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Butterfly valves Bianca from InterApp

The reduction of all types of contamination is the most important goal in the production of contamination-sensitive products, such as in the semiconductor or pharmaceutical industry.

Equate receives a global award of merit

The EQUATE Group has added a new global award to its list of accomplishments, as the MEGlobal BookraMEG Oyster Creek Project has been named an Award of Merit winner in the Power/Industrial category of the ENR Best Project Awards of 2020.

Flomatic appoints Jim Tucci as National Sales Manager

Flomatic® Corporation is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Tucci to the National Sales Manager. He was promoted by Executive Vice President, Nick Farrara, Tucci will continue to lead the expansion of Flomatic Valve Products nationally and internationally.

Danfoss NovoCon M, L, and XL digital actuators

Danfoss introduces its new NovoCon® M, L, and XL digital actuators. The new actuators, in conjunction with the AB-QM valves, achieve high-precision dynamic hydronic balancing and control for high flow applications.

‘Fit and Forget’ EL-O-Matic Actuators

Orbinox’s ‘Fit and Forget’ EL-O-Matic Actuators. The EL-O-MATIC ‘F’ series pneumatic actuators can be supplied with a CSR-coating system (inside and out), a process involving a ceramic filled fluoropolymer based epoxy resin, impregnated by a temperature of 240 deg C into the aluminium surface, offering superior corrosion resistance in aggressive environments, such as offshore platforms, and in the chemical industry demonstrating excellent resistance to exposure to acidic or alkaline solutions.

Nouryon to expand MCA capacity in the Netherlands

Nouryon has announced plans to expand its production capacity for monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in Delfzijl, the Netherlands by the end of 2020.

BASF adopt AM as a technology with a high-potential

What started with two printing machines in a basement has evolved into an Additive Manufacturing Center (AMC) with state-of-the-art equipment and professional, 3D-manufactured parts. In November 2019, BASF opened the AMC which specializes in producing unique parts and manufacturing special alloys.

Slim Pump Safety Valve awarded API 14A certification

Pragma’s Slim Pump Safety Valve has received API 14A certification after completing independent testing in the US. The valve is designed to be retrofitted through-tubing as part of a slimline ESP installation but can also be used as an independent qualified sub-surface safety valve and in support of other artificial lift systems.

New certification for Valpres 760000 & 720025 series

Valpres, the Bonomi Group company specialized in the production of steel and special alloys valves for industrial and Oil&Gas markets, has always had as objective the satisfaction of the most demanding standards to certificate, at an international level, its disposition for total quality which involves the product lifecycle every day.

MSS revised ANS for Pressure-Seal Bonnet Valves

The Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) of the Valve and Fittings Industry announces that ANSI/MSS SP-144-2020, Pressure-Seal Bonnet Valves, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a revised American National Standard (ANS) and published by MSS.