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Limescale is deeply disturbed by FloKare
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A Portuguese paper company, Fapajal, had trouble with limescale build-up in condensate remo…

Mini sensor can control
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Matsushita has launched its UZU2 miniature pressure sensor. The UZU2 has a large LED displa…

Boom time for Kalamazoo
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Kalamazoo Computer Solutions has won a £500000 contract to supply ICI's explosives divisions with M…

Heavyweight cells
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Thames Side has extended its T62 range of stainless steel, hermetically sealed beam load ce…

More challenges for universities
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Chemical engineering departments of English, Welsh and Northern Irish universities have cri…

ABB innovation flows
Added: 15 Jan 2000
ABB is placing two new products onto its already extensive range. Flow in full, as well as …

Vacuum coater enriches animal feed
Added: 15 Jan 2000
After a series of successful trials in Europe, Tatham-Forberg is introducing its vacuum coa…

Shell passes control to Cox
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Rupert Cox, currently deputy group treasurer at Royal Dutch/Shell, has been appointed group control…

Lion responds to firm hand
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The PM11OH is a hand-held pressure calibrator from Lion Instrumentation for pressures up to…

BP seeks a power base in Wales
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BP Chemicals is seeking bidders to build a gas-fired power station at its Baglan Bay plant.…

SHAPA elects new president
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The Solids Handling and Processing Association has elected David Dowson, president of Dowson Handli…

Robinson takes on Europe
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Bruce Robinson has been appointed president of process control company Foxboro, responsible for wor…

Small package, big performance
Added: 15 Jan 2000
With a panel depth of less than 125mm, the new Commander 250 0.25DIN controller from ABB Ke…

Calcor cleans up carbon monoxide production
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Carbon monoxide is the feedstock for the production of many chemicals, such as carbonic aci…

Honeywell to supply Mobil
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Honeywell is to supply control systems and services for Mobil facility construction worldwide. Hone…

Chems capex growth to slow
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Capital expenditure in the UK chemical industry grew strongly in 1997, but is set to increa…

Awards are a MIAA formality
Added: 15 Jan 2000
BHR Group and AEA Technology scooped the process sector prizes at this year's Manufacturing…

PREDICT INDICES up-date
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Returning to our monthly presentation of the PREDICT UK and international plant cost indice…

Cool contracts from Korea
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Two refrigeration packages, destined for Hyundai Petro-chemical's plant in Daesan, Korea, have been…