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VAX valve

Assured Automation has announced a new line of VAX valves for applications that require fast actuation, and strict durability and reliability.

Valve actuation upgrade complete

Rotork IQ and IQT range intelligent electric valve actuators have been installed as part of a multi-million pound upgrade and modernisation programme awarded to Interserve Project Services at one of the Severn Trent Water Treatment Works.

EH5 electric actuator

KZCO Inc., a manufacturer of motorized ball and butterfly valves for 32 years, has introduced their new EH5 electric actuator.

New Veolia website

Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies (VWS) has launched a new website focused on water and wastewater expertise and solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.

Weir Valves & Controls relocates

Weir Valves & Controls USA has moved to a new facility in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

AVK UK to reduce carbon footprint

The production arm of valves and fittings specialist AVK UK, Aqua-Gas Manufacturing, is taking early action to reduce its (and its customers) carbon footprint.

Hi Flow Valves Ltd appoints

Hi Flow Valves Ltd, a stockist and distributor of industrial control valves has announced the appointment of Lee Vincent as General Manager for their Mildenhall-based operations.

Fire protection cabinets for valves

Intertec is supplying over 100 fire protection cabinets to support Emerson Process Management's instrumentation solution for the new hydrocracker complex at the Kirishi oil refinery near St Petersburg, Russia.

Auma relieves decant weir challenges

Actuator suppliers for Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) decant weir applications are often challenged by consistently high mechanical loads.

Water transmission contract

Abu Dhabi-based Lindenberg Emirates has announced that it has won a USD 157 million water transmission contract from the Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Co., a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority.