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InterApp resilient valves for hazardous areas

Orbinox’s DESPONIA PLUS series resilient seated butterfly valves are designed for the high integrity gas vent applications on the waste-to-energy technology.

Statoil submits Johan Castberg PDO

Statoil has submitted the PDO (plan for development and operation) for the Johan Castberg project on behalf of the partnership with Eni and Petoro.

Kelly Tomlin is executive VP at Admiral Valve

Admiral Valve, LLC, parent company of CPV® and global leader and manufacturer of CPV high pressure valves and fittings for industrial gas, petrochemical and shipbuilding industry applications, named Kelly Tomlin as executive VP and CFO.

HEROSE expands O-ring variants

HEROSE has now expanded its 0685X and 0681X series to include an O-ring variant. Compared to the previous soft sealing plate and the metal sealing variant, the new O-ring seal offers improved tightness until the valve reacts.

SUMONDO valve with autoclavable manual actuator

The single-use diaphragm valve SUMONDO is now also available with an autoclavable manual actuator. The GEMÜ SUMONDO product range comprises a manual solution and a pneumatically operated solution.

LB Bentley’s gate valve for XMT injections

In 80’s, LB Bentley designed and patented the very first small bore subsea gate valves for chemical injection applications on Christmas Trees (XMT’s) and manifolds.

Orbinox XC series gate valves for a power station

Orbinox ‘XC’ series hopper outlet knife gate valves are designed for use in an electrostatic precipitator (ESP) application on a coal fired power station.

Transocean bags a drilling contract

Transocean Norway Operations AS with the drilling rig Transocean Arctic is awarded the contract to drill production wells at the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.

Altra Motion implements lean manufacturing

Across the world, linear actuators perform lifting and positioning roles on a whole host of equipment. Designed to perform where hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders cannot operate, these vital actuators now fulfil a wide variety of tasks, often in hostile environmental conditions.

Emerson opens solutions center in Singapore

As part of its drive to make Singapore a hub for the delivery of Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and services for customers across Asia Pacific, Emerson has opened a customer-focused Solutions Center at the regional headquarters of its automation solutions business in Singapore.