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Frack from fiction
Added: 26 Feb 2013
Cuadrilla Resources, the UK firm which caused the incident in July, was last month given permission…

BASF's automation lifecycle
Added: 26 Feb 2013
Ludgwigshafen, Germany - Chemicals major BASF SE’s headquarters site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, is a…

HPS is wireless 'agnostic'
Added: 20 Feb 2013
Istanbul – End users are now less concerned about wireless standards than in what the technology ca…
Bringing process and power together
Added: 18 Feb 2013
Managing the process and the power systems that serve it through a single integrated control system…

Water sector finds less is more
Added: 12 Feb 2013
Industry regulators now require water companies to support their investment plans with data package…

Market challenges shape valves design
Added: 4 Feb 2013
London – The valves market is uncertain but suppliers are plugging away with new developments to me…

Training providers under the spotlight
Added: 18 Jan 2013
London – The UK government invested a massive £1.2 billion into its apprenticeship programme last y…

Mechanical steam trap failure
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Newbury, UK – Condensate traps are commonly employed to remove condensed water from steam utilising…

Siemens adds widescreen terminal devices
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Manchester, UK – Siemens Industry has added “highly efficient” industrial thin clients to its range…

Choosing the best motor for your application
Added: 16 Dec 2012
Given the overlaps in functionalities of motor technologies today, how does an engineer choose the …

Finance scheme bridges the credit gap
Added: 10 Dec 2012
Energy prices in the UK are 10% higher than those in Germany, according to figures from manufacture…

Water industry needs less data, more information
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – Regulators are driving the water industry to adopt whole life asset management to help rai…

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…

Time to get smart when it comes to process measurement
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Industrial instrumentation is undoubtedly getting smarter, but what are the key drivers encouraging…

Does the weather affect your powders?
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Of the many variables known to impact powder behaviour, moisture is perhaps one of the most easily …

MCerts for Europe
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Andrew Chappell of the Environment Agency on the emergence of a Europe-wide certification for emiss…

Modelling offshore handling equipment
Added: 8 Nov 2012
With offshore oil and gas drilling rigs costing millions a day, their crews need to ensure they get…

UK valves suppliers meet N Sea demands
Added: 15 Oct 2012
?The oil & gas sector is driving demand for UK manufacturers of valves and related systems - as ref…

Bubbling up energy savings
Added: 9 Oct 2012
Paul Barter, principal process engineer for Hydro International’s wastewater division looks at ener…

Time to Tweet
Added: 3 Oct 2012
?The use of social media such as Twitter and mobile devices to transfer information has emerged as …