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KSB receives butterfly valve order

At the beginning of November 2006 the KSB Group received an order for valves amounting to roughly EUR 17 million.

Flowserve Center in Germany

Flowserve Corp. has announced the opening of a new administrative headquarters for its Flow Solutions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMA) operations.

Underwater Christmas tree

The first of a total of 14 Christmas trees, supplied by FMC Kongsberg, for the Ormen Lange project was positioned in the week of 20 November at a depth of 850m in the Norwegian Sea.

NemoteQ 8Nm actuator

New from Slaney Direct, the NemoteQ 8Nm spring return damper actuator NAFA-08(S)Nm Series is designed for applications in HVAC, or light industry and telecommunications.

New Astec factory

Astec has announced that the official opening of its new factory in Mumbai to be 1 January 2007.

Spirax Sarco SV615 range upgraded

The Spirax Sarco SV615 range of safety valves for over-pressure protection in steam, gas and liquid applications has been upgraded.

Egypt: gas processing train

Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded an additional lump sum EPC scope by Khalda Petroleum Co. (KPC) to build its fourth gas processing train at Salam area in Egypt's Western Desert.

Pneumatic Valve Actuation course

The popular K Controls e-training course Pneumatic Valve Actuation is now available free of charge to qualifying engineers working in the process industries.

Turnkey actuation retrofit completed

Rotork Australia has completed a comprehensive “turnkey” actuation retrofit project to improve flood capacity at a water supply reservoir in central Victoria.

Severn Unival marketing agreement

Control valve aftermarket service company Severn Unival has signed an agreement to market and distribute the Softek Profiler PC-based valve diagnostic hardware and software system.