Technical

Kitz Corporation Of Europe S.A announces the recent additional appointment of R.P.V as an Authorised UK Distributor for Cast Low & High Alloy Steel Gate, Globe & Check Valves.

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), India's largest engineering, construction and cement conglomerate, has launched an exclusive website for Valves Marketing in Chennai.

ABB has officially opened an office in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), solidifying an agreement signed last November to help improve the performance of the country's electricity transmission network and basic industries.

Celanese Chemicals has awarded Swagelok Company of Solon, Ohio, USA, and seven of its independent sales and service centres the 2000 North American Outstanding Supplier of the Year award.

Ernst Haage has designed a new series of high-pressure bellow valves for metering and shut-off of gases and liquids.

Norsk Hydro is to invest more than NOK 1 billion on exploring for oil off the coast of the West African nation of Angola.

The 52nd Sea Horse Institute, a marine corrosion conference, will be held August 13-16, 2001 in Myrtle Beach South Carolina, USA.

BSS Flow Control Solutions has developed a range of Quarter Turn Ball Valves in a wide variety of materials, ranging from bronze, carbon and stainless steel, to more exotic designs in titanium, hastolloy and monel.

The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) has officially certified three series of Yokogawa field devices as conforming to its most rigorous explosion-proof standard, the FISCO (Fieldbus Intrinsic Safety Concept) model, applied to Foundation Fieldbus technology applications, according to Yokogawa Electric Corporation.

Exxon Mobil Corporation hasannounced that Mobil Cepu Ltd, an affiliated company, has made a major oil discovery in Indonesia following the successful completion of the Banyu Urip No. 3 (BU-3) well.