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Pneumatic positioner offers accurate control

Kinetrol's AP pneumatic positioner combines the smoothness and accuracy of Kinetrol’s proven mechanical positioner technology with new advances in convenience and simplicity of use, derived from the unique innovative design both of the internal mechanism and of the overall package.

In Memoriam: Gilbert Richards

Richards Industries, an industrial manufacturing company, has announced that founder and former president, Gilbert Richards, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on April 1st.

Metso gets Best Foreign Entrepreneur 2016 award

The South Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry has awarded Metso in South Korea with the prize of Best Foreign Entrepreneur in 2016.

STAUFF’s anti-corrosive hydraulic ball valves

STAUFF will be changing from a zinc/iron coating to a significantly higher-quality and corrosion-resistant zinc/nickel surface for a substantial part of its range of two-way and multi-way block ball valves for hydraulics.

CORTEC to supply double isolation valves

CORTEC Manifold Systems secured a contract through a Malaysian partner to supply compact ball valves for a production platform belonging to Petronas.

Samson Ringo supply the heaviest ball valve

Samson Ringo has recently completed the manufacturing, testing and shipment of an ESDV Top entry ball valve 36” 1500# to be installed in the IDKU field in Alexandria (Egypt).

Total announces $1.7B expansion in USA

Paris - Total is entering a partnership with Borealis and Nova to form a joint venture with the aim of building an ethane steam cracker and a new Borstar® polyethylene unit on the US Gulf Coast.

Magnum Systems slide diverter valves

In a Smoot Slide Diverter valve, a flexible tube is attached to a slide plate that moves back and forth over a very short distance to line up with the required convey line.

TechnipFMC gets a project for subsea installation

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Shell), for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deep water project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sea change: as costs subside, the world relies more on desalination to quench its...

In the last few years the world has been increasingly relying on desalination for its drinking and industrial water. The stick is the danger that any already critical water shortage caused by drought and global warming will get worse. The carrot is the provision of more water in parched areas thanks to significant progress towards making desalination more cost-effective and environmentally friendly.