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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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Equinor to develop floating offshore wind in Scotland

Equinor has confirmed it has bid for floating offshore wind in ScotWind. Equinor has more than a decade of operating experience from floating offshore wind and is the floating offshore wind developer with floating wind turbines already deployed and producing electricity at Hywind, located off the northeast coast of Scotland.The Scottish Government has committed to reduce emissions to net zero by 2045.

LESER GmbH & Co. KG acquires LESER Poland

LESER Poland was acquired by LESER in April 2021. With the acquisition, LESER Poland is a 100% subsidiary of LESER and in total the ninth LESER subsidiary worldwide.

ESA’s online training course on Compression Packing

The European Sealing Association (ESA) is offering a new online training course on compression packing. Designed as an introduction to this method of sealing, the course aims to help engineers, technicians, and users of packings understand what packings are and how and when they can be used successfully.

Ensuring quality the easy way

Independent third-party inspections can help to reliably ensure the quality of industrial valves – either before delivery or already during assembly.

Valcor releases new white paper on valve manifolds

Valcor Engineering Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of custom precision fluid has just released a new white paper entitled “Performance Under Pressure.” 

EXAIR’s new product

EXAIR.com® is freshly renovated with a new look and feel to heighten the user’s experience. Putting research to use and taking customer feedback to heart, we’ve made strides to ensure shopping on EXAIR.com is easier than ever.

Fulflo launches redesigned website

Fulflo Specialties, Inc. has launched a newly designed website at www.fulflo.com to better serve customers of its hydraulic relief valves.

CVEC, GE sign agreement to help reduce carbon emission

GE and Cricket Valley Energy Center (CVEC) has announced that the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a green hydrogen technology roadmap (H2 Roadmap).

Seeq accelerates chemical industry success with AWS

Seeq Corporation, a leader in manufacturing and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) advanced analytics software has announced agreements with two of the world’s premier chemical companies: Covestro and allnex.

Penstock flow control in world’s first electric town

AUMA SAV variable speed electric actuators optimise water to flow through the dam system at Blackwater Reservoir near Kinlochleven, Scotland.