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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…

People - suppliers

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Francis spoilt for choice of chairs

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…