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Stainless Foundry & Engineering wins certification

Stainless Foundry & Engineering Inc. has recently added ISO9002 to its growing list of certifications and manufacturing approvals.

Fina Antwerp Olefins ethylene expansion

M.W. Kellogg Ltd (MWKL), affiliate company of Kellogg Brown & Root (owned by Halliburton), has won the EPC contract for the Fina Antwerp Olefins (FAO) NC2 ethylene expansion and upgrading project following a competitive bidding process.

Invensys Flow Control Americas

Invensys plc has formed Invensys Flow Control Americas, a union of manufacturers of valves, actuators and associated flow control products to act as a single-source provider of end-to-end flow control solutions in the North and Latin American industrial markets.

Rotork water award

Rotork has received the award of a second term for its framework agreement with Thames Water.

Analytical valves and fittings from Hoke

The extended Hoke series of analytical instrumentation includes new selector valves, miniature metering valves and low dead volume fittings, all offering the versatility to combine with existing products and provide system solutions for wide-ranging user needs.

Halliburton supplies pipes for offshore Nigeria

Wellstream, a business unit of Halliburton Company's Energy Services Group, has won a contract to supply one 8-inch internal diameter, and three 16-inch internal diameter dynamic topside jumpers to Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) for the Shell EA field development offshore Nigeria in West Africa.

SynFuel gasification plant

Farmland Industries and SynFuel Technologies LLC have signed a letter of intent for SynFuel to develop a coal gasification plant adjacent to Farmland’s ammonia fertiliser manufacturing facility in Enid, Oklahoma.

FCx acquires Simone Engineering

FCx Performance Inc. (Columbus, Ohio, USA) has acquired Simone Engineering, a Milwaukee, WI-based distributor of industrial valves, process control instrumentation and related flow control equipment to industrial customers in the upper Midwest.

Bellows sealed valves meet ICI chlorine challenge

To withstand the arduous operating conditions, ICI Chlor-Chemicals is using large numbers of Descote bellows sealed globe valves from Tyco Valves and Controls throughout its Liquid Chlorine Manufacturing (LCM) plant in Runcorn.

Fuels reprocessing plant in Nevada

Environmental Oil Processing Technology Corporation is in the process of developing a major new regional waste oil reprocessing plant in Nevada.