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High speed vacuum action
Added: 28 Feb 2001
BOC Edwards has upgraded its range of mechanical booster vacuum pumps for industrial applic…

A new use for your old crab
Added: 27 Feb 2001
It might not seem like a big deal. But research into processing crab waste has won a Maryland-based…
BP and Nova collaborate to commercialise new catalysts
Added: 22 Feb 2001
BP and Nova Chemicals are to jointly develop and commercialise Nova Chemicals' Ziegler-Natt…

The cooler way to control
Added: 21 Feb 2001
Biopharma Process Systems has launched a new range of compact, light-weight cooling units d…

Thermo King develops cool transport system
Added: 19 Feb 2001
Ingersoll-Rand's Thermo King unit has developed an innovative transport refrigeration syste…

France for fuel
Added: 19 Feb 2001
Air Liquide and Nuvera Fuel Cells are to form a joint venture that will develop and market …

Calpine plans to acquire Encal for $1.2 billion
Added: 12 Feb 2001
Calpine Corporation plans to acquire all of the common shares of Encal Energy, a Calgary, Alberta-b…
Schlumberger offers to purchase Sema
Added: 12 Feb 2001
Schlumberger Limited, a major player in the oil and gas industry, has made an offer to purchase Sem…
BP adds metallocene catalyst technology to polyethylene process
Added: 12 Feb 2001
BP is to offer its new polyethylene production technology for licence. The technology combines the …
DuPont forms fuel cell business
Added: 9 Feb 2001
DuPont has formed a fuel cell business unit to pursue growth in the emerging proton exchang…

Henkel to acquire Metal Treatment Chemicals Group from Atofina
Added: 8 Feb 2001
The Henkel Group and Atofina have entered into an agreement on the acquisition of Atofina's Metal T…
Terrific timber
Added: 7 Feb 2001
Researchers from CSIRO in Australia have found another use for supercritical carbon dioxide - impro…
Tip-top pH protection
Added: 7 Feb 2001
With its TOP 68 electrode, Endress and Hauser claims a world first by providing IP68 sealin…

Bursting the bubbles in gas-liquid mixing
Added: 7 Feb 2001
Gas-liquid mixing is common within many process sectors, but poses some special problems for engine…
The changing face of e-commerce
Added: 7 Feb 2001
Stuart Nathan looks at how different companies are finding different ways of developing and implem…
Huntsman to acquire Dow's ethyleneamines
Added: 7 Feb 2001
Huntsman International, a subsidiary of Huntsman Corporation, has signed an agreement to ac…

Software helps to save water
Added: 7 Feb 2001
Process integration has been applied to water flow and consumption, with encouraging results.
Seeing the cold light of sustainable development
Added: 7 Feb 2001
New scientific evidence published this month in Science magazine points to a thinning of th…

Relieve the pressure
Added: 7 Feb 2001
Are you feeling the pressure yet? In just over a year's time, the Pressure Equipment Directive will…