News

Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.

If you wish to include your news items and press releases in our publication, email newsletter or on our website and email newsletter, please feel free to contact the editor.

Nigeria: Agbami development

Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd (an affiliate of Chevron Corp.) has awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract of USD 800 million, for the Agbami field development, located offshore Nigeria in about 1,550m water depth.

Process pneumatic valve actuators

Festo has chosen IWEX 2005 as the UK launch venue for a comprehensive range of pneumatic valve actuators and associated components for the process industry.

SS float valve

Keraflo (UK) has now offers its Aylesbury float valve in stainless steel.

6th edition actuators catalogue

Two new publications from Geeplus Europe provide designers with almost 150 pages of electromechanical motion control solutions.

Pembroke refinery renewal contract

An agreement between Tyco Valves and Controls and Chevron Texaco to manage the performance of pressure relief valves at ChevronTexaco’s Pembrokeshire oil refinery has improved valve reliability on site and increased the intervals between valve servicing by two-thirds.

Saudi Arabia: Khurais project

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its UK subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd has been awarded a front-end engineering (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Khurais full-field development in Saudi Arabia.

Parker Hannifin Corp. acquires Hanil

Parker Hannifin Corp. has announced it has acquired Hanil Hydraulics Co., Ltd, a Korean-based maker of hydraulic valves used in construction equipment applications.

New proportional valve manifolds

Norgren, a motion and fluid control company, has introduced a new manifold for use with its Watson Smith series of VP12 miniature proportional valves.

FCX appoints new management

Global flow control group FCX has announced two new key management appointments. Yves Cuyvers has been appointed Director and General Manager of IMF with immediate effect.

Manifold-mounted pivot valves

Bio-Chem Valve has introduced a more compact version of its inert, solenoid-operated pivot valve for controlling high purity or aggressive fluids.