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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.

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.

Flowmeters for the energy sector

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

Order for Rotork valve actuators

Rotork Fluid Systems heavy-duty pneumatic valve actuators have been ordered for the first "next generation" upgrading plant for the processing of bitumen and heavy oils.

Severn Unival appoints

Steve Biddle, a control valve specialist with more than twenty years' experience in the oil and gas industries, has been appointed Regional Operations Manager for Scotland, with responsibility for Severn Unival's important workshop facilities at Aberdeen and Grangemouth.

MGV15-3000 valve

NLB Corp. has launched its MGV15-3000, a multi-gun valve for high-pressure water jetting that operates at high flow and can be repaired in the field in less than 5 minutes.