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Contrac rotary actuator

Suitable for applications such as dampers and butterfly valves, ABB's new Contrac intelligent electric modulating rotary actuator offers 90-degree rotary movement.

SPX acquires

SPX Corp. has completed its acquisition of APV, a global manufacturer of process equipment and engineered solutions primarily for the sanitary market.

Beswick ball valves

Beswick Engineering has released a series of miniature ball valves in standard shut-off (MBV-1010), 3-way diverting (MBVT-1010) and 3-way mixing diverting (MBVMD-1010) configurations.

Global completes ABZ stock purchase

Global Flow Technologies has announced that it has completed the stock purchase of ABZ Valve Co.

VTSA valve terminal

Festo has launched a highly configurable valve terminal, titled the VTSA valve terminal.

Midland hires Woloszyk

Midland Manufacturing, a North American company involved in railroad tank car safety valves and equipment, and a division of the OPW Fluid Transfer Group, has announced the hiring of Kevin Woloszyk as the company’s new Quality Assurance Manager.

Haydon Linear Rail System

Haydon Switch & Instrument Inc. has introduced its latest product line, Linear Rail Systems.

Tyco jumps on indoor ski slope project

Tyco Flow Control supplied valve technology for the recently opened Chill Factore, the UK's biggest indoor, real-snow Alpine ski village (590ft long and 328ft wide at the base).

SVP-3 solenoid valves

Omega Engineering's new SVP-3 solenoid valves feature a NAMUR interface and are suitable for piloting quarter-turn actuators on ball and butterfly valves.

Esholt WWTW upgrades with AUMA

AUMA electric actuators have been selected to be retrofitted at Yorkshire Water’s Esholt wastewater treatment works (WWTW) in the UK as part of a rebuild project.