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Valves in defence

CPV Manufacturing (Philadelphia, PA, USA) is supplying valves and fittings have been selected for shipboard use in the air and hydraulic systems throughout the US Navy.

Nil-Cor gains PED certification

Nil-Cor Operations Dresser Inc. has successfully passed the approval audit and has been found to be in compliance with the European Community Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) for ball valves, check valves and butterfly valves.

Subsea production system for Statoil

FMC Technologies Inc. has announced that a unit of its FMC Energy Systems business has been awarded a contract to provide a complete subsea production system for a Statoil project in the North Sea.

Praxair and Air Liquide in Chinese venture

Industrial gas suppliers Air Liquide and Praxair plan to invest USD 100 million by 2005 in a venture supplying gas to a mammoth Shanghai chemical industry park.

Hawe Size 2 PSL – now extra small

Smooth positioning and load-independent motion control have been standard for Hawe's proportional spool valves, type PSL/PSV.

Lurgi to supply Austrian plant

Lurgi Energie und Entsorgung GmbH (Ratingen, Germany) has won the order for the supply and construction of the combustion part of a residue processing and sewage sludge incineration plant designed to produce district heat for Vienna, Fernwärme Wien/WSO4.

European valves and actuators

The latest findings by Frost & Sullivan, the international marketing consulting company, reveal that the European industrial valves and actuators industry is in a stable position, pointing to consistent levels of optimism as the global economy comes back to life.

Foster Wheeler wins upgrade project

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia SA was awarded a contract by BP Oil Refineria de Castellon SA to upgrade part of its 120,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) Castellon refinery in Spain to produce ultra-low sulphur fuels.

Econosto launches PTFE sealing materials

Econosto Ltd (Flow and Sealing Technology Division) has announced the successful development and commencement of full production of their new PTFE sealing material range “Novus Uniflon” at its UK operation.

Fisher valve test facility

Emerson Process Management has established a valve performance diagnostics laboratory at its manufacturing facility in Cernay, France.