paper position

Added: 8 Jan 2003

The Chemical Industries Association has given a cautious welcome to the government's position state…

Cuts at Linde

Added: 8 Jan 2003

German engineering group Linde is to cut some 550 jobs at its industrial gases division as …

Brewing Euros

Added: 7 Jan 2003

Specialty chemical maker Rhodia announced yesterday that it has sold its UK-based brewing a…

DMF in China

Added: 2 Jan 2003

Mitsubishi Rayon, the Jiangsu Xinya Chemical Group, Sinochem Japan and Mitsubishi are to form a jo…

Blessed are the cheesemakers

Added: 20 Dec 2002

The world's three largest makers of cheesemaking vats - Wincanton in the UK, Denmark's Damr…

WEG makes Portuguese purchase

Added: 20 Dec 2002

Brazilian firm WEG has bought a new manufacturing plant in Maia, Portugal, as part of its a…

PLC scepticism

Added: 20 Dec 2002

The process industry in Europe has still not yet made up its mind about the benefits of pro…

Rounding up the plant

Added: 20 Dec 2002

Successful plant asset management requires a thorough knowledge of the status of plant level equipm…

AMEC awarded $20 million contract

Added: 19 Dec 2002

AMEC's Canadian pipeline business, Midwest Management, has been awarded a $20 million Cdn contract …

ABB lands $34 million pipeline contract

Added: 17 Dec 2002

ABB has recently won a $34 million contract to supply control and safety systems for the wo…

$280 million upgrade

Added: 16 Dec 2002

Babcock & Wilcox has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $280 million (CDN) as part of the …

OLED technologies get married

Added: 16 Dec 2002

DuPont Displays has formed a joint development agreement with Universal Display Corporation to crea…

Calomat 6 gas analyser upgrades to IP65 field

Added: 12 Dec 2002

The Calomat 6 gas analyser from Siemens A&D for continuous measurement of hydrogen and inert gases …

Intelligent actuators

Added: 11 Dec 2002

Emerson Process Management has introduced what it says is the first intelligent actuator series for…

Open protocol for safety communication

Added: 11 Dec 2002

Rockwell, Omron and Sick are to collaborate on developing an open protocol for safety commu…

Akzo Nobel to acquire Scottish pharmaceuticals

Added: 9 Dec 2002

Diosynth, a business unit of Akzo Nobel, has reached an agreement to acquire GlaxoSmithKline's manu…

Bayer deal gets dissolved

Added: 6 Dec 2002

The October deal between Advent International Corporation and Bayer concerning the sale of …