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Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.

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Portescap’ s new 35DBM high power stepper

Portescap has introduced the new 35DBM high power stepper can stack linear actuator. This 35mm linear stepper motor offers an enhanced design ideal for applications demanding high linear force.

McWane at FEF Conference

On November 16-17, several team members from the Valve and Hydrant Group represented McWane at the 2017 Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) College Industry Conference in Chicago.

Asahi/America’s new Type-57P butterfly valves

Asahi/America, Inc., has introduced the advanced Type-57 butterfly valve: the Type-57P. The redesigned valve is available in an ANSI wafer-style connection and shares the same face-to-face dimensions as all like-size Asahi/America Type-57 butterfly valves.

Rheinmetall Automotive awarded a contract

Rheinmetall Automotive AG, through its subsidary Pierburg, has been awarded an order with a life-time volume worth over EUR 71 M.

New literature on DeZURIK butterfly valves

DeZURIK BHP high performance butterfly valves are specially designed for applications in the chemical, hydrocarbon processing, pulp & paper, water & wastewater and HVAC industries worldwide.

Fluor awarded EPC contract

Fluor Corporation (FLR) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Vopak Terminal Durban (Pty) Ltd.

Harrison Valve introduces C10 valves

Harrison Valve has introduced a new broad range of Precision C10 Specialty Gas valves for the growing market of high purity and specialty calibration gas markets.

NENUTEC offer advanced actuators

NENUTEC AG offers advanced actuator solutions. One is wafer-type NBFV 8000 butterfly valves motorised with actuator series NEAA and FSAA (EFS®).

RWE Innogy choose Total Lockout valve actuators

In 2017, Total Lockout was awarded the order to supply portable valve actuators for large penstocks on the new run of river hydroelectric generating scheme on the Abhainn Chia-aig river.

Wood wins multi-million dollar EPC contract

Wood is providing GSK Vaccines GmbH (GSK), part of GlaxoSmithKline Group, with engineering, procurement and construction management services for a new biotech facility to be built in Marburg, Germany.