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Parker elects president

The Board of Directors of Parker Hannifin Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, USA, has elected Tom Williams to the position of vice president and president of the Instrumentation group, effective immediately.

Alternative fuel service ball valves

Swagelok Co., Solon, Ohio, USA, introduces its new high- pressure, high-flow alternative fuel service ball valves.

CPX-terminal uses CC-Link fieldbuses

The new Festo CPX-terminal has been designed for flexible connection of pneumatic and electrical control loop systems to automation systems.

Diaphragm valves

A new range of diaphragm valves from Geeplus uses simple on/off control and is suitable to handling high volume air flow in low pressure systems.

Material valves bound for Brazil

Spanish industrial valve manufacturer Lazaro Ituarte Internacional has won a contract to supply special material valves for a project in Brazil.

Instrumentation manifold

Parker Instrumentation, Barnstaple, UK, has developed an instrumentation manifold for BP’s Grangemouth oil and gas complex.

Valves for salt separation

A recent order for 150 3" butterfly valves from Advanced Valve Technology (AVT) based in the UK, will be used for Salt Separation Services (SSS).

Actuators for boats

New linear actuators are available that provide boat and other marine equipment manufacturers with an alternative source of push-pull power.

Four-way valves

The new GS04 57 four way valve is a high flow version of Sterling Hydraulics’ G04 57 valve.

UK: LNG import terminal

South Hook LNG Terminal Co., The Woodlands, Texas, USA, has awarded CB&I a lump-sum turnkey contract for Phase II of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal to be built near Milford Haven, Wales, UK.