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Isolation valves for hazardous fluids

Bio-Chem Valve has developed inert, perfluoroelastomer miniature isolation valves for the handling of aggressive, particulate-laden and high purity fluids in scientific and medical equipment.

Egg-digester designers use Red Valve

Egg-shaped digesters, featuring superior circulation benefits over conventional digesters, are the latest trend in wastewater treatment.

Automated stream switching

Parker Instrumentation has announced a new valve system for automated stream switching in gas and liquid analysis applications.

Kitz picks Young and Cunningham for the UK

Young and Cunningham Group has secured a UK distributorship for ball and butterfly valves from Kitz Corp.

Stack gas flow measurement without moving parts

Torbar has introduced the SG3000 gas flow system to measure the mass flow of exhaust from chimneys and stacks up to 10m in diameter to help operators ensure that pollution levels are maintained within prescribed limits.

UK waste-to-energy plant

Earth Tech, a business unit of Tyco International Ltd, has been selected to provide design and construction services to a new renewable energy plant in Grimsby, England.

Corrosion-resistant cladding

Metrode Products’ new 45% longer Nimrod 625 electrode, which achieves high productivity levels in the downhand/flat or H-V positions, has been designed to improve efficiency when applying corrosion- or heat-resistant cladding to low alloy steels.

Oliver valves can take the heat

Oliver Twinsafe Valves Ltd has successfully completed a Shell Hot Oil Test at an independent test house witnessed by Lloyds Register.

Mozambique’s first major upstream project

Foster Wheeler South Africa (Pty) Ltd, has won the EPC contract for the USD 130 million upstream gas facility from Sasol Petroleum Temane Limitada.

Hunting acquires French manufacturer

Hunting Petroleum France, a subsidiary of Hunting PLC, has completed the acquisition of Roforge, a manufacturer of forged steel valves for the energy, refining and petrochemical industries.