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Unity awarded a three-year contract extension

Aberdeen-headquartered Unity, Europe’s provider of well integrity technology, services, and engineering solutions, has been awarded a three-year contract extension, by a UK oil and gas operator, to continue their work on three northern North Sea platforms.

Mokveld acquires ATEX and IECEx certificate

Mokveld’s continuous drive to meet the safety requirements in the market, it has added the following certificate to its quality manual to enable the worldwide supply of its products for use in explosive atmospheres.

Vexve appoints new Sales & Marketing Director

Maria Kalli has been appointed Vexve Oy’s Sales and Marketing Director and she will be responsible for the sales, customer service, and marketing organization as well as business development.Maria Kalli has more than 10 years of experience at Vexve in international sales and sales management positions.

Swagelok Company receives 10th NorthCoast 99 award

Swagelok Company is proud to be recognized by ERC as one of 99 great Northeast Ohio workplaces for top talent. This is the 10th time that the organization has received the NorthCoast 99 Award.NorthCoast 99 is an annual recognition program and event in its 22nd year that honors 99 great Northeast Ohio workplaces for top talent.

New communication interface for control head Type 8681

Due to the increasing digitisation of production processes, the demands placed on digital data exchange between process valves and the programmable logic controller (PLC) are growing all the time.

Rotork adds Shutdown Battery option to IQ range

Rotork has launched the IQT Shutdown Battery to provide further operational flexibility to the IQT3 range of part-turn 1-phase, 3-phase and DC electric actuators with the addition of a new integral battery option that provides fail-to-position functionality in explosion-proof applications.

Rawson/Industrial signs agreement with Flowserve

Rawson/Industrial Controls, an ERIKS North America company, announced an agreement with Flowserve, a provider of flow control products and services for global infrastructure markets, to offer its full line of high-end valves and actuation products throughout the state of Texas.

DOF Subsea awarded multiple contracts by Petrobras

DOF Subsea is proud to announce four new contracts with Petrobras. The contracts include work within our core service lines for Survey and Inspection.

Industrial Valco acquires Beric Valves the USA

Pioneering Master Distributor Industrial Valco, a national leader in MRO same day distribution, announced the purchase of Beric Valves, a producer of the cast and forged steel gate, globe, check, and ball valves, for the United States and its territories.

Contract award for the Snøhvit Future project

On behalf of the Snøhvit Unit partners, Equinor has awarded Aibel a front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) for modification of the Hammerfest LNG plant in connection with the Snøhvit Future project.