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Stimulating SIMULATION
Added: 15 Jan 2000
If ever a technology were aptly named, it has to be dynamic simulation. Recent developments in the …
Rover colours it green with Elga
Added: 15 Jan 2000
At the Rover Group's Cowley car plant, a new paint shop is reflecting the car industry's mo…

Data management comes of age
Added: 15 Jan 2000
`Intelligent' flowsheets and once-only data entry have proved hard to achieve, but the first truly …
Q: when is a DCS not a DCS?/A: when it isn't a PLC either
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Such enigmatic questions were posed by last month's launch by Mitsubishi Electric (enter 36…

Packaged filters for Pakistan petrochem
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Filtration systems designed to withstand the harshest of climatic conditions are being supp…

Rover Group is painting with water colours
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Rover Group in Oxford is now using aqueous paints rather than solvent-based paints on t…

Starch marches on for Larox
Added: 15 Jan 2000
With the 24th sale of its automatic pressure filter to the starch industry, Larox is collar…

Chlorine on demand
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The storage of chlorine on site poses problems for many installations, some of which need t…

Washing powder mess cleaned up
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Common problems associated with the packing of washing powders include corrosion, stickines…

BNFL supplied
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BNFL is entering a 3 year sole supplier agreement with Fisher Scientific for the supply of …

Remote CONTROL
Added: 15 Jan 2000
If you were wowed by the the plug-and-play monitoring capabilities of Intellution's Internet packag…
Ceramics banish cloudy beer
Added: 15 Jan 2000
You walk into a pub, with visions of dewy pint-glasses full of crystal-clear beer. The barm…

OMV deal signals Neste's end in Borealis
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The company named after the Northern Lights is about to take on a much more southern flavou…

Weir pursues partners
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Weir Engineering Services (WES) has entered a three year pump management agreement with Bri…

More water, please, Pall
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Additional water purification plant, worth £186000, is to be supplied by Elga to the Ilfracombe Div…

Winkworth mixes up budget prices
Added: 15 Jan 2000
To cater for differing budgets and applications, Winkworth Machinery Limited has introduced…

Waste runs out for recycling plant
Added: 15 Jan 2000
There's a lot of rubbish in Germany, but not enough for BASF. A shortage of recyclable pac…

Sira contract
Added: 15 Jan 2000
On a roll at Sandwich: Pfizer has awarded Sira Test & Certification a three-year contract to calibr…
Norsk Hydro plans exit from petrochems
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Norsk Hydro is embarking on an £800million restructuring effort that will see it focus on o…