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Miniature valves for robot hands

Lee Products (USA) and London based Shadow Robot Co. are breaking new ground in advanced robotic systems.

Cesare Bonetti SpA centenary

Cesare Bonetti SpA is celebrating 100 years from its foundation.

Zy-Tech acquires valve supplier

Zy-Tech Global Industries has acquired a majority stake in South Africa’s Valvestock Ltd, a valve distributor based in Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa.

MTL fieldbus surge solutions approved

Emerson(USA) has approved the MTL Surge Technologies Fieldbus protector range, which consists of the TP32 and the FP32, for use in its fieldbus solutions.

Thermoplastics in valves

Italy-based Fluorten chose Victrex PEEK, a thermoplastics, for over-molding the steel core of a cone valve used to process tomato paste.

Compact valve for control

Pump Engineering introduces the Badger Meter RC 860 control valve combining modulating control at medium to low flow rates with automated process control.

Pageboy HD14 hand pump

Pump engineering (UK) introduces its new Pageboy HD14 pump.

UK: biomass boiler contract

Foster Wheeler Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda, has announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd has been awarded a USD 53 million contract by SembCorp Utilities UK Ltd.

25mm Pro-Bloc manifold

Parker Instrumentation, Barnstaple, UK, has launched a 25mm version of its Pro-Bloc one-piece double-block-and-bleed manifold.

Argentina: valve upgrade

AUMA’s new modular electric valve actuators were chosen to upgrade Celulosa Argentina’s two industrial plants, which use white-washed eucalyptus Kraft cellulose extracted from renewable forests as raw material to produce printing and writing grade paper.