News

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Manually operated butterfly valves

Dwyer Instruments introduces its new Series BFV Butterfly valves.

Nuclear-grade gate and check valves

Flowserve’s new nuclear-grade gate, globe and check valves are capable of handling high temperature/high pressure, erosive slurries, cryogenic, corrosive, and other severe services.

Optiflux electromagnetic flow-meters

Krohne’s introduces its new Optiflux electromagnetic flow-meters.

CRP check valves

The new STCV check valve from CRP Flex-Rite comes with a fully PFA encapsulated one-piece disc/hinge assembly.

Pipeline joints for gas expansion

Viking Johnson AquaGrips is helping to create a facility that will provide additional gas storage for the UK energy industry.

Valve demand to reach USD 66 billion

According to the Freedonia Group, the world demand for industrial valves is forecast to increase 5.4% per year through 2009 (including price increases) to USD 66 billion.

Invensys to protect nuclear plant

Invensys Nuclear is to supply four safety controllers to the Rovno nuclear power plant at Kuznetsovsk in Ukraine, after it was awarded a contract by DICS Intertrade.

Festo pneumatic valve actuator range

The new Festo range of pneumatic valve actuators includes rotary and linear actuators, ball valves, position sensors and local controllers, suitable for process industries and water/wastewater treatment.

Auma recruits

New recruit Larry Jones joins the service team at Auma UK to support a rapidly expanding user base.

Vacuum gauge

Beswick has released its new vacuum gauge. It is provided with a dual scale for indication of vacuum ranging from 0 to -1bar.