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McWane, Inc. has two new executive board members

Kevin Bense joins McWane, Inc. as Group President, Waterworks. Prior to joining McWane, Bense served for five years as President of A.

GEMÜ 480 valve is DNV-GL certified

GEMÜ obtained another approval for its GEMÜ 480 Victoria butterfly valves and is thus continually expanding its area of use.

INEOS signs agreement for world-scale PDH unit

INEOS has announced the next step of its ambitious plans to construct a world-scale Propane Dehydrogenation unit, together with the first Gas Cracker to be built in Europe for more than 20 years.

ControlAir’s new Type 6100 volume booster

ControlAir Inc. has introduced a new Type 6100 high flow capacity volume booster. The Type 6100 is designed to significantly increase the stroking speed in valve actuation system applications that require high forward flow and exhaust capacities.

Union Tech, Pioneer Industrial signs an agreement

Union Tech and Pioneer Industrial have formed an agreement for the distribution of Union Tech’s severe service metal-seated ball valves (MSBV) and rising-stem ball valves (RSBV) throughout the Midwestern US.

Moog’s new version of D680 proportional valves

Moog’s D680 Proportional Valves are throttle valves for 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-way applications, suitable for electrohydraulic position, velocity, flow and force control in hydraulic systems.

JGC wins EPC contract for LNG project

JGC Corporation confirmed that LNG Canada took its Final Investment Decision (FID) for a large-scale LNG plant in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

Siemens to supply wastewater treatment system

Siemens Water Solutions has received an order for a complete wastewater treatment system for Tianjin Bohua Chemical Development's new propylene oxide-styrene monomer (POSM) plant.

Aventics AV valve system for all conditions

Aventics has once again refined its Advanced Valves (AV). Right from the start, simple handling was one of the most important features of the AV valve system series.

Interventek secures GBP 1M order from PRT Offshore

Interventek Subsea Engineering has secured recent orders in excess of GBP 1M for their Revolution in-riser shear and seal safety valve.