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Curtiss-Wright awarded contracts valued $220m

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has been awarded contracts valued more than USD 220M to provide propulsion valves, pumps, and advanced instrumentation and control systems for the U.S.

MOGAS to supply valves for Southeast Asian Refinery

MOGAS Industries, Inc. (MOGAS) recently received a multimillion-dollar order to manufacture several hundred severe service isolation valves with actuation from a large refiner in Southeast Asia.

Sanyata expands: switchboxes and control stations

Sanyata Actuation and Fluid Engineering (S.A.F.E.), has launched two new and exciting products. The SAFEBox series of limit switch boxes are available in IP68 and ATEX versions.

Cowan Dynamics electro-hydraulic linear valve actuator

Cowan Dynamics is pleased to announce the release of its newly expanded E2H Series, Electro-Hydraulic Linear Valve Actuator.

Thomson’s compact electromechanical linear actuators

Thomson Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of mechanical motion control solutions, has announced the availability of their new Electrak® MD, a more compact electromechanical actuator that retains all of the intelligence built into its larger counterparts.

Nextchem, LanzaTech sign agreement

NextChem and US carbon recycling company, LanzaTech sign an agreement to license the "Waste to Ethanol" process line. NextChem thereby expands its circular economy and chemical recycling technologies, adding circular ethanol technology to circular hydrogen and circular methanol production technologies (currently in the engineering phase), based on the chemical recycling of plastic and dry waste.

Siemens presents new actuator line for small valves

The new SSA actuators for small valves have been added to the Acvatix valve and actuator line from Siemens Smart Infrastructure.

ESAB introduces GCE specialty gas & valve product lines

Since completing the acquisition of Gas Control Equipment (GCE) in October 2018, ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has focused on aligning its global product offerings and innovations into four focus areas: cutting and welding, healthcare, specialty gas equipment, and cylinder valves.

Aptar launches SimpliCycle™ TPE valve solution

Aptar Food + Beverage is pleased to announce its new SimpliCycle™ recyclable valve technology. The SimpliCycle™ valve offers recyclability while still maintaining all of the same advantages of Aptar’s standard and Swimming® Silicone valves, including high repeatable performance and slit versatility to fit a wide variety of applications for food, beverage, and other product applications around the world.

SAMSON valves on an LNG powered cruise ship

SAMSON has joined a rather special project: the construction of a polar exploration ship, named "Le Commandant Charcot", as a tribute to the French explorer of the 20th century.