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Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.

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New valve positioner brings intelligence

Tyco Valves & Controls have introduced a new analogue positioner that enables plant operators to make use of valve status information in process control algorithms.

Double Block and Bleed from Anderson Greenwood

Anderson Greenwood Instrumentation Products has extended its range of compact Double Block and Bleed valves.

New safety valve guide from Spence

New York-based Spence Engineering Company Inc. has published a new “Safety Relief Designer’s Guide,” a reference for selecting and sizing safety valves for steam, air, gas and liquid.

Unpacking the easy way

Gee Graphite of Dewsbury, UK, has developed a quick and easy way for unpacking valves, called the Geegraf Extractor.

FCx Thompson Valves launches two catalogues

FCx Thompson Valves has launched a new specialist technical catalogue for its range of high performance Maxseal IVP pressure regulators.

Norgren’s Smart Cylinder

Norgren has developed the Smart Suite of products, designed to enhance machine performance and provide user intelligence and feedback.

Positioned for intelligence

Tyco Valves & Controls has introduced a new analogue positioner which enables plant operators to make use of valve status information in process control algorithms.

Chinese petrochemical contract

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd are to build a major petrochemical complex in southern China.

Monitoring for actuated valves

The “ZRPlus” Control Position Monitor from Tyco Valves & Controls provides a new level of integration for position monitoring and control of automated valves.

Furmanite keeps control

Furmanite has set up a new dedicated control valve repair facility as part of its UK-wide valve overhaul and repair service.