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Akzo Nobel plans plant closures

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Dutch firm Akzo Nobel is planning to close two-thirds of its coatings plants, concentrating…

Parker heads into lower power sector

Added: 7 Apr 2000

A new addition to the Compax series of digital servo controllers from Parker Hannifin was o…

Simply a name

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Simplatroll, Bedford based drive specialist, has taken the name of Lenze. The change integr…

Electric blight orchestra

Added: 7 Apr 2000

A combination of electrochemistry and specific microorganisms could help reduce levels of n…

Something in the air at AEA

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Air quality monitoring is to take a leap forward at AEA Technology, which has been awarded …

UK AND INTERNATIONAL PLANT COST INDICES

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Process Engineering's PREDICT plant cost index for the UK is made up of five components cov…

Only connect with Han-Brid

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Among the new products at Drives & Controls are a number of fibre-optic interconnection pro…

DCE settles down with Donaldson at long last

Added: 7 Apr 2000

The Donaldson Company has completed its purchase of the DCE dust control business. The DCE …

Western Electric in Torc show

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Torc Electric Motors is exhibiting the range of high specification motors from Western Elec…

Urea process steels itself against corrosion

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Stainless steel tubes from Sandvik Steel are still in operation after 25 years at the India…

Tiny particles make large impact

Added: 7 Apr 2000

A joint research project into the production of nano materials is under way in Germany at a…

Vacon UK division debuts with new software toolset

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Finnish drives manufacturer Vacon is making its UK exhibition debut at Drives and Controls,…

BASF announces new Korea plan

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Riding the wave of the Southeast Asian recovery, BASF has announced plans for a large expan…

E-business at the World Chemical Exchange

Added: 7 Apr 2000

As the World-Wide Web spreads into more homes and offices, companies are increasingly seeking ways …

Turning data into information

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Today's process plant can generate a wealth of data but how do you turn it into accessible informat…

Openness, Productivity, Connectivity

Added: 7 Apr 2000

According to Automsoft's Tony Prylowski, for a typical Scada system around 30 per cent of e…

Carbon dioxide as choice solvent for extraction of basic compounds

Added: 7 Apr 2000

According to recent studies by the Supercritical Technology Research Group at VTT Chemical …

PE hits the web as E4 Network goes live

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Process Engineering's parent company, Centaur Engineering, has taken its first step into e-…

Praise from Aventis

Added: 7 Apr 2000

Rotork Control & Safety has won praise from its client, speciality producer Aventis, for its help i…

ChemConnect opens in London

Added: 7 Apr 2000

The Internet marketplace for chemicals, ChemConnect, has opened its first European office i…