News

Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.
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Creating a Winning Strategy for the Valve Market

Suppliers and purchasers of valve products and services have the same basic questions but with different perspectives.

October’s Spotlight Company: Bray

A new valve design often begins with an industry standard, such as ASME B16.34 or API 6D, and focuses on the end user’s required performance of the valve for an application and set of service conditions.

Emerson’s New Pressure Relief Valves

Emerson is helping LNG marine transportation customers to reduce their initial pressure relief valve investment at the shipyard by up to 25%, and total cost of ownership with its new Anderson Greenwood™ 9300H low-pressure pilot operated pressure relief valves (POPRVs).

Clarke Valve Closes $5.5 Million Venture Funding Round

Clarke Valve completed the sale of $5.5 million of Series B Preferred Stock to a group of investors led by OGCI Climate Investments.

Chesterton ViewIn™ Technology for Mechanical Seals

A.W. Chesterton Company is pleased to introduce their latest mechanical seal innovation: Chesterton ViewIn Technology, which greatly facilitates seal identification and maintenance.

ControlAir Announces New High Flow Capacity Volume Boos

ControlAir Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision pneumatic and electro-pneumatic control products, announced the introduction of the new Type 6100 High Flow Capacity Volume Booster.

Union Tech & Pioneer Industrial Valve Distribution Deal

Union Tech (www.uniontechmfg.com) and Pioneer Industrial (www.pioneerindustrial.com) have formed an agreement for the distribution of Union Tech’s severe-service metal-seated ball valves (MSBV) and rising-stem ball valves (RSBV) throughout the Midwestern US.

LESER Hosts Experience Days

On 13 and 14 September, LESER hosted the Experience Days at the LESER-Kontor in Hamburg as part of its 200th year of existence.

ENBL Plans New Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline

Enable Midstream Partners, LP (ENBL) has announced the development of the Gulf Run Pipeline, an interstate natural gas transportation project, by its wholly-owned subsidiary Enable Gulf Run Transmission, LLC.

ExxonMobil to Increase Ultra-low Sulfur Fuel Production

ExxonMobil said that a new unit at its integrated Beaumont, Texas facility has started operations, increasing production of ultra-low sulfur fuels by approximately 45,000 barrels per day.