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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 …

Naptha cracking streamlined

Added: 29 Nov 2000

New anti-coking and carburisation-resistant tubes for cracking furnaces, jointly developed by Shell…