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Cutters are smooth operators
Added: 3 Jan 2001
Advanced Engineering line of precision cutters are suitable for both single and multi-stage in-line…
Packaging the key to success
Added: 3 Jan 2001
It's not often a company claims the secret of its success is in the packaging of its produc…

Can we start again, please? But this time, all together
Added: 3 Jan 2001
Having dealt with the Y2K problem, the IT community has now clearly switched its promotional effort…
A blanket of protection
Added: 3 Jan 2001
An Allplas floating ball blanket from Capricorn Chemicals reduces the oxygen intake in boilers and …
Magic mushrooms
Added: 3 Jan 2001
Loading and unloading of dry bulk ingredients could be a safer procedure thanks to 'magic m…

Non-invasive conductivity sensor
Added: 3 Jan 2001
The TB82TC 2-wire analytical transmitter from ABB Automation features 'toroidal conductivity' capab…
Magnum force
Added: 3 Jan 2001
The Magnum valve from Dresser is designed to improve the performance of reciprocating compr…

BASF acquires SISAS's operations in Belgium
Added: 3 Jan 2001
BASF Antwerpen has acquired the activities of the Italian SISAS Group in Feluy, Belgium.
Oxygen without a truck
Added: 15 Dec 2000
Researchers at Berkeley Lab are working on a way of separating oxygen from air and pressurizing it …
Mercury testing in Alabama
Added: 14 Dec 2000
Alabama Power has been selected by the US Department of Energy to participate in a programme to …
Phillips sells UK refining and marketing
Added: 14 Dec 2000
Phillips-Imperial Petroleum Limited (PIP) has been sold to Petroplus International NV.

Time running out over Climate Change Levy
Added: 13 Dec 2000
The Climate Change Levy comes into force in April, but companies still do not know how it will affe…
No fuel like a new fuel
Added: 12 Dec 2000
New fuels show great promise for reduced pollutants and cleaner air. But how will the key component…
RWE sells chemicals to Sasol
Added: 11 Dec 2000
Essen-based RWE Group is to sell its chemicals business operating under the Condea name to …

European chemicals face 'moderate' growth
Added: 6 Dec 2000
European chemical industry output is set to grow by 3.7 per cent this year, but will slow down to j…
Clean caprolactam
Added: 6 Dec 2000
Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new process to manufacture caprolactam, the nylon interme…

Ohm is where the heat is...
Added: 6 Dec 2000
EA Technology has devised a pilot-scale model of its ohmic heating unit to enable process d…

'Landfill habit' could be difficult to break
Added: 6 Dec 2000
The UK could need to more than treble the amount of waste it recycles if it is to meet Euro…

Control.Precision is good for the process
Added: 5 Dec 2000
Plant Automation Services (PAS) has announced the availability of Control.Precision, a new …
