Industry News

HYPRO™  is the first innovative PP-R product line for the conduction and containment of industrial effluents designed and developed in partnership between GF Piping Systems’ teams in Switzerland, Brazil, and the USA to meet the Brazilian market requirements. The local production at GF FGS in Brazil also ensures CO2 emissions are kept low versus importation.

Fugitive Emissions Summit provides an important platform for the development of company and client relationships, by bringing together industry professionals to meet and interact face-to-face, while learning about new fugitive emissions technologies and market trends.

Emerson has expanded the manufacturing capacity of its Brantford, Ontario, facility to better serve Canada’s immediate-demand automation market. Emerson has added production of its complete range of AVENTICS Series PRA Profile Cylinders, Series TRB Tie Rod Cylinders and Series TaskMaster TM5 NFPA Profile Cylinders.

When assembling bolted flange joints, reliability engineers, industry experts, gasket manufacturers, and almost anyone with ‘skin in the game’ agree that utilizing best practices is paramount to overall joint integrity, reliability, and most importantly, safety.

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has expanded its presence in Guyana through the opening of a new local supercenter facility for oilfield services and equipment. The supercenter, which spans more than 8 acres, will support regional customers and bolster Baker Hughes’ localization efforts within South America.

In Mind Cloud, the independent digital sales platform built for manufacturers, announced it has entered a five-year strategic partnership with VAG, a leading international valve manufacturer. In Mind Cloud will continue to power VAG's global go-to-market (GTM) sales operations in the market of industrial valves for the water and wastewater sector.

ValvTechnologies adds a new distributor SVI Industrial to represent the company in North Carolina and South Carolina.

“We're pleased to announce appointments of Thom Jessup (EGC Enterprises) as our new President and Amy Hammarstrom (General Rubber Corp.) as our new Vice President! We look forward to their continued contributions in these new executive leadership roles in 2022.”

Samson pfeiffer will supply more than 1000 valves for a new hydrogen electrolysis plant in Saudi Arabia.

MRC Global Inc. announced that its Chairman of the Board, Rhys J. Best, will retire upon completion of his term as a director at the annual meeting of the company’s stockholders scheduled for May 5, 2022. The Board of Directors of MRC Global has selected Robert L. (Bob) Wood to be its next Chairman of the Board, effective and contingent upon his re-election as a director at the annual meeting.