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VESTA® Tank bottom valves

GEA Tuchenhagen now offers VESTA® Tank bottom valves - based on the concept of single-seat tank bottom valves with PTFE bellows - in sizes from DN 10 to DN 65.

Hayward pneumatic actuators

Hayward Flow Control Systems, now offers a wide range of pneumatic valve actuators and related control options for a diverse range of valve automation applications.

Warner Linear actuator catalogue

Warner Linear has published a new 52-page electric linear actuator catalogue, which includes a complete line of actuator controls.

Midland-ACS 70 Series valve

Midland-ACS’ new 70 series valve has been engineered to provide customers with higher flow rates, while at the same time consuming less power.

API 6D and 6A ball valves

Velan Srl is a 50/50 owned joint venture company that was started in Italy in 2003.

Nuclear valve contracts

Velan SAS, Velan’s wholly owned subsidiary in Lyon, France, has been selected by CNPEC (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.) to supply high-pressured forged valves for six nuclear power plants in China.

Manifold mount cartridge valve

Parker Fluid Control Division, manufacturers of the Skinner and Gold Ring lines of solenoid valves and the Sinclair Collins line of process control valves, now offers a new line of Manifold mount cartridge valves.

ARCA valves for bio fuel production

ARCA has supplied more than 120 control valves for use in Freiberg, Germany’s first commercial plant for producing synthetic bio fuel from biomass.

Dahuofang chooses Rotork

The Dahuofang Water Supply Project in China has specified that it will use Rotork IQPro intelligent electric valve actuators for its water infrastructure improvement projects.

Valve seat design

The Valtek Valdisk high-cycle seat, a seat design for Valtek butterfly valves, has been introduced by Flowserve Corp.