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Final stick for pump valves
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Owens Corning Fiberglas has replaced its pumps which are used for transferring chemicals fr…

BOC split falls foul of FTC
Added: 22 Aug 2000
The US Federal Trade Commission has thwarted the joint bid by Air Products and Air Liquide …

Cartridge seal aims for utilities market
Added: 22 Aug 2000
John Crane's new 4610 cartridge seal is priced so that it can compete with traditional glan…

Invensys takes dip with bid for Baan
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Control and automation conglomerate Invensys last month made a cash offer of f762million (£…

Reflections on films help with process development
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Measuring the thickness of films at liquid-vapour interfaces is an important operation for …

All EU emissions monitored
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Fine Organics has installed a range of monitors with a fully integrated data logging and re…

Shell SHOPS with FWEL
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Foster Wheeler's UK arm, FWEL, has won the contract to develop the design and engineering p…

What do engineers read?
Added: 22 Aug 2000
The publisher of PE, Centaur Publishing, is to invite publishers of other engineering iitle…

Full stop for safety
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Castell has designed a motion monitoring product for use with trapped-key access control sy…

Membranes turn waste into profit
Added: 22 Aug 2000
A new case study from the government's Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme, ma…

Government to double UK recycling targets
Added: 22 Aug 2000
The UK's level of waste recycling is `pathetically low,' according to environment minister …

UV could crack crypto problem
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Independent tests carried out in the US by Clancy Environmental Consultants have shown that…

Electro-oxidation dishes the dirt
Added: 22 Aug 2000
EA Technology's DEM (dished electrode membrane) process has solved a longstanding effluent …

Iran ore deal
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Eriez Magnetics Europe has won a £0.5million contract to supply wet magnetic drum separator…

Are you qualified to give HEALTH CHECKS
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Preventative maintenance is often seen as the best antidote to unplanned plant downtime but special…
Rendering smells sweet with incinerator
Added: 22 Aug 2000
Seeking to comply with tough new regulations on odour abatement, Babcock Wanson has install…

BOC in Korea
Added: 22 Aug 2000
BOC Gases has recently signed a long term agreement with Hyundai Petrochemical Company to s…

CIA slams Friends of the Earth report
Added: 22 Aug 2000
A Friends of the Earth report claiming that the Human Genome Project will lay the chemical …

Rugby Cement tackles the bag
Added: 22 Aug 2000
A dust control system has been installed to serve Rugby Cement's bagging operation. Torit D…

EC approves Glaxo Smithkline merger
Added: 22 Aug 2000
The European Commission has given its blessing to the proposed merger of Glaxo Wellcome and…