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FCx Pegler acquires Australian company

FCx Pegler Beacon Australia, part of the global FCx flow control group, has acquired instrumentation specialists Control and Sensors Pty Ltd from Perth, Western Australia.

Polyethylene plant in Russia

Tecnimont, the engineering and construction Company of Montedison Group, has signed in Moscow, with AK Sibur, a Russian Company controlled by Gazprom, a contract covering the grant of licence and the supply of engineering, materials and equipment as well as technical assistance for the implementation at Kstovo (Nizhniy Novgorod) of a 120,000 tpy high-density polyethylene plant.

Subsea valve specialist plans growth

Scots subsea valve specialist Pacson Ltd has announced ambitious growth plans.

Pact between Samson and Welland & Tuxhorn

The international chain Samson AG (Frankfurt, Germany), specialists in the fields of measuring and processing technique, have signed an agreement for co-operation with the specialised valve manufacturer Welland & Tuxhorn from Bielefeld (Germany).

Dundee fabrication firm seals BP deal

A Dundee pipework and heavy fabrication firm has secured a contract worth in the region of GBP 0.5 million with BP Oil UK Ltd, the Tayside company's largest oil and gas-related order in its 18 year history.

Appointments at Danfoss

Soren Gandrup has been appointed the vice president of sales (Europe) of the Danfoss Flow Division.

New catalogue from Doering

A new colour catalogue is available from Doering (Clear Lake, Minnesota, USA).

ParFit interchangeable filter elements

The use of Parker Filtration “green” ParFit interchangeable filter elements is currently providing Kawasaki Precision Machinery (KPM) in Plymouth with annual savings of GBP 7000 on prices they were paying five years ago.

Korea Gas reorders from Severn Glocon

Severn Glocon, the British control valve specialist, has received a further contract for customised 4000 series “extended body” valves for use at the Korea Gas Corporation LNG terminal at Inchon.

BASF invests in Ultrason

BASF will significantly increase the production capacity at Ludwigshafen for its high-temperature resistant plastics based on polysulfone and polysulfone ether.