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Europeans face hard choices

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Bryan Sanderson, managing director, chemicals at BP, charged Europe's operators with the re…

Liquid assets

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The UK government has put forward plans to extend competition in the water and sewerage industries.…

What will happen when the music finally stops?

Added: 15 Jan 2000

To judge by our news pages this month, you might think that the process industries and thei…

Big bags fill the bill for Zeneca

Added: 15 Jan 2000

At its Huddersfield and Grangemouth sites, Zeneca has opted for multi-trip flexible contain…

Rapid response service for chemical spills

Added: 15 Jan 2000

An offshoot of AEA Technology is to provide a rapid response service to deal with chemical …

PlantWeb scores at Swords

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fisher-Rosemount is to supply a PlantWeb solution to Bristol-Myers Squibb for the health care compa…

Contracts

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Jersey opts for desalination

Current events on electrical polymer

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Baxenden Chemical has joined forces with Kingston University to develop a new conductive po…

AH MARKS reduces energy

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Speciality firm AH Marks' Bradford site has reduced energy consumption by 56 per cent through the u…

The air that I BREATHE

Added: 15 Jan 2000

BOC is about to launch its newest product - liquid air. Is it trying to sell snow to the e…

Hot gas analyser takes on VOCs

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The compact model 3000HM from Signal is a fast response, heated flame ionisation detector, …

ROPAs attract researchers to industry

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The government's Realising Our Potential Award (ROPA) scheme has been a success, claims sci…

BP expands with polystyrene buy

Added: 15 Jan 2000

BPChemicals is set to become one of the leading players in the styrene derivatives market w…

UNEP faces crisis in Nairobi

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The United Nations Environment Programme is close to collapse after a governing council session was…

A year of mergers that heralds a brighter future

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As Christmas approaches it's always tempting to look back at the past year and take stock i…

Banks on the move as Delta expands

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Delta Controls has appointed Chris Banks to manage its sales office, a new post created to increase…

Distribution accidents fall

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The British Chemical Distributors Association reports an increase in the number of firms ta…

Vortex exposes air samplers

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Claiming to be the 'environmental market leader since 1799', Casella is presenting the new …

Hamworthy lands order from Mitsubishi

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The flame of competition burns strongly, but UK burner manufacturer Hamworthy Combustion Engineerin…

It's good to talk - especially for PLCs on plants

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Matsushita's small PLCs have a modem function that allows the FP0 and FP1 models to communi…