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Metso to supply grade conversion rebuild for Norsk

Metso will supply Norske Skog with a grade conversion rebuild from newsprint to lightweight coated (LWC) grades of their PM 2 machine at their Boyer mill in Tasmania, Australia. The rebuilt production line will be fully operational after several phases of rebuild during the first quarter of 2014.

Teekay LNG orders 2 newbuildings from DSME

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering CO., LTD.

SIPOS supports Stockholm’s district heating

Over two hundred SIPOS 5 Flash actuators have been installed as part of a major expansion of the district heating system in the Södermalm district of Stockholm.

OceanSaver to establish South Korea office

Leading ballast water treatment system specialist OceanSaver has taken the strategic decision to establish a base in the world’s number one shipbuilding centre, South Korea.

New home for Norgren

Norgren, an international market leader in pneumatic motion and fluid control technologies, is to relocate its UK headquarters to a new state-of-the-art facility at Fradley Business Park, near Lichfield in Staffordshire.

AUMA actuators support major Bahrain water scheme

A major programme to increase Bahrain’s potable water capacity has incorporated 294 AUMA electric actuators.

AUMA flow control supports major environmental sch

Electric actuators manufactured by AUMA are assisting flow control processes at a major WwTW in Tullamore, Ireland which has been hailed a landmark environmental scheme.

Curtiss-Wright in agreement with RNII

newsitemCurtiss-Wright Flow Control Company’s Scientech business unit announced that it has entered into a Technology Assignment Agreement with Rosemount Nuclear Instruments, Inc.

Optimum control from pneumatic rotary actuators

newsitemPSV Mitech’s pneumatic rotary actuators offer a choice of either a double crank or a scotch yoke mechanism.

Shipham Valves launches new range

Shipham Valves, a subsidiary of Wärtsilä, has completed the development programme for a new range of composite single plate wafer check valves.

Available in sizes from 3”–12” /DN80–DN300 and rated at 16 bar (230psi), the single plate Wafer Check Valve adds to Shipham Valves existing range of composite valves.