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GE, Fanuc to end joint venture

Added: 19 Aug 2009

Fanuc wants to reinforce CNC portfolio, while GE aims to continue global investment in industrial a…

North East process industries issue SOS to Mandelson

Added: 14 Aug 2009

NEPIC and TVEP appeal to business secretary over the growing threat to future of process sector job…

VDC identifies level measurement leaders

Added: 13 Aug 2009

Endress+Hauser, Emerson, VEGA, Yokogawa, and Siemens lead world market for products such as hydros…

BP, Martek to develop advanced biofuels from sugar

Added: 13 Aug 2009

Companies to jointly work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications by developi…

Oil & gas fuels hazardous area equipment demand

Added: 13 Aug 2009

Market is heavily dependent on the price of oil; as it determines the investment capabilities and r…

Lawyer goes nuclear

Added: 11 Aug 2009

Between winding down Sellafield and overseeing a £70bn nuclear waste clean-up, the interim legal h…

Artenius workers take fight to Barcelona HQ

Added: 7 Aug 2009

London - Angry worker employed by chemicals firm Artenius at the Wilton site on Teesside will confr…

Biofuels production could trigger water shortages

Added: 7 Aug 2009

The growing demand for bioethanol, particularly corn-based ethanol, has sparked significant concern…

Total hit by another serious accident

Added: 7 Aug 2009

The incident follows a more serious accident on 15 July at the Total Petrochemicals France plant in…

Drax unphased by massive earnings dip

Added: 6 Aug 2009

Selby-based group blames decline on lower power demand and depressed UK gas prices. Approximate 30%…

National Instruments launches wireless sensor platform

Added: 6 Aug 2009

NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform combines its LabVIEW graphical programming software with …

Comment on LSC £50m process training fund story

Added: 6 Aug 2009

From: Mark Smith, director PTL:

Telford, UK - Thank you for your recent coverage of Polymer Training…

Foster Wheeler's 'excellent' quarter

Added: 5 Aug 2009

Milchovich: We have an extensive prospect list that offers numerous examples of clients planning to…

Energy symbiosis on the Yangtse Delta

Added: 5 Aug 2009

Parsons Brinckerhoff, One North East in project to show how Chinese region could cut carbon emissio…

Spray coating technique is a cracker for thermowells

Added: 4 Aug 2009

Okazaki Manufacturing Co. has developed a spray coating for thermowell temperature assemblies that …

Legionnaires warning as HSE fines meat company

Added: 4 Aug 2009

Companies must carry out regular, simple checks to protect employees from Legionnaires¹ disease. Th…

Coatings firm probes solvent vapour measuring device

Added: 4 Aug 2009

Raleigh Coatings has trialled a new type of solvent vapour probe at its Staffordshire operation, wh…

Gas analyser guides nitrate removal advance

Added: 4 Aug 2009

Portable FTIR multiparameter gas analyser helps prove the efficacy of technique to remove nitrate p…

Unions threaten Total warfare

Added: 3 Aug 2009

Total accused of 'reneging' on Lindsey refinery deal as GMB and Unite serve notice of ballot for s…

Cussons opts for clean start in UK

Added: 31 Jul 2009

Personal care products company has increased capacity and efficiency with move to high-speed liquid…