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First dialogue, then diagnostics!

SAMSON REGELTECHNIEK recently initiated a series of pilots with customers in the Netherlands. The pilots were not needed to evaluate the latest technology, but more to ensure that clients could make the best possible use of currently available diagnostics features, explains Sales Manager Jos Geers.

ARAKO proves itself as a quality partner

At the beginning of July, ARAKO representatives visited Kozloduy NPP and the Maritsu Iztok Thermal power plant in Bulgaria for a new presentation of products focused on current projects for the power plants.

Hundreds of electric actuators supplied to fuel cell PP

More than 90 CVL linear electric actuators and 184 ExMax quarter-turn electric actuators are to be installed on US fuel cell technology company Doosan Fuel Cell’s project at a Hanhwa Total Co.

Zahroof Valves wins sustainability product of the year

Zahroof Valves, Inc. (ZVI) announced that they have been named Sustainability Product of the Year by the Business Intelligence Group in the 2019 Sustainability Awards program.

ARCA – full steam ahead

ARCA has delivered steam conditioning valves for the energy and process steam sector to a fertilizer plant in the Middle East.

Flomatic introduces deep well check valve 80MDW-VFD

Flomatic announces the release of their Heavy Duty Deep Well® Check Valve Model 80MDW-VFD for use with a variable-frequency drive (VFD) controlled submersible pumps or other conventional pumps.

PJV wins FPSO contracts in Brazil, Mexico & Nigeria

PJ Valves (PJV), a supplier of valves to the energy industry, has won three significant floating production and offloading (FPSO) valve contracts for projects located in Brazil, Mexico, and Nigeria.

LYB technology selected for Sonatrach & TOTAL JV

LyondellBasell (LYB) announced that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères Spa (STEP), a joint venture between Sonatrach and TOTAL S.A, has selected LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology for a 550 KTA polypropylene unit to be constructed in Arzew, Oran Province, Algeria.

FPSO market is booming with Brazil fueling demand

The global market for floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) is headed for a major renaissance with as many as 24 FPSO awards expected by 2020, driven to a great degree by Brazil.

Clarke Valve maintains ISO 9001:2015 certification

Clarke Valve, a portfolio company of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, and OGCI Climate Investments announced today that it has maintained the ISO 9001:2015 certification for its manufacturing operations and quality management systems.