Industry News

Precision Valve Corporation, the aerosol valves world leader and a leading global manufacturer for actuators and other dispensing solutions across a variety of end markets, appoints Harald Biederbick as Chief Executive Officer effective March 21, 2022. Mr. Biederbick succeeds Mario Barbero, who has stepped down having served as Chief Executive Officer since 2016.

Schlumberger announced a major contract award by Saudi Aramco for integrated drilling and well construction services in a gas drilling project.

The Round Rock Metropolis Council accredited an economic incentive arrangement on Thursday, Feb. 24, with Emerson that will consequence in $9 million in new expense and at minimum 50 new careers made. 

Drain valves comprise up to 20% of all valves in a typical processing plant. But cleaning them is costly, difficult and time-consuming due to long cleaning cycles and the risk of pressure shocks. The new Alfa Laval ThinkTop pulse seat clean addresses all these issues, quickly and effectively making drain valves spotless while delivering savings of up to 95% in Cleaning-in-Place (CIP) liquid.

Marshall Excelsior Company, a Harbour Group company, has acquired Xanor de Mexico ("Xanik"), Jeff Fox, Harbour Group's chairman and chief executive officer, announced.  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Helios Technologies, Inc., a global leader in highly engineered motion control and electronic controls technology for diverse end markets, announced today that the Board of Directors has nominated Diana Sacchi to stand for election as a Director at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting. The Company also announced that Marc Bertoneche, PhD, plans to retire from the Board effective at the Annual Meeting and therefore will not seek nomination. He has served on Helios’ Board of Directors since 2001.

Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract and granted notice to proceed by Venture Global LNG to provide a liquefied natural gas (LNG) system for the first phase of the Plaquemines LNG project in Louisiana.

Aliaxis, a world leader enabling access to water and energy through inventive fluid management solutions, and HydroPoint, a smart water management company focusing on innovative water solutions for the last mile, have today signed a strategic investment and collaboration agreement.

Allied Valve has expanded its array of brands you know and service you can trust with its latest acquisition, Great Lakes Process Controls, Inc. Great Lakes, along with JMI Instrument Company, Power Specialties, Inc., and PROMAC, Inc., have merged together to form Allied Instrumentation.

Kelso Technologies Inc. reports that all the participating oil refiners engaged in the service trials of the Company’s new 2” angle valve (K2AV) have successfully installed the requisite number of K2AV units and full AAR compliance testing continues. The Kelso K2AV is a device specifically designed to transfer LP-Gas and anhydrous ammonia in pressurized railroad tank car applications.