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Hydrogen generation plant

Added: 15 Jan 2000

This new $30 million hydrogen generation plant is set to provide DuPont's nylon facility in Wilton,…

A large drop in the ocean for ABB

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As part of the £1.5billion Britannia gas field development in the North Sea, ABB Kent-Taylor has su…

Sundstrand buys Ansimag pumps

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Sundstrand Fluid Handling has agreed in principle to acquire the business of Ansimag, a man…

Grangemouth - centre of BP Chemicals' expansion plans

Added: 15 Jan 2000

BP Chemicals is investing £500million in the UK as part of its medium-term European investm…

Just the job for chemical engineers

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The chemical industry is set to recruit more first-degree chemical engineering graduates th…

£28m water contract

Added: 15 Jan 2000

North West Water has awarded the AMEC-PUREC jv a £28 million contract for work at Bromborou…

Computer tests for Orbit's model

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The integrity of shut-off valves is of vital importance in the process industries. So when…

STATIC fixers

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Companies that store or process flammable materials run the risk of an explosion caused by …

Acquisitions abound across all activities

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Perhaps it's that time of year again, with companies wanting to start the new year with a b…

Designing process flexibility into plant

Added: 15 Jan 2000

David Bogle's group is investigating a more flexible approach to plant design that takes in…

Route to 4A zeolite crystals cracked

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A key achievement of the particle technology group and the subject of a PhD thesis is the e…

Gently does it for the best of relief

Added: 15 Jan 2000

On BP Exploration's Miller platform in the North Sea pressure relief valves from Anderson G…

People - contractors

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Tees and Thais at Foster Wheeler

Spend, spend, spend at ARCO

Added: 15 Jan 2000

ARCO Chemical has earmarked $2.8bn for capital spending over the next five years. Some 70 per cent…

UK continues to drop back

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The British economy is slowing down, but is not heading into recession, according to BP Amo…

Look after your staff, says HSC

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The UK Health and Safety Commission has launched a major drive to tackle occupational ill-h…

Blow it and it might blow

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Keeping your powder dry is the well known method of improving the explosive potential of po…

Switch off the high pressure

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Amot Controls is introducing a range of pressure switches which are modular in design, smal…

News in brief

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Chlorochems online for BASF...

Expanded capacity for chloroformates, acid chlorides …

Morris crystallises his plans

Added: 15 Jan 2000

AEA Technology has named Keith Morris as manager of its separation process service, which researche…