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Gas separation through the looking glass

Added: 15 Jan 2000

It's like Alice Through the Looking Glass meets chemical engineering. American industrial …

Who can help?

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A new service to help businesses meet the COMAH regulations has been launched by the proces…

CK Witco to cut jobs

Added: 15 Jan 2000

CK Witco, the world's largest speciality chemicals company, is to reduce its workforce by 500 - alm…

Cherries source of painkillers

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The red pigment of sour cherries has painkilling properties that could make it the source of an asp…

Load cell is one in eight million

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Nobel's latest load cell transmitter, the AST3, boasts an internal resolution of 1 in 8 mil…

NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS: `QUALITY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE'

Added: 15 Jan 2000

National Instruments has been attending the Control & Instrumentation Show for the past 10 …

Engineering success - comparatively speaking

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Compare and contrast, as the examiners say, comments made last month by two people of some …

Putting the seal on it

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Seals and gasket manufacturer Flexitallic has updated its popular Gasket Advisor software. …

MDC embeds DeltaV

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fisher-Rosemount and MDC Technology, a provider of process optimisation software, have form…

GEA lands contract

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Four refrigeration unit orders are set to boost GEA's sales by over £2million. The largest, for Lin…

Testing time with modelling CD-ROM

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Finite Element Modelling in Engineering Practice is an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM, from…

Rotork's actuators can stand the heat

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Rotork Actuation is currently supplying 41 of its latest IQ range of intelligent electric a…

Taking a drive to ENERGY SAVINGS

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Every plant has them, but all too few run them efficiently. Electric motors, however, can be a sou…

Honeywell to close valves

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Pennsylvania-based globe control valve business of Honeywell has been bought by General…

Byers weighs in for science

Added: 15 Jan 2000

New Industry Secretary Stephen Byers plans to conquer a truly mountainous task - restoring …

Pilz plugs gap in PC/HMI market

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A range of operator terminals to be launched next month by Pilz uses Windows CE as its operating sy…

SmithKline Beecham poised to take top drugs slot

Added: 15 Jan 2000

It's just like the old days. As PEwent to press, SmithKline Beecham and American Home Produ…

Just strap on to measure flow

Added: 15 Jan 2000

From Crane Perflow comes a novel portable flowmeter that is simply strapped to the outside …

CONFUSION in chemistry

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Dire warnings on science policy, the success of Europe and a predicted worldwide slowdown i…

Siemens warns of consequences of neglecting EMU preparation

Added: 15 Jan 2000

German control and electronics giant Siemens has warned that British companies must effecti…