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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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Trelleborg chemical transportation seals-shop launched

Trelleborg’s Chemical Transportation Seals-Shop, an e-commerce site that simplifies the procurement process for US-based Chemical Transportation customers.

Drilling mud fluid knife gate valves from Orbinox UK

A drilling mud fluid is an oil or water-based mix of minerals (barite, calcium carbonate), salts, and polymers formulated to protect the drill and the shaft during oil or gas borehole drilling.

RAYS Metal successfully delivers top entry ball valves

A batch of high-performance top entry ball valves with DN150-DN500 and PN100-PN180 have been successfully produced and passed various tests in the RAYS factory.

Festo launches online ball-valve configurator

The new Festo KVZB Ball-Valve Configurator speeds up and simplifies the ordering process for the optimum ball valve assembly.

Aggreko passes 1GW milestone

Aggreko, the provider of mobile, modular power, temperature control, and energy services announces that it has surpassed 1GW of installed power capacity through flare gas to power projects across the world.

MAN Energy Solutions to lead Danish consortium

MAN Energy Solutions will lead a consortium seeking to develop a two-stroke, ammonia-fueled engine for maritime shipping, according to Innovation Fund Denmark, the Danish investment entity.

Messe Düsseldorf cancels Valve World Expo, Wire & Tube

Following close consultation with both exhibitors and partners, Messe Düsseldorf has cancelled Valve World Expo and wire and Tube trade fairs due to the current Covid-19 infection developments in Germany and other parts of the world.

DeZURIK receives the Minnesota Governor’s safety award

DeZURIK has been recognized for excellence in workplace safety and health during the MN/SD Safety & Health Virtual Conference held recently.

Parker Hannifin maintains operations in Romania

Parker Hannifin, the motion and control technologies company has worked with PH Technique SRL to help solve oil leakage problems and reduce machine downtime to only four hours per week at Arntz Optibelt Group’s factory in Romania.

New elastomer materials guide from James Walker

Following the recent launch of its latest material, Vermilion Seven, James Walker has now published a comprehensive guide to its complete elastomer offering for the oil and gas industry covering all the major challenges of rapid gas decompression resistance, high and low temperature performance and chemical resistance, including performance under sour conditions.