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DPL hygienic valves allow sensor insertion while still in-line
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Dairy Pipe Lines (DPL) at stand N21 is showing its new range of Diamond Single Seat Valves.…

LGC laboratory wins second approval to test water
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The UK's largest independent analytical laboratory LGC, has been granted approval as one of…

CPACT sees the first signs
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Research at the Centre for Process Analytics and Control Technology (see PE November 1998 p…

Learn a thing or two at Eurochem
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Visitors to this year's Eurochem show at the NEC on June 2-4 will also have the change to v…

APV focus on pharma
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A process engineering group has been set up by Crawley-based APV to focus on projects in th…

Plastic pumps stand up to aggressive behaviour
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Totton Pump's redesigned range of NEMP and NDP plastic centrifugal pumps for sterile liquid…

Distinct reactions rolled into one
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Esat Alpay's team has developed a hybrid reactor that integrates a heterogeneous catalytic …

Controlling project management at BNFL
Added: 15 Jan 2000
For the past year, BNFL Engineering has been project managing the £400million Sellafield Dr…

What's your poison?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Today, Britain's meat, poultry and dairy manufacturers have many tough demands placed on th…

Protecting process CHILLERS
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Depending on the thermal fluid used, process chillers can be prone to severe corrosion. Here, Alan …
ICI hits snags in titanium dioxide negotiations with Huntsman
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The trouble-hit sale of ICI's titanium dioxide business has hit yet another delay, with the…

Laporte courts PPG
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Clariant of Switzerland will not be buying UK speciality company Laporte because of Clarian…

Stone hot
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Stone & Webster will design and supply a £12 million furnace, plus facilities, for the Rafn…

NATO strikes leave three plants in ruin
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The intensification of NATO air strikes against Serbian infrastructure has destroyed three …

Acrylonitrile partnership
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Dutch firm DSMand Spain's Repsol are to combine their acrylonitrile marketing, sales and tr…

Tracing takes a systems approach
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Heat Trace's display on stand F24 in Hall 4.1 puts the emphasis on the company's systems ap…

New forms for OFFER and Ofgas
Added: 15 Jan 2000
The UK regulatory offices for the gas and electricity industries, Ofgas and OFFER, have com…

Mitsubishi achieves microwave graphite
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Driven by the increasing demand for high-power compact batteries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industri…

Ventron's founder takes the chair
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Stockport-based process contractor Ventron Technology has reshuffled its top-level manageme…