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ABB awarded Jilin ethylbenzene plant expansion

ABB has been awarded an ethylbenzene (EB) plant expansion by Jilin Chemical Industrial Co., China.

Tyco to supply equipment package

Tyco Valves and Controls has won a USD 12.6 million contract by engineering contractors AMEC BKW Ltd to manufacture a package of actuated and manually operated valves for a major petrochemical plant extension for the recovery of ethane from feedstock gas.

Tyco supplies water treatment works

Tyco Valves & Controls has won a contract to supply Essex & Suffolk Water with A.S. Interface (Actuator Sensor Interface) electric actuators and interface cards as part of the refurbishment of their Pressure Filters at Walpole Water Treatment Works near Walpole, Suffolk.

Saudi’s Haradh gas plant

The Foxboro Company, a unit of Invensys Process Automation, has won an automation contract for the Saudi Aramco Haradh Gas Plant in Saudi Arabia.

Valves for innovative energy plant

FCx RCM Prometal, part of the global FCx flow control organisation, has secured a major contract to supply flow control products to one of the most innovative power stations in Europe.

Pipelines for Shell field in Gulf of Mexico

J. Ray McDermott Inc., a subsidiary of McDermott International Inc, will instal hydrocarbon pipelines for Shell Exploration & Production Company's (SEPCo) Crosby field, a subsea project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Australian waste project

Clough Engineering has been given the go-ahead on a ASD 30 million contract to design and construct a facility in metropolitan Perth, Australia, to turn household and other waste into marketable compost and recover inorganic materials for recycling.

Manual valve gives precise control

Badger Meter has introduced a new range of Research Control manually operated valves which combine the precision Cv and flow characteristics of automatically actuated valves.

CCI acquires BTG Valves

California-based CCI Control Components Inc. has acquired of Sweden-based BTG Specialty Valves AB, a specialty valve producer for process and power industries.

Rotork actuators in Gatwick Airport upgrade

Rotork intelligent electric valve actuators and two-wire digital control systems are at the centre of a vital modernisation project on the aircraft refuelling infrastructure at London’s Gatwick Airport.