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FCX at naval expo

FCX, the specialist global distributor and manufacturer of valves, instrumentation and related flow control products, will be exhibiting at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris on 25-29 October.

Contract between BP and Aker Kvaerner

Aker Kvaerner Netherlands BV has received a letter of intent to perform EPCm services for BP Petrochemical and Refining sites in Germany.

Safety interlocks for the Buzzard

Smith Flow Control has been awarded the contract to supply safety interlocks for the Buzzard field development in the North Sea operated by EnCana (UK) Limited.

Valves switch high flows

Where three-way switching is required, a series of four port, three way directional valves are capable of switching high flows of up to 85 litre/min.

Valves for Scottish oil terminal

UFB (Process Control Solutions) has completed the supply of 150 bellows seal gate valves for installation in the steam system at the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal on Shetland.

Appointments at Crane

Crane Electronics, a specialist in torque control and management products, has appointed David Fray as UK Sales Manager.

Scarf joints for better sealing

The new Packing Ring Cutter from James Walker aims to remove the guesswork from producing neatly scarf-cut lengths of compression packing to form rings of precisely the correct size for sealing gland housings of pumps and valves.

Sterling three-way valves

Sterling Hydraulics claims its new N04 series of four-port three-way directional valves are capable of switching high flows of up to 85 litre/min.

Iraqi power: German group wins contract

The German engineering firm Elbe Maschinenbau has been awarded a contract by Iraq's Ministry of Electricity to build three power plants serving the Baghdad area of Iraq.

Actuators for Welsh water plant

Rotork is supplying a water treatment project in an area west of Wrexham, north Wales, UK, aimed at improving the water supply from the Dee Valley Water Plc.