Wireless Networking in the Process Industry
In January VDC Research Group (Natick, MA) published a study entitled “2010 Industrial Networking Infrastructure Products Global Market Requirements and Opportunities Analysis,” which took a look at the key trends expected to shape the 2011 industrial networking solutions market and made predictions of the rate at which the market would expand.
What Goes into the SIP Process
Clean steam sterilization is the heart of the sanitization routine for most biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes, as well as most pharmaceutical processes that produce parenteral medications (those not administered through the digestive tract such as injections and others) or diagnostic agents.
Mining Faces Many Political Risks
Before the economic crash, the mining industry was seeing new investors – companies such as steel manufacturers that were not miners by trade were getting into the business, said Steve Ralbovsky, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
A Wall Street Perspective: Indicators ‘Paint a Mixed Picture'
Wall Street expert Michael Halloran, vice president for Robert W.
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Natural Gas from Shale: A Boon or a Danger?
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has greatly increased public attention to U.S. energy supplies (as well as severely tarnishing the image of BP and, by extension, the entire oil industry). At the same time there has been great movement in the natural gas arena, with promises that gas, widely perceived as more environmentally friendly than oil, may account for a greatly increased share of U.S. energy.
In the Ocean’s Depths, Valves Face Unique Challenges
As exploration for new oil and gas sources goes deeper into the ocean and further from shore, valves in service to that industry will have new pressure, temperature and durability requirements.
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Chemical Plant Security: An Evolving Field
Shortly after 9/11 there was considerable worry about attacks on U.S. chemical plants.
Purging Gas Lines in All the Wrong Places
It is important to make sure that gas supply lines contain nothing but gas before the equipment they feed is started.
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