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.

Hunt Valve Awarded PO to Deliver Essential Valves for Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has been awarded a purchase order to provide motor-operated valves (MOVs) through Hunt Valve for the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) Polar Sentinel (WMSP-21).

Rotork Adds New Features to the Intelligent IQ3 Pro Range

Rotork is excited to announce that new features have been added to the industry-leading IQ3 Pro range of intelligent actuators.

Asahi/America, Inc. Introduces New Manual Ball Valve Limit Switch (J-Switch®)

Asahi/America, Inc., a leader in thermoplastic fluid flow technologies, introduces the new J-Switch® manual limit switch compatible with Asahi/America’s Type-21/21a ball valves and Type-23 Multiport™ ball valves.

Trillium Flow Technologies Unveils Red Point Valves New Cast Offering

Trillium Flow Technologies, known for its expertise in engineered valves and pumps, is excited to unveil its Red Point valve brand’s new cast offering for industrial valves.

One Week Until Fugitive Emissions Summit Americas!

Join us next week at the Fugitive Emissions Summit Americas Conference & Expo on January 24th and 25th, 2024 at San Jacinto College’s LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy & Technology (CPET) in Pasadena, TX.

Applying the 80-20 Rule to the Valve Market

The 80-20 theory is based on 20% of markets generating 80% of the Earnings Before Tax, Interest, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA).

Teadit North America Appoints New Vice President of Sales

Teadit is very pleased to announce that Mark Ruffin, who has been an invaluable member of its team since the summer of 2022, will be taking over the position of Vice President of Sales at Teadit North America and will now be in charge of all commercial activities.

Core & Main Signs Agreement to Acquire Eastern Supply

Core & Main Inc., a leader in advancing reliable infrastructure with local service, nationwide, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Eastern Supply Inc.

Relevant Industrial Expands Portfolio with Acquisition of Chemflow Products

Relevant Industrial, LLC (Relevant), a leader in value-added distribution and service for instrumentation and automation, rotating equipment, valve, purification, and thermal equipment solutions, announced the  acquisition of CHEMFLOW Products and its subsidiaries, CHEMSeal Couplings and ChlorineValves.com (CHEMFLOW).

Trive Capital Forms New Industrial Distribution Company Venturi Supply

Trive Capital, a Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm, announces the formation of Venturi Supply, a leading independent value-added distributor of pipe, valves, fittings ("PVF"), engineered products, and industrial supplies.