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Tyco equips environmentally friendly power station

Tyco Valves & Controls has recently supplied valves for a new environmentally friendly power station, Damhead Creek in Kent.

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.

Reinz wins customer satisfaction award

The gasket manufacturer Victor Reinz (Neu-Ulm, Germany) has been awarded the Certificate for Top Customer Satisfaction by the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Product and Processing Evaluation in Mainz, a subsidiary of the Steinbeis Foundation.

New catalogue for KZCO

KZCO Inc., a manufacturer of remote-controlled electric valves for 25 years, has issued a new catalogue. It features an extensive line of motorised and 12- and 24-volt valves.

Burkert actuation system

The AirLINE Type 8644 remote process actuation and control system from Burkert offers a combination of on/off or continuous valve functionality, electronic input and output and Fieldbus connectivity.

Valves and bearing monitors from Amot

Amot has introduced temperature control valves designed to be lighter and smaller than any others, high-temperature dual-purpose engine exhaust valves and bearing temperature monitors to help avoid big-end engine bearing failure.

Curtiss-Wright acquires UK manufacturer

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corporation has acquired Solent & Pratt, a UK-based manufacturer of butterfly valves, to form Solent & Pratt, a division of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control (UK) Ltd.

Petroleum Argus and Commercial Services Company fo

Petroleum Argus and Commercial Services Company have formed a strategic alliance in the area of natural gas liquids, whereby Petroleum Argus will market and sell the publications of Commercial Services throughout the world.

Stargate-O-Port® for flow control

Stainless Valve Company is the producer of specialty through-port valves for the chemical, pulp and mining industry.

ABB buys Mexican company

ABB, the global technology group, has acquired FIP SA, a supplier of pressure-containing equipment for oil and gas production in Mexico.