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ANSYS bags rival Fluent
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Engineering software specialist ANSYS Inc has completed its acquisition of Fluent Inc, the world's …
Minister expects no fall in energy prices
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Energy minister Malcolm Wicks is not confident that energy prices will fall despite the infrastruct…Alfa Laval targets new growth areas
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Alfa Laval has identified district cooling, LNG (liquefied natural gas) and renewable energy projec…
Buncefield blast linked to faulty controls
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Investigators have identified failures of the automatic tank gauging (ATG) and safety switch system…AMEC sells French unit
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Amec has agreed to sell its French business, Amec SPIE, to a private equity firm for Euro 1,040 mil…Fairport adds Aeromaster Fairport
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Engineering Group has acquired Aeromaster International Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition…Skills "mismatch" hits engineering
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Around 28% of companies are struggling to recruit vital engineering staff, with a further 15% repor…
Parker claims instrument mounting breakthrough
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Monitoring devices often prove difficult to mount onto process piping as the tolerances used when m…Rheometry on the double
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Plastics films manufacturer Renolit AG, based in Salzgitter, Germany, is using rotational and capil…Siemens backs coal technology
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Siemens Power Generation Group is acquiring Sustec-Group's coal-to-electricity technology and engin…Keeping gas flowing
Added: 24 Jun 2006
Undersea pipelines and the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are now seen as key to meeting UK …Thermo, Fisher to merge
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Thermo Electron Corp and Fisher Scientific International Inc are to merge in a stock-for-stock exch…New IChemE president
Added: 23 Jun 2006
Greg Lewin, president of Shell Global Solutions International bv, has succeeded John Archer as pres…New nanoparticles support better biodiesel route
Added: 21 Jun 2006
US research team develops special nanoparticle structures to enhance the efficiency of biodiesel pr…UK launch for new BP, DuPont biofuel
Added: 21 Jun 2006
First product, a biobutanol, will be launched in the UK next year as a gasoline bio-componentEmerson oil & gas flowmeter an ‘industry first’
Added: 21 Jun 2006
Liquid ultrasonic flowmeters are designed to facilitate detection and troubleshooting of measuremen…
Darling alerts planners
Added: 21 Jun 2006
Trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling wants local authorities to consider national interest…
IEC revises nuclear software standard
Added: 19 Jun 2006
New edition of standard for computer-based instrumentation and control systems in nuclear power pla…Technology fuels record oil & gas activity
Added: 19 Jun 2006
Oil & Gas Licensing Round attracts record number of applications for new exploration and production…