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Auma strikes a blow for the environment

Auma Actuators were selected by Cardiff Harbour Authorities’ designer JacobsGIBB Ltd as a supplier of fish pass operating equipment for Cardiff Barrage.

Customised potentiometer for actuator

When Heap & Partners designed a new valve actuator they specified a customised potentiometer from Variohm.

Stainless steel encapsulation upgrade

The standard Forac Actuated Valve Assembly consists of a pneumatic actuator enclosed in a stainless steel dome with a base of polypropelene mounted to any of the 90-degree operating valves such as ball, butterfly or plug.

Leslie introduces Aeroflow with T2 trim

Leslie Controls' Aeroflow T2 "High Gain" trim offers tighter process control and significant savings over conventional control valves.

Mikkel contract awarded

Statoil has awarded European Marine Contractors the assignment of laying a pipeline between the Mikkel field in the Norwegian Sea and a subsea template on the Šsgard field's Midgard deposit.

FCx Thompson Valves unveils solenoid catalogue

FCx Thompson Valves has unveiled the latest in a series of specialist technical catalogues – this time for its range of Maxseal Solenoid valves.

Drehmo actuators for Belgrade power plant

Drehmo GmbH is supplying electric actuators, smart range Drehmo Matic C and conventional type Drehmo Standard, for Siemens Power Generation.

Foster Wheeler in Qatar GTL project

Foster Wheeler Ltd's UK subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd (FWEL), has won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for an estimated USD 800 million gas-to-liquids (GTL) project, based in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

NZ company to build plant in Australia

New Zealand energy company Contact Energy Ltd and its cornerstone shareholder, Edison Mission, have given the go-ahead to a ASD 164 million peaking power plant in Victoria.

New control valve maintenance system

Yamatake Corporation is developing special diagnostic technology that will become available on the SVP3000 Alphaplus Series AVP303 and AVP203 Fieldbus-compatible smart valve positioners