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A clean sweep for fluids monitor
Added: 6 May 2003
A real-time, non-contact fluids analyser has just gone into service in the food and drinks industry…
A world forum
Added: 6 May 2003
The 27th Achema, taking place in Frankfurt, Germany between the 19th to the 24th of May will be an …

In the meantime
Added: 6 May 2003
As companies increasingly outsource many of their support operations, there is a growing demand for…
Achema shows how it's done
Added: 6 May 2003
Later this month over 200,000 visitors are expected to descend on the trade exhibition fair…

Permits reduce the paper
Added: 6 May 2003
Release and management of safety permits is becoming increasingly important in the process sector. …
Do you comply with ATEX?
Added: 2 May 2003
The ATEX directives, regulating equipment in atmospheres containing hazardous liquids, gases or dus…
Amec and Fluor join for Iraq
Added: 2 May 2003
Contractors Fluor Daniel and Amec have formed a joint venture to undertake contracts for reconstruc…

DuPont and Diversa form fuels alliance
Added: 1 May 2003
Diversa Corporation has today entered into a six-year alliance with DuPont to discover and develop …
Bayer Polymers and PolyOne form joint venture
Added: 1 May 2003
Bayer Polymers LLC and the PolyOne Corporation have formed a Joint Venture for the developm…

Indika Group purchases PT PENI
Added: 1 May 2003
The shareholders of PT Petrokimia Nusantara Interindo (PT PENI) have sold the company to th…

China goes for Kvaerner
Added: 30 Apr 2003
Aker Kvaerner's Pulp business has signed a 100 million Euro contract to supply equipment an…

ATEX-certified process calibrator
Added: 29 Apr 2003
Fluke has introduced a new loop calibrator developed specifically for use in hazardous environments…
More PTA in the UK
Added: 29 Apr 2003
Aker Kvaerner is to provide engineering and procurement services for the expansion of DuPontSA's pu…
High pressure ball valve
Added: 29 Apr 2003
Parker Instrumentation has launched a ball valve range designed for high pressure operation at up t…

Buying Russian oil
Added: 25 Apr 2003
Marathon Oil Corporation is to acquire the Russian-based Khanty Mansiysk Oil Corporation in a $275 …
BASF to purchase Sunoco's plasticizers
Added: 24 Apr 2003
BASF has signed a letter of intent to purchase Sunoco's US plasticizer operation in Pasadena, Texas…
Plastic recycling
Added: 22 Apr 2003
Researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University are develo…
ChevronTexaco to pull out of Papua New Guinea JVs
Added: 11 Apr 2003
ChevronTexaco today announced plans to sell its interests and resign operating rights of its Papua …
ICI hit by class action lawsuit
Added: 11 Apr 2003
The law firm of Cauley Geller Bowman Coates & Rudman has filed a class action lawsuit in a New York…