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SPORT to test REACH
Added: 23 Nov 2004
A new organisation is to test how the proposed regulation on the Registration, Evaluation and Autho…
Environmental concerns to drive catalyst growth
Added: 23 Nov 2004
The worldwide market for catalysts is set to grow by 5.1% per year until 2008, reaching a t…

Nova sells ethane pipeline
Added: 23 Nov 2004
NOVA Chemicals has reached an agreement to sell its interest in the 1,324 km Alberta Ethane Gatheri…
All I want for Christmas
Added: 23 Nov 2004
Pity poor Dan. His dreams come true on Christmas morning when he discovers that Santa has brought h…

Safe reactors with no gas
Added: 22 Nov 2004
It's now possible to avoid the storage and metering of high pressure gases by pumping hydrocarbon …
Pilot unit for water treatment
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Alfa Laval's new pilot membrane technology unit allows water treatment companies to check o…

Steam secret of natural fission
Added: 22 Nov 2004
The world's only known natural nuclear reactor, which decommissioned itself over two billio…

Putting a sparkle in beer
Added: 22 Nov 2004
A dummy protein molecule developed by BASF is helping breweries to produce clear, sparkling…

What's on the wireless
Added: 22 Nov 2004
With wireless networking one of the hottest topics for debate in engineering circles, Mark Freema…
A waste of air
Added: 22 Nov 2004
David Share explains how easy it is to reduce compressed air leakage and save money when using this…
Maximising asset uptime
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Tony Nicholls of Furmanite International discusses maintenance strategies as part of asset manageme…
Full steam ahead
Added: 22 Nov 2004
The new combined heat and power plant under construction at BASF's Ludwigshafen site demonstrates t…
Safer distilling
Added: 22 Nov 2004
An Edinburgh distillery is saving thousands of pounds after an upgrade of its boiler contro…

Concrete plans for China
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Despite last month's news about the acquisition of one of the UK's leading cement manufacturers, th…
Cementing success
Added: 22 Nov 2004
Global cement manufacturers are turning to advanced process control systems to boost their producti…
A vision of the future
Added: 18 Nov 2004
Ian Purcell describes how a biscuit manufacturer is benefiting from the latest techniques in machin…
Cyanide offences
Added: 17 Nov 2004
US-owned Sevalco has been ordered to appear before the UK Crown Court after it released up to seven…
Let freedom reign
Added: 17 Nov 2004
Dave Wilson asks why price fixing, bribery, cartels and heavy fines have become so commonplace in t…

European styrenics
Added: 16 Nov 2004
NOVA Chemicals has reached an agreement in principle to merge its European styrenic polymer…
