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Angled bodied valve

The new ASAST series of 316 stainless steel valves from Alcon is designed for water, steam and corrosive fluid applications.

Pump testing facility

CDR Pumps has recently commissioned a new EUR 350,000 pump testing facility at its European manufacturing headquarters in Milan, Italy.

Fieldbus whitepaper

The new “Introduction to Fieldbus” white paper, from Moore Industries International, explains, in terms any engineer, technician or operator can understand, how fieldbus works.

New redesigned Oliver Group website

The Oliver Group, comprising Oliver Valves, Oliver Valvetek and Oliver Twinsafe are has announced the launch of their new redesigned website - www.valves.co.uk.

DD Library

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the release of Device Description (DD) Library Version 3.1, a standardized source code resource designed to make it easier for developers to build Device Descriptions (DDs) for new Foundation-based instrumentation.

SS forging billet increase

Sandvik Materials Technology in the UK is significantly increasing its supply capability for stainless steel forging billets.

Econosto valves for a historic ship

HMS Clyde, the first complete ship to be built in Portsmouth’s Naval Base for nearly 40 years, has been constructed using around GBP 200,000 worth of valves supplied by Leicester-based valve specialist Econosto UK Ltd.

Mixproof tank bottom valve expansion

New advantages and application options are now available with the expanded valve size range for the mixproof Varivent® tank bottom valves type T_R, from Tuchenhagen.

UAE: Foster Wheeler wins contract

Foster Wheeler International Corp (Abu Dhabi branch) has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) for the Sahil, Asab and Shah (SAS) oilfield development project in the United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia: Wood wins contract

Wood Group Pressure Control (WGPC) has scooped two contracts from Saudi Aramco for the long-term supply of wellhead assemblies and valves.