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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.

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Guide for valve materials

Val-Matic has developed and released a guide for the selection of materials used in valves. The guide covers the use of elastomers and metals in over 300 different chemical applications.

Vestflanken subsea contract

FMC Technologies has secured a USD 28 million EPC contract from Norsk Hydro to supply subsea systems for the Oseberg Vestflanken project in the North Sea.

RPV expands Kitz stock

RPV, the UK-based distributor for Kitz, has extended its stock of Kitz cast steel gate, globe, check valves to include sizes up to 36".

New product manager for Paladon

Paladon Systems Limited has appointed Mike Northwood as Product Manager – Positional Control Systems.

Support for HART field devices

Foxboro Automation Systems, a unit of Invensys, has introduced exciting Field Device Tool (FDT)-based software tools that open up important new HART capabilities for I/A Series system users.

Strahman upgrades registration

Strahman Valves, Inc. (Florham Park, New Jersey, USA) has announced its new upgraded ISO registration to ISO 9001:2000.

FCX names divisional manager

FCX International has announced the appointment of Bob Bowser as the new Managing Director for its Nuclear and Marine Valve division.

Zero-leak safety relief devices

Circor Instrumentation is now offering Circle Seal R5200 Series safety relief valves covering the temperature range -54°C to +204°C clearly CE-marked and fully certified to ensure compliance with the Pressure Equipment Directive.

Silicon tube pinch valves

Used extensively for microbiological sampling in the food, water, dairy and public health sectors, the Don Whitley Scientific automated spiral plater uses silicon tube pinch valves from Asco Scientific.

Load control valves meet new demands

Sterling Hydraulics has extended its range of load control valves.