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Larox knife gate valves

Larox Flowsys has launched a new series of valves to supplement the pinch valve family.

Hoerbiger acquires

As of 1 June 2009, the Hoerbiger Group (Zug, Switzerland) acquired the compressor business of Gala Precision Technology Private Ltd (Thane, India) as part of a share deal.

UK: greenfield energy-from-waste plants

Metso has announced that it will deliver advanced automation solutions to two greenfield energy-from-waste plants to be located in the UK that will be built by Von Roll Inova Environmental Technology Ltd.

Air valve actuators

Maxpro Technologies now offers its newly designed air operated valve actuators.

Dresser control valves for Qafco

Dresser Masoneilan®, has been chosen by Saipem SpA, a Milan, Italy-based engineering and project management company, to supply control valves for the Qatar Fertilizer Co. (Qafco).

Rupture disc assembly

Continental Disc Corp. has launched a new rupture disc assembly for wind turbine hydraulic braking systems.

Qatar: polymer contract

Uhde has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract by Qatar Petrochemical Co. (QAPCO), a subsidiary of Industries Qatar and Total Petrochemicals of France, to build a 300,000tpy low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant within the scope of its LDPE-3 project.

Rotork contributes to petrochemical plant

Rotork Fluid Systems has received an order for over two hundred pneumatic valve actuators for the Saudi Kayan Phenolics Complex, a major component of the new Saudi Kayan petrochemical plant being constructed at Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia.

Siemens supplies fieldbus solutions

Dalriada Water has selected Siemens to provide and maintain all equipment across the water treatment infrastructure for Northern Ireland Water.

UK: geothermal power plant

The UK is set to get its first commercial geothermal power plant following a partnership between EGS Energy and the Eden Project.