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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.

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.