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.

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COURSES: Valve World Americas Expo 2017

Valve World Americas Conference & Expo 2017 is rapidly approaching – join us at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on June 20th and 21st.
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API welcomes Golden Pass LNG exports

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued a statement welcoming the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) decision to authorise Golden Pass Products LLC to export LNG to countries that do not have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US.
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Join us at Valve World Americas 2017!

Valve World Americas Conference & Expo is due to take place in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on June 20th and 21st.
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VanAire expands ownership to Lambert & Miller

VanAire, Incorporated recently announced that Tony Lambert and Eric Miller have been added as owners of the Michigan-based manufacturing company.
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Approval issued for Fort Nelson LNG plant

KT Energy’s plans for an estimated CAD $18 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant near Fort Nelson have received regulatory approval.
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VanAire appoints new CEO, Quality Manager

VanAire, a leading manufacturer of engineered valve automation hardware and wastewater pre-treatment systems, has announced that Steven Soderman has joined the company’s leadership team as Chief Executive Officer and Quality Manager.
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World’s largest gate valve created in Texas

What is believed to be the world’s largest water gate valve has been created in Texas, USA. Blackhall Engineering, based in West Yorkshire, UK, designed the valve, which is the first of six 40 ft.
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Festo to showcase new proportional air valves

Canadian company Festo, a leading manufacturer of pneumatic and electromechanical systems, components and controls for process and industrial automation, is soon to be highlighting its new Piezo proportional air valves, designed for better control than traditional solenoid valves in many applications.
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New appointment at Eaton

Power management company Eaton, whose US headquarters are located in Ohio, recently announced that João V. Faria has been appointed President of Eaton’s Vehicle Group, effective May 1st, 2017.
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Digi International introduces Digi Connect Sensor+

Digi International®, a global provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity products and services, has introduced Digi Connect Sensor+, an enterprise-ready, battery powered cellular gateway solution for connecting to a wide range of external sensors.