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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…