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Small hydraulic valve

A new scaled-down proportional spool valve from Koppen + Lethem offers more than 50litre/min at 420bar and features the same functionality as larger models.

Actuators for small valves

Valve actuation specialist Rotork has launched a brand new range of compact, direct drive quarter-turn electric actuators for the inexpensive motorisation of small ball and butterfly valves, dampers and louvres.

Afghan oil and gas

Russian energy companies have agreed to help rebuild Afghanistan's devastated oil and gas industries.

Single electronic unit covers all valves

ASi-EVA family automation specialist Festo (UK) has released its newest generation of AS-i modules.

China LNG II: Fujian

China’s CNOOC Ltd has announced the construction of a second LNG gas terminal in Fujian province and awarded the supply contract to Indonesia's Tangguh field.

Emerson enhances actuator

Emerson Process Management has expanded its WellGuard linear valve actuator with the introduction of the model HWG.

Tyco appoints

Tyco International Ltd has appointed John A. Krol, the former Chairman and Chief Executive of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, to Tyco's Board of Directors.

Merwede Valves wins PED approval

Merwede Valves has gained the PED approval Module H "full quality assurance" from DNV Sweden.

Kvaerner signs contract

Kvaerner has signed a contract with Statoil on behalf of Vestprocess DA, for the expansion of the Vestprocess (VP) unit at Statoil’s refinery in Mongstad, Norway.

Sandvik’s Hiflex improves compressor designs

Specially formulated for the flapper valves of automotive and stationary air conditioning compressors, the new Sandvik Hiflex™ strip steel makes possible smaller, more efficient compressor designs.