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AWWA C515 Gate valves

Danfoss Flomatic Corp. has introduced their new AWWA C515 Gate valves.

Process solution specialist appointed

Parker Instrumentation has appointed Aberdeen Fluid System Technologies as a process specialist in Scotland, to configure and provide application-specific solutions for connecting to process lines.

New Red Valve and Tideflex websites

Red Valve Co. and Tideflex Technologies have announced their newly redesigned websites that have become available for viewing at www.redvalve.com and www.tideflex.com.

E290 valves

The new E290 range of valves from Asco Joucomatic have a bronze or stainless steel body, various pilot options, high viscosity and 32-125mm operators.

Richards Industries sold

Hydroelectric project

Mexican state-owned power company CFE Comision Federal de Electricidad (Federal Electricity Commission) has awarded the construction of the 750MW La Yesca hydroelectric project on the Santiago River in Mexico’s Jalisco and Nayarit states to a consortium composed of the Mexican engineering firm Empresas ICA S.A.

Anti-siphon valves

Rain Bird's new Jar Top Series Anti-Siphon Valves (JTVF-AVB) for residential and light commercial applications combine convenient, tool-free access with backflow prevention in one valve unit.

Weir to increase nuclear valve capacity

Weir Valves & Controls USA (WVC USA) has completed the purchase of a new building to house its nuclear valve engineering and manufacturing centre.

Flowmeters for the energy sector

Katronic Technologies Ltd now offers its KATflow 220 or KATflow 120.

Methane gas plant

The city of Murray, Utah, USA, has recently inked a contract to build another methane gas plant at the Trans-Jordan Landfill.