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Alstom wins second Kosovan power contract

An Alstom-led consortium has won a EUR 38 million contract to refurbish both units of the fire-damaged Kosovo B power plant for Kosovan utility Korporata Energjetike e Kosoves (KEK).

FCx wins Conoco Belanak order

FCx Thompson Valves has won a contract to supply its advanced Maxseal and IVP products for Conoco's Belanak floating production, storage and off-loading facility.

Tyco valves for resin plant

A large supplier of unsaturated polyester resins has equipped its new gel coat manufacturing facility in Norway with a Tyco valve and actuation package.

Heineken chooses Tyco valves

A large soft drinks manufacturer has selected Tyco Valves & Controls equipment for an extension to its factory.

BSS includes Ballofix range

BSS has enhanced its product portfolio to include the latest offering from Broen Valves, Ballofix press ball valves for crimp systems.

Emerson named top supplier in 28 categories

Emerson Process Management has been voted supplier of the best process management technologies in a record 28 automation categories in the 11th annual Control magazine Readers' Choice Awards.

Emergency shut-off valves

The AMOT Controls 4261/4262 range of diesel engine emergency intake air shutoff valves has been extended up to a 10” size, allowing the company's SpeedTrap engine runaway prevention system to protect the latest larger engine designs.

Valve-position monitoring

IFM Electronic offers a large range of inductive proximity switches for valve-position monitoring applications.

Feeder sorts without looking

Elscint Automation has developed a special type of vibratory bowl feeder for the segregating of assembled and semi-assembled radiator valves without the need of a costly vision system.

Joint operation in India

BG, India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Reliance Industries have agreed to jointly operate the Panna-Mukta and Tapti oil and gas fields, ending a row over who would manage the highly-profitable fields.