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Spence regulator

Spence Engineering Company Inc. has announce its EM33D Self Contained Regulator with remote on/off control for batch process loops and automated building controls.

FCT meets critical standards

FCT (Flow Control Technologies), the French pipeline ball valve manufacturer serving the oil and gas industry, has qualified for SIL (Safety Integrity Level) 3 or 4, IEC 61508 and European PED module H1 certifications.

New control valve trim

Emerson Process Management has introduced the Fisher NotchFlo DST (dirty service trim) for its control valves.

Flowmeter solves 120-year-old problem

Scottish Water was recently faced with an interesting problem at the Alnwick Water Treatment works in Edinburgh.

Actuators for UK flood defence

Rotork electric valve actuators are being used throughout a river level management automation project performed by the Environment Agency in the region of East Anglia, UK.

Groth Corporation complies with PED

Under the terms of the European Union’s Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC, Groth Corporation (Stafford, Texas, USA) is authorised to apply the PED mark to four families of pressure and vacuum relief valves and the 3000 Series blanket gas regulators.

Flowserve wins Chinese order

UK company Flowserve Flow Control (formerly Invensys Flow Control) has been awarded a contract to supply 84 electrically operated ball valves fitted with Fluorofill seats to the Harbin Boiler Co. Ltd (HBC) of China.

Valve for all temperatures

An extended bonnet globe control valve which is designed to operate in applications where temperatures are in the cryogenic range (down to –268ºC), is one of a range of control valves available from Pump Engineering Ltd.

Vietnamese plastics plant

Vietnam Saigon Plastic Association (VSPA) has boosted its plans to build a USD 800 million, natural-gas fired plastics plant in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

Hot property

Gresswell Valves has been acquired from its administrative receivers by hot water technology experts Dynafluid.