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The European Sealing Association held the 1st European Conference on Controlling Fugitive Emissions from Valves, Pumps and Flanges in Antwerp in mid October. Sponsored and oganised by the BHR Group Ltd, it ran over two days and was the forum for the presentation and discussion of a range of papers relating to environmental legislation, end user experience with leaks, technological developments, and emissions measurement techniques.
Dr Cyril Latty, Chairman of the European Sealing Association, opened the conference by addressing once again the importance of industry's efforts to improve its impact on the environment, and by recalling the incidents of the space shuttle disaster, 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl as catastrophic and graphic examples of the damage caused by leaks. The goal, he felt, is to provide more efficient and higher value products and services to the customers, and to provide the most cost effective solutions to sealing challenges, to the long term benefit of plant reliability, safety and the environment.
Paul Gray, from the European Commission, introduced himself as the man who had changed carrots into fruit, in the effort to secure EU acceptance for "Carrot Jam" on behalf of the Portugese. He began the first session, providing an introduction to environmental and legislation issues. Between 1994 and 1998, he said, the EC is raising
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