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Mono clears jamming pumps
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Sara Lee Bakery in Bridlington, Yorkshire was in need of a pump to transfer jam, a shea…

Badger's SET RIGHT
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Even the most traditional of breweries can't get by without up-to-date control equipment. …

Low-dioxin waste treatment process set for launch in Japan
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A process that turns many types of waste into a combustible gas is about to receive its fir…

Air Products cryogenic unit
Added: 15 Jan 2000
On time and on budget, this £9million air separation unit is Air Products' latest on-site supplier …

Visitor campaign hots up
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The visitor campaign started in September, nine months before the show. As things hot up fo…

A&W names Robin Paul's successor
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Robin Rocheleau is to take over as chief executive of inorganic chemicals specialist Albright & Wil…

Membranes make efficient emulsions more easily
Added: 15 Jan 2000
In collaboration with Disperse Technologies, Fairey Industrial Ceramics and the University …

COMBUSTION control
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Every combustion process in the process industries generates emissions. The science of emis…

German acquisition sets a new precedent
Added: 15 Jan 2000
MG's acquisition creates a chemicals and engineering group on a giant scale. Roger Brownlie reports…
Simulation takes off
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), the spin-off company from Imperial College London, is abo…

USF fits gas for glass
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Pilkington, the St Helens-based glass manufacturer, produces a range of glass products for …

Parker purifies filter range
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Process Filter Division of Parker Hannifin can now provide new ranges of polyethersulph…

Cleaner combustion and catalytic reactions
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Combustion emissions of SOx, NOx and particulates from heavy oils and the interaction of th…

Grimsby's gain
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Acordis, the fibres subsidiary of Akzo Nobel which includes the business recently acquired …

AEA Technology in Cadcentre deal
Added: 15 Jan 2000
AEA Technology Engineering Software last month announced its intention to form a strategic alliance…

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Mike Spear introduces our new look and welcomes our new readers
Breath of fresh air apparatus
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Breathing apparatus designer Protector has added the Vision 2, a filtering face mask, to it…

Compound confirmation
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Targor, the polypropylene joint venture between BASF and Hoechst, is to build a two-line 32,000tpa …

Overhung range extended
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Ingersoll-Dresser has extended its range of overhung process pumps to cover applications re…

UK AND INTERNATIONAL PLANT COST INDICES
Added: 15 Jan 2000
As explained above, Process Engineering's PREDICT plant cost index for the UK is made up of…