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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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Coatings for corrosion resistance made easy

There is an increased demand for corrosion protection, especially stainless steel filter regulators and pneumatic instruments that epoxy-coated as an alternative to costly corrosion-resistant exotic alloys.

Norgren to celebrate 50 years

Norgren will showcase its capabilities in pneumatic motion and fluid control technology to the international energy sector at Offshore Technology Days 2013 in Stavanger, Norway this October.  Norgren will display a variety of products, including its redundant valve manifold (RVM) system, stainless steel solenoid valves and stainless steel three-stage filtration at the show, where it will also be celebrating its 50th year of operation in Norway with a special display.

Inocean wins CAT I drillship design contract

Inocean has been awarded the contract for developing the concept and option for FEED for the Statoil CAT I Drillship. The contract is a result of winning a 6-month design competition. The contract includes the concept design and option for the FEED, which is planned to go on until the end of 2014.

Wood Mackenzie chooses Foster Wheeler

Global Engineering and Construction Group, a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler will provide consultancy services to Wood Mackenzie for two projects in Peru, the Energy Security and South Pipeline Project and the Energy Node in South Peru Project.

Flow tech launches high-pressure check valve

There is an increasing demand for high pressure and large diameter valves in long-distance pipeline and petrochemical plants. Flowtech developed a high-pressure large-diameter soft sealing check valve designed and manufactured as per API 6D standards.

KLPE selects Petrofac for petrochemical project

Petrofac, in consortium with Linde AG of Germany and GS Engineering & Construction Corporation, Republic of Korea, have been engaged by KLPE, to provide services for the development of its Integrated Petrochemicals Complex and Infrastructure (IPCI) project, situated in the Tengiz and Karabatan regions of Kazakhstan.

Technip to supply flexible risers to Statoil

Statoil awarded a contract to Technip for the fabrication and supply flexible risers for several fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract covers the fabrication of 10 flexible risers and supply of flexible riser ancillaries.

Global Marine Systems, Triasmitra form JV

Subsea cable installation companies Global Marine Systems and PT Ketrosden Triasmitra will be forming a joint venture to provide subsea cable engineering and installation services to the telecommunications and oil & gas industries within the Indonesian market.

Pipe connector for underground construction

NORMA Group has added the multifunctional pipe connector NORMACONNECT VARIO PIPE to its Infrastructure product offering. VARIO PIPE can be used to join drainage pipes of different outside diameters and materials, especially in canal and underground construction.

Clean LNG projects use Rotork actuators

newsitemRotork flow control products have been selected for applications throughout the giant Queensland coal seam gas-to-Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects in Australia.