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Nova bids for Shell businesses
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Canada's Nova Chemicals has posted a US$200million bid for Royal Dutch/Shell's polystyrene …
Flush AEAT buys Hyprotech for £34m
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Following a year's negotiation, AEA Technology paid £34m, in July, for Canadian process sim…
CFC smuggling ring broken by EU
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The European Union has had its first success in stopping the lucrative illegal trade in chl…
Bean glue
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The ubiquitous soya bean could soon be infiltrating a range of products away from the food …
Patents standards must be established, says Cefic
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The European Chemical Industry Council. CEFIC, has called for urgent changes in the way tha…
Drugs go Dutch
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Akzo Nobel is to invest some Fls70 million in a new plant in Oss, Netherlands, for its Dios…
Fighting the foreign LEGIONNAIRES
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Operators of cooling towers and air conditioning systems are soon to face new regulations in keepin…Calibration put in hand
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The new Fluke 725 multifunction process calibrator hands process technicians a quick and ea…
Responsible Care racks up ten years of action
Added: 15 Jan 2000
After a decade of largely voluntary action, the chemical industry's Responsible Care initiative is …The clean steam machine
Added: 15 Jan 2000
`Clean steam' is a requirement in many processes involving sterilisation or humidification.…
AEA and OSI team up with Honeywell
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions last month announced two new members of its Team Uniformance pr…
No-moving-parts tank gauging
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The ITT Barton Model 3500 automatic tank gauge system uses the company's proprietary DPE (d…
A fine time for chemicals
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The world market for fine chemicals is worth some $70billion, according to market research …
MF's interactive net woos business
Added: 15 Jan 2000
News and archive material from Miller Freeman's technical publications, including Process E…
Soil mitigation market to grow
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The market for remediating ground water and soil in Europe will rise from £4.3billion in 19…
Corn shakes
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Replacement of a star/delta starter with a variable speed drive on a breakfast cereal mixer…
Rockwell moves into IS market with I/O devices
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Rockwell Automation has moved into the market for intrinsically-safe control equipment with…
Geology laid bare
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The UK's geological and geographical data are now available to businesses via the internet.…
Roche's diagnostic deal puts paid to Zeneca rumours
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is to pay $11billion for the Boehringer Mannheim Group, wh…
