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FSV 6650 valve

Burkert’s new FSV 6650, a flipper solenoid valve, is the newest addition to the company’s valve family.

Iceland: geothermal power plant equipment

According to output studies and specs on Kaldara Green Energy’s, a Norwegian/Icelandic manufacturer of geothermal electrical power production equipment, latest KAPS (Kaldara Power System) geothermal power plant, its innovations in geothermal technology will make a good alternative to coal or natural gas.

SK Series multipurpose ball valves

Swagelok has unveiled its SK series of multipurpose ball valves.

Sealing compound for extreme conditions

Precision Polymer Engineering has released a multi-purpose perfluoroelastomer compound that is resistant to a range of chemicals and has a 14% compression set

Industrial diaphragm valves

Crane has introduced the Saunders Exelon range of diaphragms for its industrial diaphragm valves.

New Metso launch at ADIPEC and Valve World

Metso Automation is launching new smart technology products simultaneously at ADIPEC 2008 in Abu Dhabi and Valve World 2008 in Maastricht, Netherlands in November 2008: The new Neles ValvGuard for foundation fieldbus and the new Neles ND9300 Stainless Steel intelligent valve controller.

Plastic butterfly valves

Hayward Flow Control Systems, a division of Hayward Industrial Products, now offers a new line of butterfly valves designed to replace metal valves in a variety of industrial piping systems.

Autronic actuator delivery

In 2008, Autronic Reglersysteme GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, delivered several electro hydraulic actuators to its long-term customer Abu Qir Fertilizer Co., located in Alexandria, Egypt.

Stainless Steel World Conference & Exhibition 2009

The 6th biennial Stainless Steel World Conference & Exhibition 2009 will be held 10 November until 12 November, in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Sipos aids power plant

Sipos will install over 1200 Sipos Aktorik actuators at a new RWE coal-fired power plant that is under development at Hamm, Westfalen, Germany.