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CCI wins order from Sempra Energy

CCI has received a million dollar order for the supply of turbine bypass valves for the upcoming construction of Sempra Energy Resources' Mesquite generating station.

Latest valve brochures

Anderson Metals (Kansas City, Missouri, USA) has produced a catalogue of its fittings, valves and nipples.

Kent manufacturer wins PED approval

Advanced Valve Technologies of Thanet Reach, Kent, UK, have gained high recognition with the award of a Module H certificate of conformity by Zurich, one of the leading recognised European Notified Bodies.

Taylor advances

Mr Ian Taylor has been appointed to the board of Advanced Valve Technologies Ltd as Deputy Chairman.

Qatar-UK gas supply deal

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Qatar Petroleum have signed an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas from Qatar to Britain.

Inert check valve

Bio-Chem Valve has developed a non-metallic, self-sealing in-line check valve for handling low volume, low flow transfers.

Mike Sanderson named MD for Taylor Valves

With effect from 1 May, Mike Sanderson took up the position of MD for Taylor Valves, Huddersfield.

Coal power station proposed for S. Africa

Black & Veatch International (BVI)will perform a feasibility study for the first "greenfield" power station in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

New flapper valve strip steel

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

Steel valves for Iran’s 9th olefin complex

OMB Valves has announced a successful award of a contract by Technip and Nargan for the supply of forged steel valves to the new Ethane Cracker plant in the 9th Olefin Complex of the National Petrochemical Company of Iran (NPC).