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ASCO enclosure system

ASCO Joucomatic’s new 2oo2D-SOV safety enclosure system is designed as a key component to provide added levels of operating safety in emergency shutdown systems (ESD) and other critical applications in water treatment, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries – typically flaring systems on stack pipes.

Stainless metre/mix/dispense system

Sealant Equipment and Engineering has introduced the See-Flo 1100 system for manual structural bonding applications using high-viscosity, acrylic-based two-component epoxies.

PFA lined valves against corrosion

CRP has introduced its Fluoroflow range of fluoropolymer (PFA) lined products, designed for the demanding process conditions encountered in the chemical, pharmaceutical, paint and paper industries, as well as water treatment plants.

Tyco wins order for Rotterdam plant

A contract worth EUR 1 million has been awarded by ABB Lummus Global BV to Anderson Greenwood Crosby, a division of Tyco Valves and Controls, for the supply of Spring Loaded Safety Valves and associated products to one of the world’s most advanced Propylene Oxide (PO) / Styrene Monomer (SM) facilities, currently under construction near Rotterdam.

AIL acquires PED marking

AIL (Audco India Ltd) has acquired CE Marking of gate, globe and check valves for the European market.

Poyam wins stainless valve contracts

Poyam, the Spanish manufacturer of cryogenic valves, has recently been awarded with a series of orders for cryogenic valves for LNG business.

Leslie announces the air extraction valve

Leslie Controls has announced the availability of the Laurence Air Extraction Valve, made of stainless steel.

Fluoropolymer valve

Swagelok Company (Solon, Ohio, USA) has introduced a DR series radial diaphragm valve with a fluoropolymer (modified PTFE) body to complement its line of radial diaphragm valve products.

Tyco supplies automation to BASF

Tyco Valves & Controls has provided an alternative zero leakage solution for high-pressure benzene applications, by supplying a comprehensive process automation package worth EUR 1,250,000 to new BASF plants in Antwerp and Ludwigshafen.

Zero-leakage solution for BASF

Tyco Valves & Controls has provided an alternative zero leakage solution for high-pressure benzene applications, by supplying a comprehensive process automation package worth EUR 1,250,000 to new BASF plants in Antwerp and Ludwigshafen.