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Valves are a good fit for textile dyeing

A British company has found that its efforts to cost-engineer its dyeing machines with the help of Burkert Fluid Control Systems have led to an overwhelming success overseas.

Velan and McJunkin team together

Velan Inc. and McJunkin Corporation, North America's leading distributor of industrial pipe, valves and fittings have established a distribution arrangement for cast carbon, stainless and alloy steel gate, globe and check valves across the United States, with the exception of the Gulf Coast.

Swagelok pioneers e-solutions

Swagelok Company has recently earned independent recognition for pioneering innovative, reliable solutions on the web.

Plastic pneumatic actuator

Swagelok has announced that its patented DR series radial diaphragm valve is now available with a polyethersulfone (PES) actuator, which it claims offers excellent resistance to caustic wash-down.

Crane reorganises

Crane Valves North America has recently announced a number of organisational moves.

SSF to exhibit at Valve World

As a long-standing supplier to the valve industry world-wide, Stainless Steel Fasteners will once again be exhibiting at Valve World 2002.

Rotork sells actuators to Indian refinery

Rotork intelligent electric valve actuators have been ordered for the new pipeline distribution network being built for the giant Reliance Oil refinery at Jamnagar on the west coast of India.

Remote Control gains PED approval

Remote Control Sweden AB is now certified by Det Norske Veritas to CE-mark pneumatic actuators according to the norms of PED (97/23/EG).

Cryogenic gas train

Technip-Coflexip has won a lump-sum, turn-key contract from a joint venture of Enterprise Products Partners LP and Marathon Oil Co. for the engineering, procurement, construction, and start up of a 350 MMscfd cryogenic gas processing train at the Neptune gas processing plant near Morgan City, Louisiana, USA.

Scottish Water orders stainless filter

PUK have obtained an order to manufacture for Scottish Water a stainless steel filter packaged unit comprising two inlet rotating drum filters from their new range of fully automatic micro filtration machines.