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Aztec Electrical Supply joins Festo

Festo Canada has welcomed Aztec Electrical Supply Inc. to the Festo family. Focusing on the Southern Ontario region, the Concord, ON-based supplier is featuring Festo’s growing product portfolio which includes their pneumatic, electrical and process product range.

Rotork offers solution for chemical dosing

Rotork CMA process control actuators deliver a compact solution for a new chemical dosing application at a water treatment plant expansion at the City of Loveland, Colorado USA.

ARMATURY’s produces valves for Severstal

In February 2017, ARMATURY Group finished the production of special valves for the Russian Severstal Metallurgical Combine.

FAMAT to supply valves to US power plant

FAMAT has been awarded a contract to supply a full set of steam extraction check valves for a power station in Texas, USA.

Rotary vane actuators reduce mechanical wear

In pneumatic valve actuators, fretting wear is caused by the repeated cyclical rubbing between gears in scotch yoke or rack and pinion actuators.

ARAKO deliveres high-pressure gate valves

In February 2017, the Company ARAKO dispatched 8 high-pressure gate valves S43 (DN 65, DN 100, DN 200) for the Bulgarian company Toplofikatsiya Sofia.

Samson Ringo supplies a stainless steel valve

Samson Ringo has recently supplied through Samson Controls USA a 24” stainless steel angle globe control valve 600# to be installed in a methanol plant in United States.

Mueller’s R-2361 resilient wedge gate valve

Originally introduced in A-2361 non-rising stem (NRS) models a couple of years back, Mueller Co. produces R-2361 outside screw & yoke (OS&Y) gate valves with the updated design in compliance with AWWA C515-15 standards.

Mir Valve to supply valves to Malaysian company

Mir Valve have been awarded a new order for API 6D ball valves for Sarawak Shell offshore East Malaysia. The order consists of 7pcs MV3 side-entry ball valves.

Subsea 7 awarded contract in Australia

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a sizeable contract by Cooper Energy Ltd for the Sole Development Project, offshore Australia The Sole gas field is located in the eastern part of the Gippsland Basin, approximately 40km offshore Victoria, Australia.