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Stork sells Industrial Components

Stork NV, Neways Electronics International NV and VDL Groep BV have signed a Letter of Intent for the sale of the operating companies Stork Electronics and Stork Industrial Modules to respectively Neways and VDL Group.

Surge-skid systems for pipeline company

SPX Corporation has announced that its Valves and Controls business has been awarded a USD 6.7 million contract to supply an European pipeline company with surge-skid systems, including Dan Flo brand valves, for 10 pipeline stations.

OMB awarded Sakhalin II LNG package

The joint venture of Chiyoda and Toyo Engineering, together with their Russian partner companies, the KhimEnergo Consortium and NIPIgaspererabotka, has awarded OMB Valves the order to supply all forged steel valves for the Sakhalin II Liquefied Natural Gas plant.

Reducing fuel consumption

A lightweight valve made from a nickel alloy has won first prize in the "Steel in Research and Development" category of the 2003 Steel Innovation Prize.

Slide valves suit cement and abrasives

RotaVal is now marketing a new range of slide valves designed for heavy duty and abrasive handling conditions.

Severe service needle valves

Enhancing their already extensive range of instrument needle valves, Oliver Valves now has a family of power industry and steam plant valves to ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code.

Actuators for UK gas upgrade

Rotork has been awarded phased contracts to install new electric actuators on an approximate total of 300 valves during a modernisation and upgrade programme at the National Grid Transco (NGT) gas terminal at Bacton in Norfolk, UK.

Vegetable oil plant uses fieldbus technology

A Danish food processor has been using PlantWeb digital plant architecture for a new vegetable oil plant in order to benefit from fieldbus technology, fast commissioning and high operator functionality

Protecting oilfield valves

Weld overlay cladding specialist Arc Energy Resources has applied a coating of corrosion-resistant alloy for A. Finkl & Sons, to protect a brand new oilfield valve and refurbish an old one.

Dutch hydrogen power plant

Akzo Nobel and NedStack, producer and developer of fuel cells, are investigating the feasibility of a power plant based on fuel cells.