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Industrial control market products

Festo has introduced a range of products for the high volume industrial control markets.

Flowserve Durco PlugSeal

Flowserve Corp. has introduced a plug valve designed for high-pressure applications in the seawater reverse osmosis desalination industry.

GA Valves delivery

GA Valves has announced that they have completed the delivery of 40-no, 6in aluminium bronze air valves to the Yemen LNG project.

Rexroth builds control systems

Schlumberger recently requested Aberdeen Control, who partnered with Bosch Rexroth, to build nine control systems for use on offshore oil rigs.

Eaton Corp. buys Integ Holdings

The Eaton Corp. has bought Integ Holdings, the parent of Integrated Hydraulics, the UK manufacturer of screw-in cartridge valves, custom-engineered hydraulic valves and manifold systems.

Apollo® Valves earns ISO/IEC 17025:2005

Apollo® Valves has earned ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation for its engineering laboratory in Pageland, South Carolina, USA.

Actuators for FPU

Rotork actuators will be installed on a new floating production unit (FPU) under construction for the Statoil Gjoa project in the North Sea.

Actuators for Iraq

Rotork actuators have accepted a project designed to provide an uninterrupted supply of water to the Iraqi province of Basrah and develop the infrastructure to improve the quality of life for the citizens.

VS45 Valve series

Norgren, a supplier of pneumatic and fluid control solutions for the industrial market, has launched the VS45, the newest addition to its VS Valve Series.

Stainless steel check valve

Spirax Sarco has introduced the new DCV8 stainless steel check valve designed to prevent reverse flow in pipelines carrying a wide variety of aggressive fluids, vapours, acids and alkalines.