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Composites resist it all
Added: 3 May 2000
The Phalanx range of corrosion resistant automated ball valves can withstand `virtually all…

Ciba to expand with Uniqema
Added: 3 May 2000
Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Uniqema are expanding their cooperation in surface modifiers f…

Proximity switches ensure safety on boiler gas feeds
Added: 3 May 2000
Designed for natural gas and LPG lines, KV's type 43 safety shut-off valves are finding use…

A double dose of dough
Added: 3 May 2000
Warburton's Tyne bakery is using a double dough detection system designed by Lucas Power & …

Easy installation for air boxes
Added: 3 May 2000
A new range of air boxes from IFM electronic will make controlling pneumatic actuators from…

EXTENDING OUR COST DATA BOUNDARIES
Added: 3 May 2000
The countries listed here (right) were recently added to our long-standing international indices (b…
A dream of Californian wine
Added: 3 May 2000
Californian Beringer wine estates has optimised filtration in its diatomaceous earth (DE) u…

Hindle has a ball at mega-complex
Added: 3 May 2000
Exxon Chemical has chosen Hindle ball valves for the emergency shut-off system at its petro…

Slurry with a froth on top
Added: 3 May 2000
Asco Joucomatic's solenoid valves are the key to an aeration system that keeps stored slurries in a…
Gas boiler fuels away bills
Added: 3 May 2000
Scott Bader Chemicals has installed a new Byworth YSX series Yorkshireman steam boiler with…

Banks and oil firms to team up in net trading exchange
Added: 3 May 2000
BP Amoco, Shell and TotalFina Elf have joined forces with key names in finance, including G…

Remote sewage treatment works have a flare for safety on gas burners
Added: 3 May 2000
Safety control boxes have been installed on process burners for use with aerobic digesters …

Feeling the pinch
Added: 3 May 2000
Pinch technology is a method of applying process integration and improving energy efficienc…

Research to prove asset in acetyls
Added: 3 May 2000
According to a new study by Tecnon Consulting the world acetyls business will be dominated …

HSE sounds the alarm
Added: 3 May 2000
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a new free information sheet on how to …

C&I 2000 withdrawn - new show announced
Added: 3 May 2000
The Control & Instrumentation 2000 exhibition has been withdrawn by its organiser Centaur E…

Filter takes away oily waste water
Added: 3 May 2000
Koyo Bearings, manufacturers of heavy duty roller bearings, handle increasing volumes of oi…

Joint venture
Added: 3 May 2000
Kvaerner has recently been awarded two major contracts worth in excess of US$140 million ea…

Orders are up
Added: 3 May 2000
As China overhauls its petrochemical industry, the polypropylene plant at Dalian has ordere…

Alfa Laval offers `Unique' tailoring for all applications
Added: 3 May 2000
Alfa Laval's sanitary mixproof valve range, dubbed `Unique', provides greater levels of sec…