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Solenoid valves for micro-dispensing

Lee Products has launched a new range of high-speed micro-dispense valves designed for applications which require small, reliable and repeatable dispense volumes, such as inkjet printing and microbiological dispensing.

Model 760 Valve Positioner

The Siemens 760 Valve Positioner now features a new, lower profile enclosure that is much more compact, lighter in weight, and easier to instal than older models.

India boosts refinery capacity

India's state-owned refining and marketing firm Bharat Petroleum Corp. plans to expand the capacity of its Bombay refinery to 12 million metric tons a year from 6.90 million tons by October 2004.

Manifold compactness

Parker Instrumentation has released a new style of double-block-and-bleed manifold, based on a one-piece construction that aims to eliminate numerous potential leak paths compared with traditional assemblies.

Crane Valves appoints sales director

Crane Valves North America (CVNA) has appointed Ted Corvaia as Director of Sales Industrial Products at CVNA.

Solent & Pratt win contract

Solent & Pratt has been awarded a contract by Novaspect Specialty Products of Chicago Illinois to provide high performance butterfly valves and actuators for the Upgrade Jet Engine Air Induction System Phase IV at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee.

Shanghai chemical project

China's Cabinet, the State Council, has approved the feasibility study of a Sino-foreign chemical complex to be built in Shanghai.

Valves for In Salah

Italian valve specialist FCX Orton, in partnership with British partner HSP, have secured a major order to supply a complete range of valves for the In Salah gas plant in Algeria.

German paper mill

Metso Paper has signed the final contract for pulping system in Zellstoff Stendal GmbH greenfield kraft pulp mill in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, with the main contractor, RWE Industrie-Lösungen GmbH.

US salt waste processing facility

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a salt waste processing facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.