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Albright & Wilson falls to French `bid vehicle'

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Rhodia has won the bidding war to control British inorganic chemicals specialist Albright &…

Battle champions Britain's scientific R&D programme

Added: 15 Jan 2000

In an impassioned address at the House of Commons, John Battle the new Minister for Science…

All change again

Added: 15 Jan 2000

After decades as one of the world's leading heavy chemicals manufacturers, ICI has spent £5billion …

Partners in pipelines

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Two of the leading players in the fields of natural gas process plant and pipeline simulati…

New website for Crouzet

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Two languages, one range: the new website for control products manufacturer Crouzet is available in…

Recognising innovation, rewarding excellence

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Once every three years, the world of process and chemical engineering decamps to Frankfurt …

Management systems fly the standard

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Environmental management systems are increasingly becoming rooted in process companies. ET …

Improving reliability

Added: 15 Jan 2000

`Reliability-centred maintenance' (RCM) enhancements to Marcam Solutions' Avantis.XA enterp…

UK INDICES four-year review

Added: 15 Jan 2000

This month we present our annual graphical review of the UK plant cost indices and the perf…

Close-coupled pump useful in tight spaces

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps has developed a close-coupled version of the CPX chemical process p…

Alfa Laval's positive R&D position

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Part of a £5.3million investment programme, Alfa Laval Pump's new R&D centre in Eastbourne …

New names, old faces

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Two newly named companies put in their first appearances at C&I, although many visitors wou…

Measuring through thick and thin

Added: 15 Jan 2000

At its Londonderry plant in Northern Ireland DuPont (UK) manufactures the well-known synthe…

P&ID development gets smarter for `life-cycle' use

Added: 15 Jan 2000

With Intergraph's SmartPlant P&ID software package process and instrument engineers can cre…

KDG Mobrey for the mob

Added: 15 Jan 2000

KDG Mobrey's website offers a resource for process engineers. Visitors can explore the comp…

Evergreen's magic touch makes carpets 'immortal'

Added: 15 Jan 2000

AlliedSignal and DSM have started work on a new joint venture project to turn nylon-6 carpe…

NEL will tackle pump, heating and fan problems

Added: 15 Jan 2000

One of the UK's leading R&D organisations, the National Engineering Laboratory, is seeking …

Protection for pumps and pipes

Added: 15 Jan 2000

On stand R13 in Hall 10.2, BTR Fluoroline is showing Ardua corrosion-resistant pumps and as…

Weir expands by buying Entropie

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Glasgow-based Weir Group has bought the privately-owned French company Entropie for £6.…

Pretreatment process puts heat on sludge disposal

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A joint venture between sludge dewatering specialists Simon-Hartley and Norwegian thermal e…