Industry News

What’s happening and hot in the valve and actuation industry? Mergers and acquisitions, promotions, interesting development in end-user sectors, new project deals and so on.

Schlumberger Becomes SLB, a Technology Company Driving the Future of Energy

Schlumberger today announced its new name—SLB—underscoring the company’s vision for a decarbonized energy future and affirming its transformation from the world’s largest oilfield services company to a global technology company focused on driving energy innovation for a balanced planet.

Bosch Rexroth Announces Expansion in Factory Automation Capabilities for North American Customer Base

Bosch Rexroth is planning to expand its operations and will move its linear and assembly technology manufacturing facility to a new location in Charlotte, the company announced today.

LCM and Total Valve Announce Partnership

LCM and Total Valve are happy to announce our partnership out of LCM's Pasadena office to sell and service TVS Engineered Product's, a division of Total Valve Systems, line of products in the South Texas & Louisiana territories.

Spirax Sarco adds Steam-Tight PEEK Seats to Spira-trol Quick Ship line of Control Valves

Spirax Sarco US announces the addition of Steam-Tight PEEK seats to its Spira-trol™ line of modular control valves, which ship in four days or less through the company’s Quick Ship program.

RINA Develops a Method Statement for Hydrogen-Ready Metallic Valves

RINA has developed a method statement which applies to valves intended for construction of gas transmission and distribution pipelines as well as hydrogen piping systems.

Emissions Regulation for a Better Future

The Clean Air Act, introduced in 1970, was established to provide oversight and regulation of air emissions.

Crane India Inaugurates Its New Engineered Check Valves Facility in Satara, Maharashtra

Today, Crane announced the inauguration of its new Engineered Check Valves factory in Satara, Maharashtra.

GWC Italia Further Invests in Italian and US Production Facilities

China’s valve production will be moved to GWC ITALIA’s two existing plants (Italy and US) where new investments in capacity expansion have already been launched.

EnerMech Promotes Alison Hazell to Marketing and Communications Director

EnerMech has bolstered its senior management team with the promotion of Alison Hazell into the newly created position of marketing and communications director.

Emerson’s New I/O Interface Software Helps Future-Proof Operations, Reduce Modernization Costs up to 40%

Emerson, a global software and engineering leader, has released DeltaV™ IO.CONNECT, a new subscription software service designed to help plants simplify modernization with an open architecture pathway that makes it possible to transition to more efficient control schemes without the need to completely overhaul existing infrastructure