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    Stuffing box gasket

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    The company ARCA Regler GmbH (Tönisvorst, Germany) has been granted a patent for a method of tightening a stuffing box gasket for control valves.

    IOC to invest in naphtha cracker

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    Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is planning to invest Rs 7000 crore in setting up a naphtha cracker complex by 2006–7.

    New co-ax valve

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    Springer co-ax inc. has introduced an entry-level version of its coaxial straight-through valve with integral actuator.

    Modular valve manifolds use compact units

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    Automation specialist Festo has extended its range of high-performance miniaturised products with the introduction of new "Smart Cubic" modular valve manifolds (CPA-SC).

    PPE seal production facility

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    UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw recently opened the new GBP 2 million Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd (PPE) factory in Blackburn, Lancashire.

    Position indicator systems

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    Oliver Valvetek, world leaders in Subsea Valve Technology, are seeing an increase in demand for remote mounted multi-turn valves and equipment with panel mounted ROV receptacles and position indicator systems.

    Rotork wins praise from Corus

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    Rotork's performance throughout a valve actuation retrofit project on the Gas Booster Station at the giant Corus Scunthorpe Steel Works has been praised by the project manager.

    Modular valve manifolds save assembly space

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    Smart Cubic modular valve manifolds (CPA-SC) are aimed primarily at semiconductor, electrical and light mechanical assembly applications.

    CD-ROM for sizing control valves

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    Schubert & Salzer has produced a new CD-ROM to assist end-users in choosing the correct control valve from their range of products.

    ERG Raffinerie Mediterranee SRL

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    ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) has announced that ERG Raffinerie Mediterranee SRL has selected EMRE's GO-fining(1) technology to hydrotreat the feed to their Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC).
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