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A hard time without stress for Sandia's diamonds
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Diamonds might be a girl's best friend, but they could also be increasingly popular among e…
Veba acquisition promotes DSM
Added: 15 Jan 2000
DSM is to join the polyolefin majors by buying Vestolen, the polypropylene and polyethylene…
Engineering pay settlements fall
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Pay settlements in the engineering industries have fallen to a twelve-month low, according …
HSC under pressure
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Health and Safety Commission has published proposals for new regulations covering the s…
Petchem firms join for syngas membrane work
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A group of petrochemical majors have embarked on an effort to commercialise membrane techno…
Hygienic control
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The stringent hygiene demands of the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and food processing indu…
Akzo Nobel prepares to sell Acordis
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Akzo Nobel has accepted an E825million offer for Acordis, the former Courtaulds fibres busi…
4x4in rotary vane pumps are streamlined
Added: 15 Jan 2000
George Meller has introduced a new upgraded Blackmer pump. The established 4x4in rotary van…
SAMOS clean-up for water system
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Southern Water's Testwood treatment plant is well equipped to detect herbicides and pestici…
The expanding side of plant contracting
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Thanks to a decade of mergers and acquisitions, the plant contracting scene has changed sha…
Is your plant prepared for the change from CIMAH to COMAH?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
From next February the EC `Seveso II' Directive on the control of major accident hazards involving …Alderly licence stops the smell
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Alderley Process Technologies (APT) can now modify and enhance odour abatement systems with…
Hot bubbles
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Ultrasound technology has enabled researchers at the University of Illinois to make catalys…
Double and triple heads boost peristaltic pumping
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Peristaltic pump manufacturer Watson-Marlow Bredel has launched a range of Duplex and Trio …
ICI completes Huntsman sale
Added: 15 Jan 2000
ICI has completed the £1.7billion sale of its titanium dioxide, polyurethanes and bulk petr…
Climate levy could spell plant closure for the paper industry
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The pulp and paper industry has joined the attack on the government's proposals for an ener…
Eutech and ICI seal long-term alliance
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Management consultancy Eutech has agreed to provide engineering services to ICI Chlor-Chemi…
Industry given greenlight
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The drive for cost and process efficiency continues. But contractors are still finding environmenta…Flexicon cuts dust pollution with self-sealing tipper
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Flexicon now has a drum discharging system that self-seals to prevent fine dust emission.
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