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Renewable energy generating facility

PPL Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of PPL Corp., will develop and install a 6.4MW methane-to-electricity power generation system at the Community Refuse Service Landfill in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Control valves continue forward

According to a study by ARC Advisory Group, the worldwide control valve market experienced double-digit growth in 2006 and is expected to continue to grow at a compounded annual growth rate exceeding 5% over the next five years.

NPCC and Technip win EPC contract

The National Petroleum Construction Co. and Technip have jointly won a USD 370 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. to expand gas processing facilities at Lower and Upper Zakum Fields in Abu Dhabi.

ARI Armaturen UK fills valve order

ARI Armaturen UK Ltd has recently supplied manual isolation, flow control and safety valves to a float line glass-making project in Russia.

Miniature direct-acting solenoid valves

Parker Hannifin has released a new range of miniature direct-acting solenoid valves that has been developed to increase the performance and reduce the maintenance requirements of a wide range of compact pneumatic applications.

High-speed Extrak actuators

The newly designed Extrak actuators enable speeds of up to 1.6m/s to be achieved using Exlar's linear guide rails and speeds of up to 5m/s when Exlar's roller guide system is employed.

FloXpress offers 3D CAD software

Flomerics has announced that its FloXpress flow simulation software is fully embedded within SolidWorks® 2008 3D CAD software and is available free of charge to all SolidWorks 2008 users.

Rising demand for DN 600 valves

ARCA Regler GmbH, Tönisvorst, Germany has extended its unit construction system with valves of DN 600, that are now also available in cast design.

Sleeve valves for reservoirs

Rotork electric actuators have been specified within the terms of the company’s framework agreement with Thames Water to operate two very large and highly specialised sleeve valves for critical safety-related duties at one of London’s main reservoirs.

A-120 check valve series

Midland Manufacturing, a division of OPW Fluid transfer Group, has designed its A-120 Series of float style excess flow check valves to meet the stringent safety standards established by transport companies in the handling of chlorine.