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FCx Thompson wins Chinese valve contract

FCx Thompson Valves (bellows-sealed globe valves, pressure regulators and specialised actuator valves) and Newman Hattersley (high integrity ball, butterfly and bellows-sealed globe valves) have won a multi-million pound orders for reactors 1 and 2 of the Qinshan nuclear power station in China.

Quantum supplier for compressed hydrogen program

Quantum Technologies Inc., is designing and developing a hydrogen storage and handling system for a Department of Energy (DOE) hydrogen bus test platform.

ABB opens office in Pyongyang

ABB has officially opened an office in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), solidifying an agreement signed last November to help improve the performance of the country's electricity transmission network and basic industries.

Circor Cryogenics

Rockwood Swendeman, the specialist maker of safety relief valves and diverter valves for the industrial gas industry is now a “Circor Cryogenics Company” member of the new cryogenics division of Circor International Inc.

Leslie announces Magazine Sprinkler Valves

Leslie Controls Inc. has announced the full range of Magazine Sprinkler Valves.

Jacobs wins hydrogen project

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has won a contract from Koch Petroleum Group for project and construction management services of Koch's grassroots No. 3 Hydrogen Plant.

Gaweea valves used in Saudi gas project

Gaweea International Est. (Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia) has sold thousands of resilient seated gate valves.

BP Chemicals commissions FOUNDATION fieldbus

For its new 1,4-butanediol (BDO) plant in Lima, Ohio, BP Chemicals Inc. called upon Emerson Process Management's PlantWeb field-based automation architecture with FOUNDATION fieldbus.

Indian valve maker supplies Syria

Niton Valve Industries (India) has received an order to manufacture 22" x 600 Class API 6D Through Conduit Gate Valves for a Syrian refinery. Niton, an ISO 9001 certified company and an API 6D Monogram Licensee, has been a valve manufacturer for the last 22 years, and specialises in gate, globe, check, and ball valves.

Transmark appoints new projects manager

Transmark Heaton Valves Ltd has appointed Graeme Campbell as projects manager and head of the projects department at its head office in Bradford, UK. Mr Campbell had previously worked for Hopkinsons and TK Valves, including a period working in Oman.