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Chance & Hunt takes e-lead
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Appropriately enough, on the day that the CIM show closed its doors last month (see main te…

CAD/CAM is vision in power
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Varimetrix Corporation is launching its next CAD/CAM product line called VX Vision. With fe…

Piping cost estimates (pt 3)
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Continuing our series on estimating the costs of pipework and piping projects (see p19 in S…

Acordis still lags at Akzo
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Acordis fibres business - formerly Courtaulds - was the only sector of Akzo Nobel not t…

Flowmeters all in the family
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Danfoss has launched a complete family of Eex and Namur NE21 certified `hazardous area' flo…

Sensor lives a million cycles
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Control Transducers, the Bedford-based sensor manufacturer, is able to build or modify pres…

A sticky puzzle from Cadbury's
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Under Peter Fryer, a considerable amount of research is taking place into food processing.
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EU investigates BOC sell-off
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The European Union's regulatory authority is investigating the proposed sale of BOC to Air …

Gauges find warmth
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Anderson Greenwood is to provide Statoil with over 600 instrumental enclosures, some heated…

Non-invasive flow metering
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The AC615 portable ultrasonic flowmeter from Meggitt Mobrey can deliver accurate (within 1-…

Martron bought by Yokogawa
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Measurement and control manufacturers Yokogawa has bought Martron Instruments, of High Wyco…

Solutions to pollution
Added: 15 Jan 2000
'Where would you rather be,' asks Antoine de Caunes in that celebrated Eurostar ad, 'Paris …

TIME for a change?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Not long now, say the pessimists. Plenty of time, counter the optimists. Whatever your view of the …
Solid achievements
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Guttridge Services is launching the LC model of its successful Easyflo mobile screw elevato…

Elf attempts to sell Sanofi
Added: 15 Jan 2000
French oil-to-chemicals company Elf Acquitaine is seeking to sell off its 53 per cent stake in the …

Air today, not gone tomorrow
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Around a tenth of all the electrical power consumed nationwide is attributable to the production of…

Win, win, win... phonecards!
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Foxboro's flow application engineers are now producing a newsletter for flowmeter users, which may …
PP heads the resin market
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Demand for polypropylene is set to outstrip all the other major thermoplastics, growing by …

Tech transfer blossoms
Added: 15 Jan 2000
British technology transfer company BTGposted a pre-tax profit of £170000 in the six months to Octo…