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Take a look at a typical actuator catalogue and it is hard not to be impressed. Wireless communications, modular actuators, safety systems… manufacturers have put in a lot of time and effort to develop and introduce new technologies. Glancing through yet another glossy brochure, however, the Online Team at Valve World did start to wonder about the practicability of these sophisticated new features.

Wärtsilä, a global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions and services, has signed a long-term service agreement with Energy Developments Ltd (EDL) of Australia to maintain the McArthur River Mine power plant.

ASCO Numatics, the world leader in fluid automation solutions and controls for fuel dispensing applications, has introduced the ASCO 291 Series of high-pressure solenoid valves for compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing applications in North America.

The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) business unit of Kentz Corporation, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, has signed three long-term framework agreements with blue-chip international companies.

Plain bearings demonstrate their advantages to the full in marine applications and in the solar- and water-power sectors, as they are optimised for the combination of slow swivel movements and high forces that these applications involve.

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a multi-million dollar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Sempra U.S. Gas & Power to design and construct its Copper Mountain Solar 3 project near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Siemens Energy has received orders for the compressor trains for three LNG (liquefied natural gas) plants belonging to Hangzhou Zhongtai Cryogenic Technology Corporation in China for liquefying synthetic natural gas.

Longreach Oil and Gas, an independent oil and gas company focused on Morocco, will use a drilling rig from Saipem SpA for drilling two wells on its Sidi Moktar Exploration Licence Area onshore Morocco.

Metso has certified several flow control products to comply with the ‘IEC 61511, Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)’ technical standard for the process industry sector.  According to Timo Torvinen, VP, Energy & Hydrocarbon sales and marketing, Metso, “In recent years, our customers, particularly in the energy and hydrocarbon industry, have been looking for standardized best-in-class valve and controller technologies that can be applied systematically both in process control and safety applications.

ABO, a Czech Republic-based specialist in production of industrial centric & high performance butterfly valves, continues to concentrate on more distant markets in Asia. Following a rapid expansion in sales in the region, ABO has opened its branch in Shanghai, China in August 2013.