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Millipore NovAseptic valves

Millipore Corp. has announced the launch of aseptic valves for pharmaceutical use now available with PTFE diaphragms.

Valve deal for Honeywell

Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd (HDEC) has awarded Honeywell a USD 9.1-million deal to provide control valves for the new integrated Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant at Ras Laffan, Qatar, in a partnership between Qatar Shell GTL Ltd and Qatar Petroleum.

SI range actuators for gas supply project

Rotork Skilmatic SI range intelligent electro-hydraulic valve actuators have been installed on a natural gas supply improvement project in Ireland.

Froth treatment plant

Williams Valves has announced a contract with SNC Lavalin in the construction of a Froth treatment plant for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNRL).

CPV10 Ex-I valve terminal

Festo has launched an intrinsically safe version of its popular CPV10 valve terminal. Known as the CPV10 Ex-i, the new model is designed specifically for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, in accordance with ATEX equipment category 2 (Gas Zone 1).

Intelligent gas flow control valve

Severn Trent Services has introduced the Capital Controls® Series 70CV3000 Chloromatic(TM) 3000 Intelligent gas flow control valve, a wall-mounted system designed for automatic control of chemical feed in water or wastewater applications.

NSF-approved plastic valves

Norgren Buschjost has developed its 84080 series of NSF 42 and NSF 61 section 9 approved plastic valves for drinking water systems.

Dixon hose and coupling solutions

Dixon Group Europe, part of the Dixon Valve & Couplings Co. USA, offers a complete range of hose and couplings solutions to meet the stringent requirements of the offshore oil & gas industry.

Algae-based transportation fuels

algaeChevron Corp.

Parker acquires

Parker Hannifin Corp. has announced that it has acquired Kay Pneumatics Ltd, a manufacturer of pneumatic valves, cylinders and precision electro-pneumatic control systems for transportation, semi-conductor, medical and general industrial markets.