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Emerson to provide advanced automation technologies

ReNew ELP, a UK-based advanced recycling company, has selected Emerson as its digital automation partner for its new plastics recycling plant in Teesside, North East England.

SwRI expands hydrogen valve performance

The Flow Component Testing Facilities (FCTF) at Southwest Research Institute have expanded safety and performance testing capabilities to include hydrogen valve testing.

Oliver Valvetek 1” subsea multi-turn gate valve

Traditionally the actuation of subsea valves is through the use of either manual operation, i.e. divers and remote operating vehicles (ROV) or hydraulic actuators.

Singapore desalination plant relies on AUMA actuators

AUMA supplied more than 150 electric actuators to Singapore’s new Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP). The plant was selected as ‘Desalination Plant of the year’ at the Global Water Awards 2021.

Valves for a sustainable future

Oliver Valves recognises that those industrial sectors that are now identified as “hard to abate” i.e., where switching to less environmentally impactful operations is not possible or extremely difficult; will need to adopt alternative, high-density fuel sources such as Hydrogen, and/or invest in technologies that capture the greenhouse emissions from their activities.

ZL INNOVATIONS announce innovative valve technology

ZL INNOVATIONS, creators of the "Zero Leak, Zero Emissions, Zero Maintenance" magnetic circuit-based valve system, introduces the next stage in sustainable magnetic valve technology by ZL Innovations Lead Engineer Ned Davis when he spoke at the Valve World Americas Expo & Conference held in Houston, at the George Brown Convention Center.

Endress+Hauser inaugurates its Houston Campus

Endress+Hauser officially inaugurated its state-of-the-art Houston Campus in Pearland, TX. The company invested USD 34M into the new, 112,000 sq.

Texas WTP boosted by Rotork’s K-TORK actuators

A water treatment plant in Texas, USA has ordered hundreds of Rotork’s K-TORK rotary vane actuators for its ultrafiltration system.

Interventek launches API 17G qualified landing string

Interventek has announced the commercial launch of a new API 17G qualified, in-riser subsea landing string system. The Revolution-7 landing string is an advanced, 7-inch nominal, 10,000psi rated system incorporating Interventek’s unique Revolution safety valve, which is proven to provide superior shear-and-seal performance.

Emerson signs agreement with BayoTech

Emerson (EMR) has announced a multi-year strategic framework agreement with BayoTech, an innovator in hydrogen solutions, to accelerate the delivery of hydrogen around the world.