Technical

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Hardide Coatings Ltd, a provider of surface engineering technology, has appointed Mr Mark Telford as Technical Sales Manager to drive the company’s sales in the international valve coatings market.

Shell and Sonatrach, the Algerian national energy company, have signed a MoU covering multiple business initiatives, both in Algeria and internationally.