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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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Type 604/605 dosing valve offers 2M lifecycles

GF Piping Systems has introduced a corrosion-resistant pneumatic diaphragm valve that provides a new, long lasting solution for not only highly corrosive dosing applications, but also open/close applications.

GEMÜ CONEXO expands portfolio

GEMÜ CONEXO is a solution for life-cycle management of all types of systems. The system consists of valves that are equipped with RFID chips and a corresponding IT infrastructure.

Maersk Drilling gets contract extensions

Maersk Drilling has been awarded two contract extensions in the North Sea. Both rigs have recently been re-activated to the North Sea from warm stacking.

AUMA actuators automate Shell Oman Marketing terminal

AUMA has supplied 74 electric valve actuators with Modbus RTU communications and a SIMA master station control system for a tank farm operated by Shell Oman Marketing Company near Muscat, Oman.

Emerson Agrees to Acquire Paradigm

Broadens Emerson’s software capabilities to serve global oil and gas industry Positions Emerson as the largest independent provider of Exploration & Production software solutions Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has agreed to acquire Paradigm®, a leading provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry, for a purchase price of $510 million, reflecting a multiple of 13 times expected 2017 EBITDA.

Weir Valves and Controls UK win gold at RoSPA 2017

Weir Valves and Controls UK Limited were recognised at RoSPA Health and Safety Awards 2017. The Company achieved the Gold award in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

HFT introduces double freezing technique

Replacing valves in a pipeline can be a challenge, especially when the pipelines have liquids running through them. One option is to completely drain the system to make the repairs, which can prove costly with respect to loss of expensive fluid, heating or cooling costs, etc.

Spiecapag wins a TMEP pipeline contract

Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P. (TMP) has awarded a contract to the joint venture formed by Spiecapag Canada Corp, a subsidiary of VINCI, and Macro Enterprise Inc.

SKF launches modular electromechanical actuator

SKF has launched the versatile CASM 100 electromechanical actuator with a variety of different modules, making it exceptionally adaptable to satisfy a range of applications in a variety of sectors.

Rotork manual gearbox for versatile performance

The simple and rugged design of the new QTW150 gearbox from the Rotork Gears division delivers reliable and versatile manual operation of quarter-turn valves.