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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced the release of several new products as part of its Symphony™ Plus total plant automation platform for the power generation and water industries.

The new agreement to supply Fisher products to the UK market recognises a long and successful partnership between the two companies and will further enhance the level of service provided to customers. The Fisher brand is widely recognised as a market leader for product excellence and the provision of engineering solutions.

The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) launched a series of practical, collaborative action plans aimed at developing a sustainable shipping industry for the future.

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN), a developer of a breakthrough technology to make transportation fuels and other valuable products from natural gas, commented that gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology offers clear advantages over compressed natural gas (CNG) with regards to environment and infrastructure. While most experts agree that natural gas will be the world’s next great source of fuel and most certain way to achieve energy security, there is significant debate surrounding how the resource should be used.

Statoil has entered its first acreage in Ghana, farming into a deepwater licence operated by Hess.

The Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) licence was awarded to Hess Corporation (Hess) in 2006 and lies just south of the licence containing the Jubilee field offshore Ghana.

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions™ is pleased to announce the addition of WTA® Bellows Sealed Globe Valves, Chlorine Valves, and Change-Over Valves to the CRANE ChemPharma product offering.

To consistently maintain their growth course of the last years in the sector of industrial valves, Armaturenfabrik Franz Schneider GmbH + Co.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has acquired the Versatile Measuring Instruments (VMI) and Lisle-Metrix (L-M) product lines from the Amidyne Group for approximately USD 7 million. The VMI and L-M product lines serve the commercial nuclear power market, and consist of original equipment and re-engineered replacement products for obsolete equipment.

Oliver Valvetek, the Cheshire-based manufacturer of high-performance valves used by the world’s biggest energy companies, has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.

Metso will increase the reliable supply of hydroelectric power at the Inkeroinen and Anjalankoski power plants owned by Kemijoki Oy in Finland by renewing the automation in their four water turbines.