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Emerson completes a project for BP North Sea

Emerson (EMR) has completed its multi-year, USD 90M (GBP 64M) automation project for BP’s Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel west of Shetland.

H2O Innovation gets 4.9M industrial projects

H2O Innovation Inc. (H2O Innovation) has been awarded two new industrial projects, totalling USD 4.

New role for Matthew Davis at WVC USA

Weir Valves & Controls USA (WVC USA) has appointed Matthew Davis as a field service manager. Matt joins WVC USA with over 20 years of experience in the power industry as a regional sales manager, AOV program engineer and project manager.

Orbinox knife gate valve technology

Dense phase pneumatic conveying is the ideal method of transferring abrasive, friable, or mixed-batch materials. Orbinox’s system design transports the material along a pipe in a plug form at relatively low velocities, which means less wear and tear on both the system and the materials being conveyed.

FLR selects by Arconic for furnace project

Fluor Corporation (FLR) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract to install a new horizontal heat treat furnace at Arconic’s Davenport, Iowa facility.

Rotary vane actuators for the cement industry

Cement plants take a harsh toll on equipment such as valves and actuators. Abrasive material is involved from the beginning to the end.

Valve upgrade introduces Rotork CK actuators

A gate valve upgrade project at a waste water treatment plant in North America has enabled the operator to install Rotork CK modular electric valve actuators.

Low-lead solenoid valves for beverage dispensers

Parker Hannifin has introduced a Low-Lead Brass body (LLB) series of solenoid valves for applications in the beverage dispensing industry.

Rotary valve for bulk solids industry customers

To significantly shorten delivery times for customers of the Americas market, Coperion K-Tron located in Salina, KS USA, will start the US production of Coperion Germany rotary valves type ZRD in Salina.

AMPO POYAM VALVES offer fast track replacement

Hundreds of AMPO valves have been installed in BOTAS LNG Terminal, in Turkey, since 1999. Due to a planned shutdown, the customer requested a fast track replacement to AMPO POYAM VALVES.