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Concrete proposal

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Cement manufacturer Rugby Group was mulling over a takeover bid as Process Engineering went…

Soft PC without tears

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A new version of WizPLC, PC Soft's PLC replacement program for PCs, is significantly faster…

PACS on new wavelength

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Radio telemetry specialist PACS has acquired radio manufacturer Communique (UK) to complement its P…

New year Sale for Amec

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Dan Simmons is to take on the rOle of Amec's process manager for process engineering in the north o…

Siemens ally with Wolfson

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Siemens Operational Services and Wolfson Maintenance are forming a strategic alliance to cr…

POWDERS ON-LINE particle size does matter

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The latest process parameter to succumb to the benefits of on-line measurement is particle size. Mi…

Monitoring on one condition, zero cost

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fibrogen's innovative poultry-litter-fired Glanford power station at Flixborough, Lincolnsh…

Hattersley has designs on diaphragm market

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Well established in the building services market, industral valve manufacturer Hattersley N…

CIM SHOW '99 REVIEW

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Surrounded by some of the IT industry's biggest hitters - from the likes of Microsoft, Baan…

WEIGHING up the odds

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The accuracy, consistency and reliability of your weighing system will reduce product `give-away' a…

Line-up for ON-LINE

Added: 15 Jan 2000

For a price your company can have access to the latest techniques in on-line analysis. Roger Brownl…

SCADA creams off the savings

Added: 15 Jan 2000

`Refrigeration alone accounts for about £1million in electricity costs every year,' comments site s…

STEELING A MARCH on plant control

Added: 15 Jan 2000

British Steel operates nine blast furnaces on integrated sites at Redcar, Scunthorpe, Port …

BP goes crackers in Indonesia

Added: 15 Jan 2000

BP Chemicals has joined forces with five other companies to perform a feasibility study for a new 7…

DSM reshapes plastics units

Added: 15 Jan 2000

DSM has reached an agreement to sell its acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) business to …

Tioxide sale will make ICI less cyclical

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Tioxide, the titanium dioxide-producing subsidiary of ICI, is to be floated within the next…

Chill out or freeze solid with calcium chloride

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As part of a MAFF-funded LINK research project, the Bristol University-based Food Refrigera…

Environmental protection: new messengers needed?

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As usual around this time of the year, most of our features this month focus on environmental prote…

Nemo pumps won't wear

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Netzsch Nemo-Pumps has a startling claim for the ceramic rotors used in its progressive cav…

Loop tuner hits the right note

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Available from Sandiford Computer Services, QuickTune is a low cost, compact loop tuning to…