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Swiss hydrogen plant

Vaasa Engineering Ltd of Vaasa, Finland, has received two further orders from AvestaPolarit Stainless Oy for the company's stainless steel plant in Tornio, Finland.

Transmark Dragon secures ChevronTexaco contract

Transmark Dragon secures ChevronTexaco contract Transmark Dragon Industrial has been awarded a supply contract with ChevronTexaco for its Pembroke Refinery.

Greek refinery expansion

Technip has been awarded by Motor Oil Hellas SA a lump-sum turn-key contract for the addition of new process units and utilities at their refinery in Corinth, Greece.

Aker Kvaerner awarded contract for BP

Aker Kvaerner has won a new subsea managed service contract for the development of BP's West of Shetland projects.

News sales manager at Emerson Process

Emerson Process Management’s Valve Automation Division has announced that Karl Klopfenstein has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager.

Metso to supply paper line to Changshu in China

Metso Paper will supply a large papermaking line to UPM-Kymmene (Changshu) Paper Industry Co. Ltd., in China.

Cutting maintenance time and costs

The 847Q lugged butterfly valve is the latest addition to the 800 Series of Teflon-seated valves from Tomoe Valve.

Pinch valves with magnetic position sensing

Acro Associates' pneumatically operated Pinch valves, Model 932, are available with the only sensing technology developed specifically for use in pinch valves, Magnetic Position Sensing (MPS).

Manifold to monitor and control electrolyte flow

Burkert Fluid Control Systems has supplied manifolds, sensors and valves to Paralloy (UK) to control the delivery of liquid electrolyte to two electro-chemical machining (ECM) units that are used to machine internal bore profiles in cast nickel alloy furnace tubes produced at the company plant at Billingham.

Spanish nuclear modernisation

Westinghouse Electric Company will supply AIE Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo in Spain with turbine and reactor control systems, based on OVATION digital technology, for the Almaraz nuclear units 1 & 2.