Featured Story

Our Featured articles are long reads that require more reading time than our news articles. In this section, you can find our cover stories, compelling content featuring prominent manufacturers, end-user interview with valve experts around the world, in-depth technical articles and interesting project reports from various industries, ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to power generation, pharmaceuticals and food and beverage industries.

Advantage India as green hydrogen paves the way for a sustainable future

Green fuels are touted as the best way forward to address global warming and extreme climate changes.

Merger of Valmet and Neles: Forward together from a stronger base

“Over the years, Neles and its predecessors have developed capabilities that position us as a best-in-class player in our field.

Future trends in control valves

Control valves had their heydays in the 1960s. Valve types designed in this decade account for around 80 per cent of all control valves sold today.

CCS: not a panacea but instrumental in mitigating CO2 emissions

Carbon capture and storage has emerged as one of the key technologies to mitigate CO2 emissions.

Additive manufacturing: opportunities and challenges

New technologies, such as additive manufacturing, are an essential element in the development of new, innovative products and product parts.

BTX: Matching supply and demand in novel ways

Benzene, toluene and xylenes find their way in an array of higher-value consumer products. BTX, being byproducts from petroleum refining, is also plagued by occasional mismatches in supply and demand, leading to price volatility. However, there are technologies for dedicated BTX-production.

Featured Story – Titanium capping valves for India’s first bio-refinery

Staff at Velan in India are as pleased as punch to have successfully completed an order for six digestor capping valves for India’s first bio-refinery.

KITZ: changing the flow

KITZ announced its vision and course for the near future. It wants to increase its focus on renewable energies and emerging business sectors.

Featured Story – Valve trends in the global water and wastewater industry

The growing demand for water is mainly driven by population growth, which stimulates water consumption in various ways: as drinking water but also in agriculture, industry and power generation.

Featured Story – Intelligent pressure control

Water leakage and burst pipes are mainly the cause of overpressure. The higher the pressure, the more water is pushed through leaks in the pipes.