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Actuated valves extended programme

KSB will present its extended programme of actuated, soft-seated valves for building services at this year’s ISH (6 to 10 March 2007) in Frankfurt, Germany.

SIPOS solar system

An actuator technology initiative from SIPOS has responded to the growing demand to provide remote application solutions and to use green technology.

New Tyco marketing leadership unveiled

Tyco Flow Control has unveiled their new Americas Marketing Leadership team, which includes functional responsibility for industry and product strategy for the entire Americas region.

Hamilton Sundstrand acquires PECC

Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has acquired Precision Engine Controls Corp. (PECC), a designer and manufacturer of industrial and marine engine controls and services.

Saudi Arabia: petrochemicals complex

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management consultancy (PMC) services contract by Osos Petrochemicals Co. for a planned petrochemicals complex to produce polybutylene terephthalate at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

Axium hygienic SS components

Axium Process, stainless steel fabricators and manufacturers of a range of filters and sample valves for the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries, now stocks a comprehensive range of hygienic stainless steel process equipment including tank manways, valves, sprayballs, sightglasses, flanges, tube and plain ended fittings, as well as complete unions in RJT, DIN, SMS, IDF and Clamp.

Rotork receives valve actuator award

Wessex Water’s first formal framework agreement for electric valve actuators has been awarded to Rotork Controls Ltd.

310/410 Series valves

Humphrey’s new 310/410 Series valves are 1/8" ported three- and four-way direct-acting solenoid devices designed to meet a variety of pneumatic applications.

Halifax Harbour restoration

By 2010, three sewage treatment plants, made almost entirely of stainless steel, will help to restore Halifax harbour (Nova Scotia, Canada) to its original purity.

Indian exploration acreage awarded

The Government of India has announced that Santos has secured two offshore deepwater exploration licences in the Bay of Bengal, with a commitment to an eight-year USD 70 million work program.