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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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Linde to invest USD 200M in Texas

newsitemLinde North America will invest more than USD 200M to build a large, state-of-the art air separation unit (ASU), a new gasification train and supporting equipment and facilities at La Porte, Texas.

MRC Global opens regional distribution centre

newsitemMRC Global has opened a new regional distribution centre in Tulsa, OK. The facility includes a 2-acre pipeyard, 80,000sq.

Siemens, CNPC finalise agreement

newsitemSiemens has concluded a framework agreement with China’s biggest oil and gas corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), to supply the entire electrical engineering and electrical systems for the first phase of the planned Guangdong Petrochemical Refinery in China.

New GDM Series valve connectors

newsitemBelden unveiled the new Hirschmann Brand GDM Series Valve Connectors that offer higher operational reliability and safety.

Emerson introduces solution for Rockwell PLCs

newsitemControl Techniques, an Emerson Industrial Automation company, released its Digitax ST-X indexing servo motor drive with EtherNet/IP™, a new variant of the company’s popular Digitax ST series of pulse duty servo drives.

AGR to provide well management to Genel Energy

Global oil services provider AGR Petroleum Services has signed a GBP 18M contract with Genel Energy to provide well management services for Genel Energy’s North/West Africa offshore drilling campaign.

LDD, MENCK launch LM Handling

Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) announced the launch of LM Handling, a new business unit established as a joint venture co-operation between Acteon companies LDD and MENCK. LM Handling offers global coverage in the field of offshore lifting and handling equipment, and services on a sales and rental basis.

Bernard Controls obtains Gazprom approval

Bernard Controls, electric actuation specialist, is now a Gazprom-approved supplier and enters the restricted vendor list of this Russian key player in the world Oil & Gas industry. The STX-SQX Electric Actuators models produced by Bernard Controls successfully passed the test to be in accordance with the Gazprom standard.

Kazakh ambassador tours ValvTechnologies

newsitemWith increasing U.S. investment in oil and gas production in his country, His Excellency Kairat Umarov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States, visited the world headquarters of ValvTechnologies for a first-hand look at the production and testing of new molecular sieve switching valves and actuators destined for Kazakhstan.

Metso opens new service center in the Netherlands

On Thursday, 30th May 2013, a select group of Metso management, staff and customers gathered in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands, to celebrate the opening of Metso’s latest service centre.