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Major pipeline contract for Rotork

The recently commissioned USD 4 billion BTC (Baku-Thilisi-Ceyhan) pipeline heralds a new era of crude oil supply by linking the oilfields of the Caspian Sea, the world’s third largest reserve, with the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.

New MegaMix three-port mixing valve

The Armstrong Hot Water Group has released the MegaMix electronically actuated three-port mixing valve for process water temperature control applications.

Butterfly valves pass new fire test

Bray Controls' Bray/McCannalok Series 40 butterfly valves have passed the new BS EN ISO10497:2004 Second Edition fire test with zero leakage, both through-seat and externally.

Micropumps and valves

Alps Electric has developed a range of micropumps and microvalves for fuel cell systems.

PID valve controllers

Amot has introduced its new stand-alone electric PID valve controllers in panel mounting or complete control panel formats designed for fully configurable operation with installation, setup and maintenance, along with advanced solid state relays.

OMB Valves chooses Cincom solution

Cincom has announced that it has signed a new contract with OMB Valves for the supply of the Cincom Sales Configuration solution and related services.

New concens linear actuators range

Motion Control Products (MCP) has a new range of linear actuators and controllers from concens.

India: turnkey contract

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has announced that it has won a turnkey contract from Damodar Valley Corp. to set up two 500MW units at Mejia thermal power station in West Bengal.

Butterfly valves for ethanol plant

Sure Seal Inc. has been awarded the contract to supply high performance butterfly valves to the first ethanol plant to be built in Arizona, USA.

Orifice gate valve

A new orifice gate valve for dry bulk solids handling has made two major advances. In one single modular design the valves have been specifically designed for solids handling applications.