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Sinter machine to China

Kvaerner PLC has been selected by Daqing Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, to provide a GBP 2 million lump sum contract for a sinter machine.

Venezuela to invest in natural gas

Venezuela's state-owned PDVSA will invest over USD 700 million in natural gas exploitation projects in 2001.

Finnish paper coating binder plant

BASF Oy (Finland), Ludwigshafen, has awarded a lump sum turnkey contract to a consortium, made up of Technip and Rintekno, for the design and construction of a paper coating binder production plant at Hamina, Finland.

Singapore pharmaceutical plant

Schering-Plough has picked Jacobs Lend Lease, the Singapore-based Jacobs-Bovis Lend Lease venture, to build a new USD 100 million biotech plant.

Bestobell stainless valves

Bestobell FCx has broken into the markets of Liquefied Natural and Petroleum Gas transportation and storage.

ICI relief valve repair

Following a quality audit by HSB Inspection Quality Ltd, Severn Unival Ltd has won quality approval for the repair of safety relief valves owned by ICI Eutech and Zeneca.

Parker acquires Ives Valves

Parker Instrumentation has acquired Ives Valves, an international manufacturer of industrial flow control technology.

Vietnam clean energy

Vietnam plans to restructure its energy sector, aiming at meeting the country's increasing demand for energy in a more ecological and convenient way.

Nanchang paper investment

CNTIC (China National Technical Import & Export Corp.), Beijing, China, has ordered a complete newsprint machine from Voith Paper (Heidenheim, Germany) for installation at the Jiangxi Paper Co. mill in Nanchang, China.

Parker’s Integrated Piston

Parker Hannifin’s Seal Group has introduced its new Integrated Piston™, a device that combines piston, bearing and seal into a self-contained package for low, medium and high-pressure hydraulic cylinder applications.