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Sonoro begins Selat Panjang concession operations

Sonoro Energy Ltd through a wholly-owned subsidiary company Zamatra Bakau Straits Ltd, along with its Indonesian co-venturer, announce that it is in the process of assuming full operations of the Selat Panjang oil and gas concession from SKKMIGAS.

MTM Turbine gas flow meters available in the UK

MTM Turbine gas flow meters are now available in the UK from Bell Flow Systems. Manufactured by Metreg Technologies who offer a complete product range for fiscal and non-fiscal gas flow meters for industrial and commercial applications.

Amsted Seals & Forming adds a manufacturing facility

Amsted Seals and Forming, a sealing solutions and cutting-edge metal fabrication company, has acquired Clark Seals Ningbo, to be renamed Amsted Seals Ningbo (ASN).

Emerson’s new ASCO pneumatic pinch valve

Emerson, the fluid control and pneumatics technology company, has released its ASCO™ Series 273 Pinch Valve for the life sciences market.

Xia Xuchao’s Chemical Treatment of Steel wins an award

The 7th National Valve and Pipeline Academic Conference was recently held in Xiamen, sponsored by the fluid engineering branch of Chinese society of mechanical engineering.

AGF receives US Patent for purge & vent valve

AGF Manufacturing announced that a patent for its innovative Purge and Vent valve was granted recently. The patent covers the company's PURGENVENT sprinkler air vent product line, which was designed to reduce corrosion in wet pipe fire sprinkler systems by releasing the trapped air.

DNV GL reaffirms integrity of Nord Stream pipeline

DNV GL has extended the certificate of conformity to the offshore standard for underwater pipelines DNV-OS-F101 for the Nord Stream gas pipeline for the seventh time.

Asahi/America expands Asahitec PP-RCT piping system

Asahi/America, Inc., the thermoplastic fluid flow technologies company has expanded its Asahitec™ PP-RCT piping system for commercial applications to include the Type-57AT butterfly valve and Type-21AT ball valve.

Techcon launches new TS9800 series jet valve

Techcon, the precision fluid dispensing technologies company, announces the launch of its new TS9800 Series Jet Valve Dispensing System that includes the TS9800 Piezo-actuated jet valve and TS980 Smart Controller.

Avionics cooling using MOPCV

In response to precision cooling control applications in the aircraft/aerospace market, Valcor Engineering’s Motion Control engineering team developed a unique Motor-Operated Proportional Control Valve (MOPCV) that provides rapid, smooth, proportional control of coolant.