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Difficulties for Degussa
Added: 15 Jan 2000
German chemicals firm Degussa posted sales down 13 per cent in the first quarter, at DM3.5billion. …
Metal composites fit the bill
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Need a material which combines electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance, or high st…
FIBCs bound for Chile and China
Added: 15 Jan 2000
PLC-controlled FIBC (flexible intermediate bulk containers) filling and discharge stations …
Automatic boiler control reduces NIPA's energy costs by £100 000/a
Added: 15 Jan 2000
At its intermediate chemicals site near Manchester, NIPA Laboratories has saved up to £100 …
Aspen opts for Microsoft
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Further evidence that the process industries could soon be a Microsoft-only zone comes with…
EU approves AstraZeneca merger plan
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The European Union has given its approval to the £4.3billion merger of Zeneca with Astra. T…
Dusty work for Extract Technology
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Extract Technology has developed a comprehensive product base of industrial extraction prod…
BP upgrade Hull
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Dublin-based Orbis, has secured a second contract for BP in Saltend, Hull, to introduce LabSystems …
Dust free sacks boost safety
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A dust-free sack emptying and spiral conveying system from Flexicon has been designed to al…
It's the way THAT YOU DO IT
Added: 15 Jan 2000
As more chemical firms opt to contract out maintenance and other tasks, the Health and Safety Execu…Submersible pumps are suitable for any industry and any media
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Designed to handle the widest possible range of media, ITT Flygt Industrial's submersible p…
Crude, but effective
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A modified version of the venerable Fischer-Tropsch process, which converts natural gas int…
Eastern Europe goes green
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Worsening health problems in Eastern Europe are driving a fast-growing market in environmental tech…
ICI has plans for scrap recycling
Added: 15 Jan 2000
ICI has joined forces with Du Verger to pilot a new process to recycle scrap polyurethane, …
Shurflo launches three low-flow pumps
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Low-flow applications are the target for three new developments from Shurflo. The pumps, ba…
Software system is virtually a PLC
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Designed to work with Wizcon, the Scada system from PC Soft, WizPLC is a PC-based soft logi…
Cool solution for the Big Heat
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Unusual situations call for innovative thinking. When Merseyside-based Mannings Thermal and…
Knocking out NOx EMISSIONS
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Increasingly stringent environmental regulations are focusing attention on the control of NOx emiss…Reshaping plan for AMEC P&E
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Responding to `hard times of low oil prices and depressed gas markets', AMEC Process & Ener…
