New managing director

Piezo-actuator specialist Servocell (Italy) has named Simon Powell as its new managing director.

Valves to reduce toxic emissions

Camcon is developing a prototype valve to reduce toxic emissions and improve the efficiency of jet aircraft.

Brewery automation

Cervecería Centroamericana brewery (Guatemala) recently implemented a new automation System for the monitoring and control of its crude water pumping area.

Caspian: gas injection

Agip KCO has awarded GE Energy a contract to supply an ultra high-pressure, sour gas injection system for the Kashagan oilfield in the North Caspian Sea.

UK: Jacobs receives contract

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company received a contract from the B-A-R Honda Formula One team to design and construct a new aerodynamic wind tunnel

Tajikistan: hydropower plants

A contract for the construction of a series of Sangtudin hydropower plants has been signed by representatives of Tajikistan, Russia, and Iran.

An end-user-oriented programme

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the agenda for its 2005 General Assembly.

Belarus and Libya form joint energy company

Belarus and Libya have produced a document on the establishment of a joint Belarusian-Libyan energy company.

Oman: Toyo to build methanol plant

Toyo Engineering Corp. will construct a methanol plant in Oman.

Iran: South Pars tenders

Iran's National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) has launched tenders for several of the 20 phases of of offshore developments that have been ratified by the Iranian government.