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Counting the costs of shortcuts
Added: 3 Jun 2013
The tendency to place price before performance can lead to poor product choice. Are pump & valve ma…
Meeting challenges in the mix
Added: 31 May 2013
Current developments and project activity highlight the increasing range of demands on process equi…

Cutting through the green tape
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Around 26% of the power Saint-Gobain used in the UK came from renewable sources last year - a figur…

Burning matters
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Converting coal plants to burn biomass has tested the ingenuity of process engineers. Patrick Ralei…

Getting on with wireless
Added: 6 Sep 2012
London – Even the more optimistic among proponents of convergence between WirelessHart and ISA100.1…

Engineer sans frontiers
Added: 17 Aug 2012
When process engineers apply their skills to other fields, remarkable results can be achieved. Elli…

Proactive maintenance key to plant safety
Added: 25 Jul 2012
?Process operators, it seems, are starting to realise the close relationship between safety and the…

Bridging the divide
Added: 23 Jul 2012
The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

Apps ease maintenance woes
Added: 1 Nov 2011
While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…

Steaming ahead at Dalkia biomass plant
Added: 22 Jul 2011
Energy services company Dalkia, owned by Veolia Environnement and EDF, has recently commissioned on…