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Emerson expands capabilities in Pasadena, Texas

Automation solutions provider, Emerson, recently moved its service center in Pasadena, Texas into a larger facility to expand its local manufacturing and assembly capabilities.

Southern expands NG stake with $1.5B Kinder deal

Southern Company bought a 50 percent stake in Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Southern Natural Gas (NG) pipeline system in the latest expansion into gas shipping by a power generator amid slipping electricity demand.

Saint-Gobain exhibits new capabilities at SEMICON

The Process Systems business unit of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is introducing its new Furon 2" HGV/HGVM Valve and Furon Q-Valve improvements at this year’s SEMICON West show, being held in San Francisco, California.

Motion Industries to open Dallas DC in 2017

Motion Industries, Inc., an industrial parts distributor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, is building a new, expanded distribution centre (DC) near Dallas, Texas.

Assured Automation’s new 3-way sanitary valve

Clark, New Jersey-based Assured Automation has announced the new 30D Series 3-way sanitary ball valve for use in food processing and other clean service applications.

Rotork Valvekits – where size doesn’t matter

From the smallest valve mounting kit to the largest spool kit made to date, Rotork Valvekits, with North American headquarters in Oklahoma, US, designs and manufactures products in a full range of materials to meet customers’ specific requirements.

GE & NOV collaborate to digitize FPSO vessels

GE Oil & Gas, a subsidiary of the American multinational conglomerate General Electric, and National Oilwell Varco (NOV) have executed an agreement to collaborate on delivering integrated solutions for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels.

AUMA Actuators Inc. celebrates 40 years

This year benchmarks the 40th anniversary of AUMA-USA’s manufacturing and operations. In 1976, AUMA began manufacturing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

EIA forecasts rise in US crude oil production

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US petroleum and other liquid fuels production - which in addition to crude oil and condensate production includes natural gas plant liquids derived from natural gas processing as well as biofuels and volume gain at refineries - is to grow from 14.

NTE announces plans for N. Carolina power plant

NTE Energy officials said recently they have begun the permitting process to build the Reidsville Energy Center in Rockingham County, North Carolina.