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Taking the middle ground
Added: 15 Jan 2000
After several years development with Honeywell, Rockwell Automation has introduced the Alle…

Krauss-Maffei spins out its core centrifuges
Added: 15 Jan 2000
On stand D8/E16 in Hall 5, Krauss-Maffei is showing improvements to its range of centrifuge…

Songs from the wood
Added: 15 Jan 2000
A new technique developed by AEA Technology Environment is to help prevent nitrogen oxide e…

SHAKEN and stirred
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Mixing and blending of reactants or ingredients is vital to the process industry and is sti…

Canary's clearer view of trending
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Now available as part of Wonderware's FactorySuite software toolkit, Canary Lab's Trend Lin…

The virtual plant, really here and now
Added: 15 Jan 2000
As the pictures around these pages show, Achema is undoubtedly one hell of a hardware show.…

The future of gas analysis?
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Ever stringent legal requirements on emissions from power plants, incinerators, refineries …

Water, water... nowhere
Added: 15 Jan 2000
This January was the driest since 1779. Plant operators wanting to save water and reduce effluent d…

Burnished in white heat, blunted by balance sheets
Added: 15 Jan 2000
It's slightly ironic that in a month when we feature UMIST's splendid pilot plant facility …

Risk management lessons at the speed of sound
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Risk minimisation is a vital part of management of any project, but Ron Ayers, pictured bel…

No air apparent
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Air Products has developed methods of stabilising cylinder gases to a few parts per billion…

Albright & Wilson falls to French `bid vehicle'
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Rhodia has won the bidding war to control British inorganic chemicals specialist Albright &…

Battle champions Britain's scientific R&D programme
Added: 15 Jan 2000
In an impassioned address at the House of Commons, John Battle the new Minister for Science…

All change again
Added: 15 Jan 2000
After decades as one of the world's leading heavy chemicals manufacturers, ICI has spent £5billion …
Partners in pipelines
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Two of the leading players in the fields of natural gas process plant and pipeline simulati…

New website for Crouzet
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Two languages, one range: the new website for control products manufacturer Crouzet is available in…

Recognising innovation, rewarding excellence
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Once every three years, the world of process and chemical engineering decamps to Frankfurt …

Management systems fly the standard
Added: 15 Jan 2000
Environmental management systems are increasingly becoming rooted in process companies. ET …

Improving reliability
Added: 15 Jan 2000
`Reliability-centred maintenance' (RCM) enhancements to Marcam Solutions' Avantis.XA enterp…

UK INDICES four-year review
Added: 15 Jan 2000
This month we present our annual graphical review of the UK plant cost indices and the perf…