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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…