Industry News

Hunt Valve, a fluid power engineering company based in Salem, Ohio, and specializing in severe-duty valves and components, has hired Bill Korda to join its Engineering Support Team as a Drafter. Korda will use his engineering background and experience in machining and assembly to help the company develop more efficient and innovative products.

Hollis, New Hampshire-based Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions (Haydon Kerk), a brand of AMETEK Precision Motion Control, has recently released its new 2016 Catalogue and Design Guide. The new Haydon Kerk catalogue has been updated and expanded with new product sections, including the WGS06 linear rail, the brushless IDEA servo motor controllers, Size 8 double stack 21000 linear actuators, ZBM micro screw nuts and 15mm external linear Can-Stack actuators.

Zahroof Valves, Inc. (ZVI) has been named a finalist in the 2016 Edison Awards, in the category of "Energy and Sustainability," due to its StrightFlo (ST) compressor valve technology. The ZVI SF valve is a patent-pending reciprocating compressor valve technology that results in step improvements in valve performance indicators through its unique design.

Pentair, a global provider of water flow and energy solutions with a US branch in Minnesota, has announced the launch of the Fence End Row Control, a switch box designed to easily turn on and off up to two valves at the same time.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. (B&W), headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, recently announced that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, has been awarded a contract for more than USD $90 million to design, manufacture and build a waste-to-energy power plant near Haresfield, Gloucestershire, U.K. The project scope includes the plant’s combustion system and air-cooled DynaGrate, piping, valves and air systems, fuel handling equipment, steam boiler island, steam turbine-generator, water treatment system, burners and other plant equipment.

Dover Energy Automation (DEA), part of the Energy segment of Dover Corporation recently announced that it will exhibit at the Well Site Automation Conference 2016 being held at the end of January in Houston, Texas.

Ham-Let Group Ltd., manufacturers of high tech compression fittings and valves, with operations in North and South America, has signed an agreement to buy 100% of the shares of Jiangsu Xinghe Valve, a connectors and valves company located in Jiangsu Province in China.

Danfoss, a manufacturer of high pressure valves and pumps, has appointed Miha Kavcic as Head of Sales and Business Development in North America. In this role, Kavcic will be responsible for advancing the company’s business within the heating market, including energy-saving hydronic balancing and control, electric heating, and combined heat and power solutions.

GE Oil & Gas, manufacturer of industrial valves and other solutions to the oil and gas industry, has announced the completion of a Contractual Service Agreement (CSA) with the Asian energy company PT Donggi Senoro LNG (DSLNG).

Pentair - a global provider of water flow and energy solutions, including valve manufacturing - and the Minnesota Vikings recently announced that Pentair has been named a Founding Partner of U.S. Bank Stadium.