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F-R picks up £6.5m order

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fisher-Rosemount Systems has won a £6.5million order from contractors Brown & Root to suppl…

No reagents needed for dissolved oxygen analysis

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Honeywell's new equilibrium probes can measure dissolved oxygen without consuming oxygen or…

No tears over spilt milk at Eden Vale

Added: 15 Jan 2000

At Eden Vale's Staplemead Creamery in Frome, Somerset, a major part of the production proce…

Elf shareholders support merger

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Elf Acquitaine shareholders have `overwhelmingly' supported the board's recommendation to a…

Absorbent oil removal

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Parker Filtration's new TruBind oil absorbent filter cartridges remove free, emulsified and…

Auma acts on Profibus

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Valve actuators from Auma Actuators are the first to be officially certified by the Profibu…

Networking i-r transmitter

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Process Sensors' infrared transmitter has been designed for integrating into automated proc…

QUALIFIED response

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Engineering Council has unveiled SARTOR, its new set of standards for chartered engineers. The …

CO2 eases extraction of plant oils

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The natural association between plants and carbon dioxide has prompted a British supplier o…

Valves on the rack

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Fisher Controls International has introduced the Posi-Seal Package (PSP) high-performance r…

Close-coupled valves aimed for biotech uses

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A new range of solid configuration `close-coupled' branch valves is designed specifically t…

Lloyd's handles the pressure

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Lloyd's Register (LR) has been approved by the DTI to supply inspection and appraisal servi…

PEOPLE

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Holt steps up at Foster Wheeler

BASF paints the town gold-ish

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Capacity for BASF's speciality pigment Paliocrom Gold is to be boosted to 400 tonnes per ye…

Piping estimates (pt 2)

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As part of a continuing series on the role of estimates in project costing, last month we t…

High and Dry

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Electrical power offers many different options for drying and evaporation techniques, from blowing …

CONTRACTS

Added: 15 Jan 2000

* Sterling work for Du Pont Sterling Process Engineering has been awarded a £4.5million con…

BTR Siebe to dominate automation

Added: 15 Jan 2000

As if to prove that it isn't only chemicals manufacturers who can strike deals, engineering…

News in brief

Added: 15 Jan 2000

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AHP's merger hopes are dashed

Added: 15 Jan 2000

For the second time, American Home Products has failed to secure a merger with another life…