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Process Safety Management Improves Worker Safety, Focusing On Avoiding Incidents In Oil Refineries And Chemical Plants
2013-11-01 06:24:11| chemicalonline News Articles
A string of disasters in oil refineries and plants that produce materials such as fertilizer and chemicals has drawn increased attention tothe industry's safety practices. In response, India's Essar Oil Limited has implemented Process Safety Management (PSM) a practice developed by OSHA, and designed to minimize the consequences of catastrophic release of toxic, reactive, inflammable or explosive chemicals
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Alcatel-Lucent improves margins as Q3 sales up 7%
2013-10-31 09:15:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Alcatel-Lucent reported improving profitability in the third quarter, helped by an increase in underlying revenues. At constant exchange rates, sales were up 7 percent year-on-year and 3.1 percent sequentially to EUR 3.668 billion, and the gross margin rose to 32.6 percent from 27.8 percent in Q3 2012. Alcatel-Lucent said it was growing in IP routing, terrestrial optics and ultra-broadband access products, with new contracts in all regions signed in the quarter. With EUR 259 million in cost savings achieved in the year to date, the company improved the adjusted operating profit to EUR 116 million or 3.2 percent of revenues, from a negative 3.5 percent a year ago. The net loss was EUR 200 million or EUR 0.09 per share, including restructuring charges of EUR 117 million and a financial charge of EUR 218 million. Free cash flow was still a negative EUR 218 million, and net debt rose to EUR 1.004 billion from EUR 794 million at the end of June. Alcatel-Lucent said Qualcomm made its first purchase of the company's shares on 30 September, as part of their earlier announced small cells cooperation, buying a 0.25 percent stake for USD 20 million. Alcatel-Lucent said it expects strong seasonal activity in the fourth quarter and to exceed the top end of its annual cost savings target of EUR 250-300 million.
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Digital pH/ORP Sensor Improves Maintenance Efficiency
2013-10-30 15:13:00| Chemical Processing
Sensor is able to process digital signals and store digital information, including calibration data.
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Bharti Airtel revenues up 10%, cash flow improves
2013-10-30 09:27:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Bharti Airtel reported third-quarter revenues up 9.9 percent from a year earlier to INR 213.2 billion. Growth was led by increasing voice and data usage, as well as expansion of the customer base in Africa and south Asia. EBITDA was up 15.1 percent to INR 68.3 billion, while net profit fell to INR 5.1 billion from INR 7.2 billion a year ago due to forex losses. Capex nearly halved to INR 21.4 billion, helping operating cash flow more than double year-on-year to INR 46.9 million. The group ended the quarter with 193.46 million mobile customers in its home market India, up by 1.3 percent from June. The digital TV base grew by 1.4 percent over the three months to 8.57 million, and fixed-line customers rose 1.5 percent to 3.34 million. In the rest of South Asia, the company had 8.34 million mobile customers, up by 4.0 percent from June, and the African mobile base increased by 3.4 percent in the quarter to 66.38 million.
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Extractor Improves Worker Productivity
2013-10-29 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Because of the recycling feature of CFR's ECO-500 carpet extractor, worker productivity can be improved by as much as seven times, because it decreases fill and refill cycles by as much as seven times.<br /> <br /> The ECO-500 is powered by a powerful vacuum motor engineered with advanced features that improve cleaning performance, reduce energy needs, and make the machine exceptionally quiet. Plus, with these modifications, the vacuum motor lasts three to five times longer than motors found ...This story is related to the following:Carpet Extractors |
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