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Trickle feed avoids over-filling
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Hodgson Chemicals needed a weighing system capable of handling polymer resin powder directl…

BIP promotion hits web
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Air Products has launched a website to promote its built-in purifier (BIP) technology for c…

Shell sells off vinyls
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Elf Atochem and Solvay have emerged as the buyers for Shell's French PVC and VCM businesses…

The big chill
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Mushy peas. Tapioca pudding. These and other culinary horrors are now rare because of that chunk of…
One-stop-shop for batch plant
Added: 15 Jan 2000
At its Lutterworth site in Leicestershire, Brenntag UK, part of Europe's largest chemical d…

Amoco technology slated for use in DSM's first PP expans
Added: 15 Jan 2000
DSM is beginning to take advantage of its recent acquisition of the Vestolen Group by signi…

Landgraf takes finance position
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Kurt Landgraf is to take on the rOle of chief financial officer at US chemicals giant DuPont. Prev…

Weighing system of many Talents
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Talent Weighing & Controls has supplied a customised system for feeding and count-weighing …

Renbinbi
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Invensys is making inroads to China with orders for three-piece ball valves and control equ…

SCADA starts WEB WEAVING
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Remote monitoring of process plants has always been a desirable feature of SCADA systems and is now…
Russell Finex takes two
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Simon Tremlett is to take on the role of spares and service manager for Russell Finex. His previou…

Net telephones cut call costs and offer multimedia
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Telephony over the internet, which first became available in 1995, not only allows you to t…

VOC filter steps ahead of its time
Added: 15 Jan 2000
IBS Viridian has developed what it sees as a cost-effective solution to meet the tough new …

Evaporation benefits served up on a plate
Added: 15 Jan 2000
According to Alfa Laval Thermal, the first chemical plant to install one of the company's p…

Silicone plants
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Kvaerner has completed a £150million silicone expansion for Dow Corning at Barry, South Wal…

Upgrade is recognised
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Pressurements has recently received NAMAS accreditation for its extended pressure standards…

Borealis dances to a samba beat
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Borealis is to join forces with Brazilian firm OPP Petroquimica to produce enhanced compoun…

Self-cleaning separators
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Designed for small and medium-sized dairies, the REDA 25T self-cleaning centrifugal separat…