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.

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.

Featured Story – OMAL SpA supporting on-site industrial gas production

Industrial gas generation is a strongly evolving market which has received an additional boost following the accelerated demand for oxygen following the global pandemic.

Featured Story – Modest growth for the nuclear valve market

The nuclear valve market is expected to grow from $3 billion in 2021 to $5.3 billion in 2050.

Featured Story – The changing energy landscape

As the focus of global energy provision moves away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy, it is important for the entire energy supply chain to play a role.