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Penta announce new 3-piece metal seated ball valve

Penta is pleased to announce the development of a new series of Metal Seated ball valves with typical 3-pieces construction.

ROSS CONTROLS announces safe dual pressure application

ROSS CONTROLS® announces the addition of a Safe Dual Pressure Application for the RSe Series valve. The Externally Monitored Control Reliable 5/2 RSe Series Double Valve, designed and used as a Safe Return valve, can now save pneumatic air when used in dual pressure applications.

Velan awarded major offshore valve contracts in Asia

Velan Inc.'s wholly-owned subsidiary Velan ABV, located in Lucca, Italy, has been recently awarded important contracts for the supply of multiple packages of actuated and manual valves to MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte.

Haydon Kerk Pittman launches MiniSlide MSA series

Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK® Advanced Motion Solutions division, is pleased to announce the release of its new MiniSlide™ MSA series.

New combination pneumatic, manual toggle valve

Routine preventive maintenance for semiconductor fabrication systems includes flushing any residual liquids from each component installed on the process line thereby purging the entire system.

Worley secures contract for carbon capture project

Worley has been awarded a contract to provide the early front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for the first two carbon capture units at Drax Group’s power station in North Yorkshire, UK.

LNG and Power: new challenges for Indra

Indra, with over thirty years of experience in ball piping valves and for needle instrumentation in various configurations, has indicated it will diversify and adapt its production for sectors not previously supplied.

IMI completes a FAT for customers’ project

IMI STI and IMI REMOSA completed a FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) for a key customer project using their state-of-the-art remote assistance capability, recently implemented throughout IMI Critical Engineering.

Pelican Energy Partners to acquire SPC Flow business

Pelican Energy Partners LP (Pelican) is pleased to announce an agreement to purchase the assets of the Surface Pressure Control Flow (SPC Flow) business unit of the Oilfield Equipment segment of Baker Hughes.

Emerson’s introduces the full-bore ball control valve

Emerson introduced the Fisher™ V280 full-bore trunnion-mounted ball control valve for severe and specialty pressure, flow, and process control applications.