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ACTIVE's first-born

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Fix 7 project for Rohm and Haas at Jarrow has become the first ACTIVE pilot project to …

Scada at the hub of fuel network

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A new tank gauging and Scada system has been commissioned at Warwickshire Oil Storage, the …

CHP in Runcorn

Added: 15 Jan 2000

PowerGen and ICI have agreed on the development for a new 250MW combined heat and power (CH…

Ring dryer for small scale use

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Tonbridge-based Drytec is taking to stand A13 in Hall 4.1 its new 3in ring dryer, and then …

Pumphead resists aggressive liquids

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Bran and Luebbe has extended its ProZet metering pump range with a plastic pumphead version…

CEL's electronic sell

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Noise measurement equipment maker CEL Instruments' website lets you view all products, incl…

More AEA acquisitions

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Harwell-based AEA Technology, science and engineering services firm, has agreed terms t…

New wet gas facility

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The National Engineering Laboratory has opened a new wet gas facility at its complex in Eas…

All-stainless hygienic pressure transmitter

Added: 15 Jan 2000

An all-stainless hygienic pressure transmitter, designed for hygienic applications in the p…

'Fieldbus for Dummies'

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Next month’s FieldComms UK conference - at the Hanover International Hotel, Hinckley Island, Leices…

News in brief

Added: 15 Jan 2000

* Amec processes go great guns

Orimulsion for Pembroke scrapped

Added: 15 Jan 2000

National Power has scrapped its plans to burn the bitumen-based oil substitute Orimulsion a…

The timetable

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The EC Pressure Equipment Directive was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council …

Controlling the spray drying of ceramics

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Working in partnership with the Spanish Ceramics Institute, Infrared Engineering has develo…

Compact gas chromatograph is suited for real-time control

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Gas chromatographs are bulky, slow, complicated and can't be set up or maintained without a…

Miniatures suit all buses

Added: 15 Jan 2000

MTE Turck has developed a generation of miniature fieldbus connection modules to fit inside…

Shell-BASF jv

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Shell and BASF have opened a new styrene monomer and propylene oxide (SMPO) plant at Moerdi…

100Mbps Ethernet package

Added: 15 Jan 2000

One product addressing the `hot topic' of ethernet control is Factory Floor 3.0 for integra…

Fast sensor set to ensure safety

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The recent plethora of food safety scares have pinpointed the need for improved methods of …

SHAPA scholars scoop funding

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Solids handling association SHAPA has awarded its two first scholarships to Linda Hyder of …