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Hermetic stem-seal

Arca Regler GmbH has invented a hermetic stem-seal designed for control and shutoff valves.

Hardide appoints

Hardide Coatings Ltd, a provider of surface engineering technology, has appointed Mr Mark Telford as Technical Sales Manager to drive the company’s sales in the international valve coatings market.

Digital plant architecture completed

Emerson Process Management has completed the installation and start-up of Plantweb digital plant architecture with Foundation Fieldbus technology on a fourth production line at Alexandria Carbon Black.

IMC buys EC

International Motion Control (IMC) has purchased Evolutionary Concepts (EC), located in San Dimas, California, USA.

New Apollo® ball valve repair site

After a detailed review, Conbraco Industries of North Carolina, USA, has formally qualified Adanac Valve Specialities Ltd of Suffolk, UK, as an authorized repair and modification facility for Conbraco Apollo® brand ball valves.

Atex approved 67 Series SS valves

The new Atex approved 67 Series of direct-acting solenoid valves from Midland-ACS has been developed for use in corrosive and hazardous environments in the petrochemical, process, chemical, oil, gas and food industries.

Truflo Group sold to IMI

Truflo Group Limited has been sold to international engineering group IMI plc.

Greece: refinery upgrade

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a FEED contract by Hellenic Petroleum SA for the upgrade of the Elefsina refinery in Greece.

VIP initiative

Yokogawa Electric Corp. and its group companies have launched the Vigilant Integration Partners (VIP) initiative, an open, non-exclusive, standards-based, and interoperability-driven partnership that enables Yokogawa customers to integrate field devices supplied by VIP member companies with the Centum series production control system and the PRM asset management system.

ESE shut-off valve

A new type of shutoff valve from ESE has a completely unobstructed flow channel without seals or metal in contact with the fluid, and with little or no pressure drop though the valve.