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Valves on ice

Tönisvorst (part of the Arca Valve group) has delivered an order worth several hundred thousand euro to Tarkosal/North-West Siberian Lowland.

FCx Truflo wins contract for destroyers

A consortium led by FCx Truflo Marine has secured a major contract to supply actuated and manual valves on the new Type 45 Anti Air Warfare Destroyers being designed, engineered and built by BAE Systems for the UK Ministry of Defence.

Aker Maritime wins engineering contract

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has awarded Aker Maritime a contract for preliminary engineering for one deepwater platform, with an option for engineering of one additional platform.

Huge valves for Middle East gas plants

Severn Glocon (UK) has won an order for more than 400 valves to be delivered to a new gas processing plant in the Middle East.

IVS enters supply agreement

South Wales based Industrial Valve Services Ltd (IVS) has become the UK agent for Farris Safety Valves, handling the sales of new valves, spares, assembly and repair.

FCx wins valve order from Norwegian Frigates

FCx Truflo Marine has secured two contracts to supply motorised valves and high pressure air reducing stations to Izar's Ferrol shipyard in northern Spain.

Ball valves maintain zero leakage

Designed to exceed 100,000 cycles with zero leakage, Hoke 70/71 Series unidirectional ball valves have live-loaded seats that compensate for wear and temperature cycling to ensure leak-tight operation.

Valve adds new features to mobile equipment

Nordhydraulic's RSQ 240 is a valve designed for more efficient use of cranes and shows that the well-proven spool type mobile valve still has potential for further development.

Special Metals announces new appointments

Special Metals Welding Products Company, formerly Inco Alloys International Inc., has announced the following organisational changes.

Tecnimont to build chemical plant in Germany

Tecnimont, part of the Montedison Group, will build of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) facility with an annual capacity of 320,000 tons for Basell Poliolefine GmbH.