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Food & drinks sector must address energy challenges
Added: 7 Jun 2012
Article by Chris Evans, marketing & operations group manager of Mitsubishi Electric UK:
Many custome…
AD 'the missing link' for bioenergy
Added: 28 May 2012
Opinion piece by Rosaline Hulse of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA):
The UK has…
Process engineers are vital to the future of biofuels
Added: 18 May 2012
Dr Emily Ho, technical development lead on the PDX biofuel reactor, sets out the environmental chal…
Q&A - Fluids Handling
Added: 14 May 2012
Process Engineering asked Florent Violain, LCC development manager at Sterling Fluid Systems (UK) L…
Could climate change start a new golden age for UK engineering?
Added: 16 Apr 2012
Leicester, UK – The UK’s task of reducing emissions will contribute to a surge in engineering jobs …
Severn Trent manager explains new AMP-cycle approach
Added: 13 Apr 2012
The latest issue of Process Engineering includes a special report on how asset management programme…
Byres: "Air gaps won't stop Stuxnet's children"
Added: 15 Mar 2012
Edited version of article by Eric Byres of Canadian IT security firm Byres Security:
Lantzville, Br…
Data management key to oil & gas safety (Comment added)
Added: 21 Feb 2012
Aberdeen, UK – In the event of an offshore gas leak, or similar disaster, where internal emergency …
Henry Ford would have advised using VSDs
Added: 4 Feb 2012
Comment piece from Steve Brambley, deputy director, GAMBICA: – the UK Association for Instrumentati…
Factories of the future fuel debate
Added: 1 Jan 2012
There are five main trends shaping the factory of the future - cyber security, mobile and wireless …
Does academia have a chip on its shoulder?
Added: 7 Dec 2011
London – “It doesn’t make any difference whether a country makes potato chips or computer chips!” M…
Oil & gas group urges competency ahead of compliance
Added: 29 Nov 2011
London – The oil and gas companies must focus more on competence, rather than compliance, if they a…
UK facing tough energy choices, warns RWE npower
Added: 9 Nov 2011
London – The lack of a clear, co-ordinated energy policy in the UK could mean spiralling costs for …
Q&A: Honeywell managers talk wireless
Added: 4 Nov 2011
At the annual Honeywell Users Group (HUG) meeting for customers in Europe, Middle East & Africa (E…
Environmental monitoring: Joined up power plants
Added: 1 Nov 2011
The appetite for the development of new waste-to-energy and biomass incineration plants is increasi…
Why energy-saving plans are failing to go the distance
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Depending on the relative cost of enery at the time, energy-efficiency programmes and capital inves…
Integrated control systems: What are today’s top concerns?
Added: 1 Nov 2011
To some in the process manufacturing industries, the term integrated has become a buzzword – and no…
CBA: HSE wants a "blank cheque" from chemical industry
Added: 31 Oct 2011
London — The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has branded the Health & Safety Executive’s (HSE) …
The future is not in the clouds
Added: 20 Sep 2011
The future is not in the clouds; it’s already here says Stuart Hannah of HMS Industrial Networks, b…
A silver bullet for SCADA security?
Added: 16 Sep 2011
Blog posted by Eric Byres on the www.tofinosecurity.com website:
If any security expert claims syste…