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Light ideas for weighing

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The latest weighing indicator from A&D Instruments, the AD4327, suits fixed and mobile weig…

UK water tops inflation rate

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The price of water in the UK is increasing ahead of inflation, according to a survey from N…

Mixing on the grand scale

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Pictured here is a large-scale, top-entry mixer drive from Plenty Mixers, undergoing dynami…

Exit de Bree as DSM names chair

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Dutch chemical group DSM is appointing Peter Elverding as chairman. Elverding will succeed …

Oxygen probes keep the coal fires burning

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Electricity generators in general may still be 'dashing for gas', but Europe's largest coal…

Sharp drop in capex to hit process

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Capital expenditure in the chemical industry will decline steeply next year, according to a…

Internet speeds UKenquiries to Gestra in Germany

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Information regarding the latest developments in steam and process fluid control technology…

New QVF complex

Added: 15 Jan 2000

A self-confessed `factory junky', Sir John Harvey-Jones last month officially opened the ne…

HSE set to charge oil and offshore industry for safety work

Added: 15 Jan 2000

The Health and Safety Executive has started charging the offshore, rail and gas transportat…

New milling unit in Milan

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Run of the mill? Hardly. Laporte Fine Chemicals' Italian subsidiary, Francis, has installed this ne…

Bridging the PLANT DATA GAP

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Process plants can generate enormous volumes of data. Plant information systems unlock this data an…

Contractors' alliance unlocks huge range of markets

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Krupp Uhde and Parsons Energy & Chemicals have become the latest contractors to announce a joint ve…

SmithKline fine

Added: 15 Jan 2000

SmithKline Beecham has been fined £10,000 after admitting that a faulty oxygen gauge caused…

Research findings cast doubt on endocrine `cornerstone'

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Chemical industry-sponsored research has failed to replicate the results of experiments which showe…

Batch feeder for bulk materials

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Flexicon (Europe) has introduced an automated, multi-point discharge system, designed for b…

Cost-conscious flowmetering

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Featuring a moulded, mesh plate reinforced Teflon tube lining, the Admag SE is suited to ta…

Listen to the temperature

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Codel International is introducing PyroSonic II, an acoustic pyrometer, to its range of com…

BP Amoco deal

Added: 15 Jan 2000

BP Amoco's Grangemouth petrochemicals complex has signed an agreement with ABB Automation's drives …

Zeolite sieve can dry continuously

Added: 15 Jan 2000

Christison Scientific Equipment, based in Gateshead, has announced the introduction of a no…

Doppler radar measures both speed and depth

Added: 15 Jan 2000

An open channel flow meter from Flowline called Flo-Dar is a non contact sensor which measu…