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International collaborative research to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects was furthered today with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UK and Australia.

Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) has welcomed today’s announcement that the European Commission has awarded the White Rose CCS Project up to €300m from its NER300 funding programme.

Since 1990, Pyramid Engineering Services have been developing their range of glove boxes. Integrated into the glove box system is the Systech EC900 oxygen analyser which provides continuous and highly precise monitoring of oxygen levels.

Servomex has joined forces with H2scan to provide complete light hydrocarbon measurement and analytical solutions to its HP and NG customers.

About 12 years ago I stumbled into a public lecture by an innovative Belfast manufacturing company called Andor, who had developed very clever (and expensive) infrared cameras, primarily for looking at stars.

Highview Power Storage will cosponsor a research chair with the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), at the world’s first research centre for Cryogenic Energy Storage at the University of Birmingham.

Wessington Cryogenics, as a company, was born in April 1984 – from a small 2,500sq.ft. factory in Washington, near Sunderland in the UK.

Airgas, the parent company of Red-D-Arc Welderentals, has announced the welding company has enhanced and expanded its presence in the UK – with the acquisition of Hember Limited.

Edwards will be focusing it’s presentations at this year’s SEMICON® event on the environmental effects of semiconductor manufacturing, and will discuss solutions and strategies for minimising the impact.

Foster Wheeler has signed an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services agreement with BOC for the installation of replacement heat exchangers at BOC’s Teesport facility, Teesside, in northeast England.