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Market for industrial valves to reach $56bn in 2012
Over the next five years, demand for industrial valves in China will approach that of the US according to the McIlvaine Company
Surging demand for valves and actuators
Rising demand from diverse process industries supports steady growth in global valves and actuators market
Sensor market is forecast to grow
Frost & Sullivan predicts the market for sensors will grow, largely due to the development of sensors with greater functionality
Reach duty of care rules are 'onerous'
Reach legislation: Christopher Bryce outlines how the duty of care aspect of the new rules is putting global supply chains at risk
Problems uncovered risk-based asset management
As companies move towards risk-based asset management, they need to be confident that their decisions will increase the profitability and productivity of their asset bases while minimising the exposure to the risk of catastrophic events
Embracing the challenges of chemical industry sustainability
Traditional chemical engineering skills will help towards achieving sustainability. But this does not mean simply doing more efficiently what has led to success in the past.

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Elfab, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of pressure-relief systems, has added detection to each of its main product lines, giving end-users an immediate indication that a bursting device has operated.
 
The production of Nitrogen Trifloride gas requires the handling of extremely toxic and corrosive chemicals.
 
The Rising Ball visual flow indicator from Flow-Mon is a high-quality unit suitable for use in any flow or fluid circulation system, whether chemicals, lubrication or cooling fluids.
 
Today the issue of the environment is in escapable, and no where is it felt more acutely than within the chemical industry, where legislation dominates in all sectors.
 
SembCorp Utilities UK is increasing the amount of renewable fuel used in its operations and in doing so, is investing a total of £60million in a new wood-burning power station.
 
Grupo Santander is the world's ninth largest bank by market capitalisation and has 63million customers in Europe and America. In 2004, it took over UK high street bank Abbey, a company with 714 branches and 18million customers.
 
Sean Des Roches outlines four different laminating adhesives with different end properties to suit industry needs.
 
Dutch researchers believe they have solved the mystery of why the chemical catalysts used to clean fuels gradually become less active -- loss of sulphur atoms.
 
A new seed treatment and conditioning facility in Germany is being used to develop improved application techniques for customers in the agricultural industry. It is based at BASF's agricultural centre at Limburgerhof.
 
ABB's describes its new Industrial IT System 800xA High Integrity as a complete, scalable IEC/EN 61508 and IEC/EN 61511 compliant safety instrumented system (SIS) that spans the entire safety loop, including qqqSIL-rated AC 800M controllers, field devices, I/O modules and field actuators.
 
Much of Gala's recent research and developmental work has been done in the wide field of engineering resin applications. A result of this R&D is the Gala Form Crystal-PET technology, a pelletising process to produce crystalline and spherical pellets straight from the production line.
 
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