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Engineering project workers threaten strike action over national agreement

Added: 12 Jun 2009

GMB and Unite shop stewards, representing over 30,000 workers in the engineering construction indus…

New Heinz Europe boss after executive rejig

Added: 11 Jun 2009

Dave Moran becomes executive vice president (VP), president and CEO of Heinz Europe after serving a…

HSE charges Sellafield Ltd over nuclear exposure incident

Added: 11 Jun 2009

Contractors allegedly suffer internal dose of radiation during decontamination of an area of concre…

Hub to nurture new process business

Added: 11 Jun 2009

North East initiative to create new business opportunities in the process industrie. Wilton hub to …

Siemens awards water treatment contract for new Severn Power station

Added: 10 Jun 2009

Watercare to provide the boiler make-up and condensate polishing water treatment plants for the new…

European chemicals majors unveil factory of the future

Added: 10 Jun 2009

European chemistry consortium advances new production concept. Bayer Technology Services GmbH coord…

Northern Foods resilent amid tough market conditions

Added: 8 Jun 2009

CEO Stefan Barden: “We have successfully adapted the business ... whilst continuing to invest to en…

CIA announces Chemical Industry Awards shortlist

Added: 8 Jun 2009

Finalists chosen from a record number of entries for the Chemical Industry Awards. The winner of t…

Swine flu boosts Sartorius profits

Added: 4 Jun 2009

Biotech unit receives significant orders from leading vaccine producers as pharma industry prepares…

London Olympics: Green light for PVC

Added: 4 Jun 2009

Bunsiness minister Ian Pearson says PVC will be used on the Olympics Park because it is a light wei…

Milking equipment maker migrates to new ERP system

Added: 4 Jun 2009

Fullwood extends investment in Infor solutions with a migration from Infor ERP MK to Infor ERP LN t…

Process sectors most at risk from US cap-and-trade plan

Added: 3 Jun 2009

Utilities, basic resources, food & beverage, chemicals and oil & gas sectors would be most impacted…

Atlas Copco continues to cutback

Added: 3 Jun 2009

During the six months to March, around 3,800 people have left the company and another 1,200 are set…

EU carbon emissions continue to fall

Added: 3 Jun 2009

Emissions from industrial processes were down 14.1%, from energy without transport by 7.4%, from us…

Giant machines to roam at Dounreay

Added: 2 Jun 2009

(DSRL) employing giant robot and huge ventilation system to protect workers decommissioning radioac…

Green Planet Farms automates pioneering food ingredient plant

Added: 2 Jun 2009

US company selects Rockwell automation system for $40m pilot facility - the industry’s first hexane…

B Braun selects Honeywell technology for new plant

Added: 1 Jun 2009

LIFE Nutrition plant, now under construction in Melsungen, Germany, will double the company's produ…

ScottishPower starts up UK's first coal-fired CCS unit

Added: 1 Jun 2009

Prototype carbon capture unit extracts CO2 emissions from Longannet. Iberdrola worldwide CCS Centre…

MCERTS attracts growing interest despite downturn

Added: 1 Jun 2009

Visitor numbers for this year's MCERTS air monitoring event grew by 10% in comparison with the 2007…

Endress+Hauser to "cope well" in 2009, says CEO

Added: 1 Jun 2009

Klaus Endress: “We will do everything in our power to ensure that we succeed this time too. The com…