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Labour powers up
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The government has authorised the building of a 1200MW power station at Saltend near Hull, …
Current events break for chemical synthesis
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The saying goes that it's easier to destroy than to create, and that's certainly true of el…
MINIATURE marvels
Added: 15 Jan 2000
It happened to the electrical industry in the 1950's, it's happening to the chemical indust…
Proximity sensors take over from electromechanical
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Designed to replace the electromechanical position sensing switches on rising-stem valves, …
Sterling work
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Celebrating a centenary of tubemaking by former companies, Sterling Tubes - now part of the Sandvik…
Moving story of a refinery
Added: 15 Jan 2000
German contractor Krupp Uhde is set to move a refinery from Germany to India, the first suc…
Beer we go, beer we go, beer we go
Added: 15 Jan 2000
After seventeen customer complaints, Bass Brewers traced foul tasting beer to a faulty cool…
Tetra Pak tastes the exotic
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Rubicon, who until now out-sourced the packaging of its guava, mango and other exotic fruit…
Super stainless shows savings for Statoil
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Super duplex stainless steel tubing from Sandvik Steel is set to solve an environmental pro…
Dow Chemicals takes microwaves from the kitchen to the chlorinators
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Microwave ovens may be the best thing since sliced bread in the kitchen - especially for hu…
Britain still lags behind in research
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Research spending in the UK has increased over the past five years - but British companies …
Guidelines on COMAH updated
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Health and Safety Executive has published two guidance documents for the new Control of…
Self-cleaning strainer
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Plenty Filters has introduced a new compact range of self-cleaning, backflushing strainers.…
Biwater builds tertiary plant
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Biwater Treatment is building a tertiary biological aerated flooded filter (BAFF) nitrifica…
Variable speed controller cuts steam costs
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new boiler control system from Meggitt Mobrey's Bestobell Service is claimed to reduce ru…
Ciba invites polymers bids
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Ciba Specialties is seeking a buyer for its performance polymers business, which is the mar…
EXPANDING and contracting
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Times are tough for process contractors. The current cyclical downturn in the petrochemical industr…Honeywell consolidates software solutions to form new business
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Honeywell is forming a business that aims to boost profits, improve performance, reduce los…
Hodgson's choice: SSP rotary lobes
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Positive transfer of high viscosity media at up to 200 degrees C characterises the range of…
