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Trip Throttle Valve

Gimpel, a product of Tyco Valves & Controls, has introduced its Oil Operated Trip Throttle Valve (OOTTV), used for admitting 1050F/566C steam to main compressor steam turbine drives when bringing ethylene or ammonia plants online.

Texas plastic upgrade

Contech Control Services has been awarded a turn-key contract for engineering, procurement, construction, and on-line commissioning services for the upgrade of distributed control systems at ExxonMobil Chemical's BAPP plastics plant located in Baytown, Texas.

BSS waters down problem for Bass

When the Bass Brewery in Burton-on-Trent discovered that there was a possibility that its water supply could be in danger of coming into contact with South Staffordshire Water's supply it called upon industrial pipeline and valve distributor BSS to help solve its problem.

IPSCO expands international organisation

Acquisition by the international Flowserve Corporation has added a broad spectrum of new opportunities to IPSCO (UK) Ltd, the Scunthorpe-based company which specialises in hot-tapping and line-stopping equipment.

Parker Hannifin filters in navy application

Parker Hannifin high-pressure duplex filters are now specified for the Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP) systems on four Royal Navy Type 22 Broadsword Class frigates.

World’s largest fertiliser complex

Qatar Petroleum Corporation (Doha, Qatar) and Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway)have approved construction of the USD 535 million Urea Unit and awarded Krupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) the contract to construct a massive urea unit in Messaieed, Qatar called "Qafco IV".

FCx companies acquire PED accreditation

Two further manufacturing companies within the global FCx Flow Control group have secured technical accreditation for trading within Europe.

New concept in valve design

Asco Joucomatic's new concept in valve design, MEGA spool valve islands, offer the user and OEM total flexibility in their construction, mounting and the type of control that they perform.

More CCI valves used in Kepco plant

A USD 1 million order has just been received by CCI to supply turbine-bypass valves that include HBSE, LLP™, and the 840G Cage-Guided valves for Kepco’s 1800 MW Pusan combined-cycle power plant.

Saibos wins contract offshore west Africa

Saibos CML, a subsidiary of Bouygues Offshore and Saipem SpA, has won a contract for the Kizomba A Development Project in Angola worth about USD 230 million.