Materials & Manufacturing

The design and manufacturing process of valves and actuators is instrumental in attaining and maintaining the desired quality of the product. We cover the foundry and casting sector and also more modern technologies, such as CNC machining and 3D or additive manufacturing.

Vale awards Jacobs with acid plant contract

    Vale Canada Ltd. granted a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

Anadarko announces first oil at Caesar/Tonga

    As operator, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced first oil production at the Caesar/Tonga development in the Green Canyon portion of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Dean M. Flatt elected to Curtiss-Wright BoD

Twelve-year veteran of the aerospace and defense industry, Dean M. Flatt has been elected to serve on Board of Directors, as a member of the audit committee and the committee on directors and governance for Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

Governments implementing Canadian oil sands monito

    The province of Alberta and Canadian federal governments have unveiled the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring, a plan to increase water, air, land and biodiversity monitoring of the country’s oil sands regions.

SF sues fed agency for pipeline safety

The city of San Francisco, California has filed a lawsuit against a federal pipeline safety agency in the U.S. District Court for allegedly failing to enforce safety standards for natural gas transmission pipelines.

New Surry coal-plant hearings scheduled

A new public hearing has been scheduled by the Surry County Planning Commission for Old Dominion Electric Cooperative’s proposed coal-fueled power plant. The controversial proposal to build the Cypress Creek Power Station, a 1,500megawatt coal-burning plant to be built on 1,200acres in Dendron, Virginia was met with a lawsuit that rendered the Commission’s 2010 approval of the company’s rezoning and conditional-use permits void.

High pressure spring biased shuttle valve

  Lee Company’s model 375 Spring Biased Shuttle valve for high pressure application with system pressures up to 5000psi has a 0.

DDV Dust Duty valve for dust collection market

    Meyer & Sons have released a new DDV Dust Duty Valve for the dust collection market with strong cast housing for greater capacity.

Automation system for CSP mill in Brazil

POSCO ICT, a subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO, has received a USD 104.2 million order from Brazilian steel mill Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP).

KNF Neuberger introduces new diaphragm micropump

  The Type NMP05 measures 17 x 26 x 31mm and features a molded diaphragm with structured surface and bolted-on pump head gas tightness.