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Dezurik’s pump control valve for pressure control

Designed for maximum performance and economy, the APCO SmartCHECK Pump Control Valve (CPC) is a single valve that combines the functionality of a full-featured electric motor operated pump control valve with the best features of APCO’s premium swing check valve.

SNC-Lavalin gets a EPC contract

SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Brahms Oil Refineries Limited to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) conversion to EPC contract for a 10,000 barrel per day crude oil refinery in Kamsar, Guinea.

MRC Global awarded Nordic projects, MRO contracts

MRC Global Inc. has announced that its Norwegian subsidiary, MRC Global Norway AS, will provide specialty and high alloy valves, manifolds, fittings, tubing, enclosures, tube clamps and other special items for Statoil's Johan Castberg project, located in the Barents Sea.

PCI technology is popular in JAPAN

Paul Wurth IHI Co., Ltd.has reached an understanding with a leading international steel group for upgrading their existing dilute phase PCI plants in Japan.

Rotarex’s UHP cylinder valves at SEMICON Europa

Rotarex SA announced that it will exhibit at SEMICON Europa 2017 to feature its industry-leading ultra-high purity gas cylinder valves and new, durable and lightweight UHP line valves.

Armatec Group acquires companies from ERIKS

Armatec Group, part of Ernströmgruppen, has signed an agreement to acquire all of the shares in Dansk Ventil Center AS (DVC AS) and Valtor Offshore AS from ERIKS.

Robolux valve for hygienic applications

In production processes which require hygienic equipment, it is crucial to have a valve design which can be easily cleaned, contains a low internal volume, a minimum number of connections and excellent control abilities.

BM Engineering’s Zwick valves at a distillery

Zwick valves produced by BM Engineering are used in the oil & gas industry. Recently, BM Engineering supplied Zwick double block and bleed units to a large distillery in Scotland.

Linear actuators for gate valve automation

Industrial valve users tend to connect gate valve operation with multi-turn electric actuators, not realizing that linear pneumatic or hydraulic valve actuators have features that can make them preferable for rising stem valves.

DNV GL Flowbus Compact Hydraulic Actuator

Flowbus has obtained type approval certificate of compact electro hydraulic actuator in offshore units awarded by the independent certification body DNV GL.