Industry News

Registration is now open for the first Valve World Conference to be held in the Americas.  This premiere event is setting precedent in format as well as location - by having the conference made up of plenary sessions and workshops rather than presentations of papers.

RAF Stations Leeming and Linton on Ouse, once home to the Canadians, have set up a fundraising project to create a lasting national memorial to all Canadian airmen and women that fought with the allies during the Second World War.

Copano Energy, LLC has formed a 50/50 joint venture with a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners to construct, own and operate a 12-inch NGL pipeline in order to facilitate deliveries of mixed NGLs to Formosa Hydrocarbons Co., Inc.

Engineered Software, Inc. is offering a new webinar to provide an overview of process measurement and controlling of industrial piping systems.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Austal a contract for construction of up to 10 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). Contract for the first vessel is valued at $432.1 million with options for nine additional vessels over the following five years.

Shuman Mukherjee is the new commercial director of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), effective 23 December 2010.

Exxon Mobil has agreed to pay $650 million for Petrohawk Energy Corp.'s natural gas wells and pipelines in the Fayetteville Shale, Arkansas.

The St. Marys Paper Corp. mill near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has been shut down for years.  But it is slated for restart in conjunction with a combined heat-and-power plant that will be built adjacent to it. 

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (MMP) has announced that Don Wellendorf will retire on Jan. 31, 2011.

Asco’s new 0.55 low-power solenoid pilot valves provide a perfect solution to automation with low power consumption. Because the valve uses only 0.55 watt, more devices can be installed on a process plant bus network or they can be used in remote locations with solar/battery sources.