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Strong, temperature-resistant seals

Parker Hannifin’s Seal Group now offers sealing products in carboxylated HNBR, a material that combines the temperature resistance of highly saturated nitrile (HNBR) with the durability of carboxylated nitrile (XNBR).

Two-piece ball valve

Parker Instrumentation has launched a ball valve range made of 316 stainless steel.

High-pressure valves extend operation

Haskel/Butech high-pressure valves, fittings and tubing systems are available with valve packing and stuffing box options.

Flow control for compressed natural gas

FCX Thompson Valves has launched two flow-control products for applications involving compressed natural gas and compressed air

Worcester and Norbro achieve SIL 3

Worcester valves and Norbro actuators from Flowserve Flow Control have received third-party approval to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) rating 3 from BASEEFA under the IEC616508 safety systems standard.

Foster wins UK chemical contract

Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd has been awarded a five-year Long Term Agreement (LTA) for ExxonMobil project work in Europe including projects at ExxonMobil’s integrated refinery and chemical plant, Fawley (Southampton, UK).

Clean power and hydrogen plant

Eight US electric utilities and coal companies have announced the formation of an alliance for the creation of a near zero-emission power plant and hydrogen production facility.

Algerian gas turbine

Alstom has won a contract for a GT10B industrial gas turbine for mechanical drive application.

KSB creates 38 jobs

Thirty-eight former Pörringer + Schindler GmbH employees are set to join KSB’s valve production facility in Lünen at the beginning of May.

New from Omnifit and Bio-Chem

Omnifit and Bio-Chem Valve will be showcasing their Complete Fluid System Solutions™ capabilities at this year’s Analytica trade fair in Munich (11–14 May 2004).