PetroVietnam eyes Japanese investment
State-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam may seek Japanese partners to develop as many as 20 offshore blocks in the South China Sea, according to business daily, Nikkei. Toshiba joins NET Power, Shaw, and Exelon
NET Power LLC announced that Toshiba Corporation, a world-class technology manufacturer, has joined The Shaw Group, a leading global engineering services firm, and Exelon Corporation, the leading U.S. Dixon opens new valve actuation workshop
Dixon Group Europe opened a new Valve Actuation workshop offering custom automated valve packages from their Preston offices. Most of the range can be dispatched within 24 hours thus reducing customer process downtime.
Metso’s Neles Q2-Trim™ eliminates noise
Metso's new Neles Q2-Trim ™ reduces noise up to 30 decibels compared to a typical control valve helping process industry customers to improve personnel and plant safety while simultaneously increasing efficiency and reliability.Metso's frontrunning Q2-Trim technology is combination of various techniques resulting multiple benefits for customers. Champion of British engineering
Michael Oliver, chairman and founder of Oliver Valves, the Cheshire-based manufacturer of valves used by the world’s biggest energy companies, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the valve industry in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Despite current global economic slowdown, Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC)-Phil’s Subic Shipyard won a bid to build mid-size container ships for the first time this year. 
One of the largest coal power plants in Denmark, has gained valuable benefits with Flowrox valves in their boiler ash/slag slurry installation. 
Parker Hannifin’s instrumentation products division has launched a high-integrity ball valve for process isolation applications across the chemical, petrochemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries. 
Arc Energy Resources has completed the weld overlay cladding of globe valves from Severn Glocon that are set to be installed in the subsea Manifa oilfield development in Saudi Arabia. 
Bürkert has introduced its third generation of solenoid control valves for numerous applications in which fluids are mixed or metered, including medical, analytical and fuel-cell technology and fuel metering systems.