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Fieldbus furore flares again
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Just weeks before the next round of voting to decide the final draft of an international fi…

Chemvac presents 'non polluting' vacuum circuit sets
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The ever-tightening anti-pollution legislation to protect watercourses, combined with some …

Fieldbus online
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Fieldbus Foundation has boosted its web presence with a revamped website including Foun…

Cheap power, but prices still high
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Electricity prices in the UK have plummeted by 7.4 per cent over the past year, the largest…

BASF shrugs off styrene woes
Added: 15 Jan 2000
While all around indulge in startling spending-sprees or the contortions of frantic restruc…

Learn as you go with CIA programme
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Chemical Industries Association has become the first UK trade body to launch a lifelong…

Pressure Directive explained
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new book of guidelines on the European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) has been published by t…
Piping estimates
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Last month we started looking at the role of estimates in the costing of a project. We cont…

Hygiene and safety all in one
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Staitech has added a high-lift safety relief valve to its range of high purity steam and wa…

Helix tank system tops off three-tier safety storage
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Specialising in precious metal deposition, PMD (UK) of Coventry wanted to uprate its waste …

Industrial PC market grows
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Shipments of industrial PCs will show `impressive growth' for the next five years, accordin…

Scada alarms take precedence
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Lee-Dickens' new Sitewatch NT Scada software features immediate, clear access to alarm disp…

Electricity key to waste treatment
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new process from EA Technology could help companies convert toxic liquid wastes into harm…

DuPont catalysts top metallocenes
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new generation of single-site iron and cobalt catalysts from DuPont are tipped to produce…

Fossil fuel levy to be halved
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A slowing-down in the commissioning of renewable energy generation projects has led the gov…

Haase ahead of UK legislation
Added: 15 Jan 2000
German landfill gas expert Haase claims that its enclosed flares can crack any gas. New UK …

AMEC sees drop in P&E
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The end of North Sea capital investment projects has caused a drop in AMEC's process and en…
