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.

Power generation: no magic bullet

In an ideal world, the energy scarcity triggered by the war in Ukraine would serve as a wake-up call to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.

Equinor’s Digital Inventory: shapes of things to come

Additive manufacturing (AM) and creating a Digital Inventory are inextricably linked. If companies strive to adapt AM and reap its full benefits, they have to digitalize their inventories.

ARMATURY Group: Mission-critical valves for demanding applications and hydrogen

Since its founding in 2000, ARMATURY Group has evolved from a domestic producer to an international player, extending its reach throughout the European continent.

Dairy industry the place to be

Milk-based dairy products form one of the most stable and fundamental markets for various valve types, stainless steel and related accessories.

A-T Controls: the leader of valve manufacturing

Since its inception, A-T Controls has established an enviable reputation for its engineering expertise, quality service, and delivery of manual and automated engineered valves.

Meeting the highest standards for offshore oil and gas

As requirements for meeting the oil and gas industry standards have become stricter, materials manufacturers need to acknowledge early changes in the industry and adapt.

Modest growth for subsea valves

Current market conditions have resulted in a demand for subsea valves but the growth in this market will be determined by the comparative cost and availability of new oil and gas reserves.

Shell opens energy transition campus to collaborate on energy solutions

Shell has adopted the open innovation approach to address current challenges for the oil/gas/energy sector.

Offshore oil & gas: rising to the challenge

The offshore oil & gas sector is faced with several hard choices: chief among these is how to meet higher demand without exceeding emission reduction targets and how to manage the transition to renewables.

Molten salt reactors: Transforming testing and energy production

Nuclear energy is expected to play a key part in providing for future energy needs. To help further develop this energy source, new safer technology like molten salt reactors (MSRs) have been much explored in recent years.