Hybrid actuator catalogue

Available from Servotechnic, the new Haydon Switch hybrid actuator catalogue has been revised to include many new features.

USA: supercritical boilers

McDermott International Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W), has signed a MoU to supply eight identical supercritical coal-fired boilers and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems as part of TXU’s solid-fuel power generation program in Texas.

ES and Crane Valve enter agreement

Engineered Software Inc. (ES), a provider of software used to design and simulate the operation of fluid piping systems, has announced that they have reached a four-year agreement with Crane Valve North America to produce, market, sell and distribute worldwide Crane’s Technical Paper 410 The Flow of Fluids through Valves, Fittings, and Pipe and its accompanying software program Flow of Fluids Premium. ES has been providing Crane with its Flow of Fluids software for the past four years.

Online gear and actuator products

Harmonic Drive, a European manufacturer of precision gears and actuators, has launched a new version of its website.

Capital Valves honoured by the Queen

The Capital Valves Group has been honoured by Her Majesty the Queen in this year’s Awards for Enterprise in the International Trade category 2006.

Norgren forms fluid control group

Norgren has announced that it is combining the brands of FAS, Webber, Buschjost and KIP to form the new Norgren fluid control group.

Brazil: coking plant

Brazilian steel producer Usiminas is to invest BRE 743.5 million this year to upgrade its production infrastructure.

Control valves for Qatar LNG plant

Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has won a USD 30 million order for Fisher® control valves to be installed at a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil for the Qatargas II LNG Plant expansion at the Ras Laffan Industrial Complex in Qatar.

Petersburg Technical Fair

Petersburg Technical Fair, a North-Western exhibition and congress project has finished its work on 17 March.

UK: hydropower project

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has received a contract to provide a range of services on a new hydroelectric power project in the Scottish highlands.