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Canada regulator approves Kinder Morgan pipeline

Canada's energy regulator recently recommended the approval of Kinder Morgan Inc.'s plan to expand the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, subject to 157 conditions, clearing a major hurdle for the proposed trebling of capacity to serve lucrative Asian markets.

Flowserve new forged Equiwedge gate valve

Flowserve Corporation, based in Irving, Texas, recently announced the release of the new forged Equiwedge gate valve design.

Weir new safety relief valve facility

Weir's Flow Control division, a leading valve and pump solutions provider, with numerous locations in the United States and Canada, has opened a new facility in Malaysia, benefiting Weir’s Safety Relief Valve customers.

NIBCO acquires ball valve specialist Webstone

Nibco Inc., a global valve manufacturer headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, recently announced that it has acquired the valve assets of Webstone Co.

Festo new online configurator for Cartesian robots

Festo, a global manufacturer of process control and factory automation solutions, with branches in North and South America, recently introduced the Handling Guide Online configurator for Cartesian robots.

Technifab expands cryogenic offering

Indiana-based Technifab Products, Inc., recently announced the completion of a manufacturing expansion. A fabricator of cryogenic equipment, Technifab manufactures a complete line of vacuum jacketed pipe, valves, cryogenic liquid transfer hoses, standard and custom dewars, cryogenic phase separators and liquid nitrogen injectors to the aerospace, electronics, semiconductor, food and beverage, medical, and pharmaceutical industries.

Longview power plant gains efficiency in Virginia

Longview Power’s rehabilitation of its 700-megawatt power plant in Maidsville, West Virginia, has transformed an operation previously beset by frequent outages and poor performance into one of the cleanest, most efficient coal-fired plants in the United States.

CIRCOR selects aPriori for product cost management

aPriori, a provider of product cost management (PCM) software solutions, has been selected by Burlington, Massachusetts-based CIRCOR International Inc.

Rotarex integrated valves for calibration gas

Rotarex SA, with American operations in the US and Brazil, has introduced Flowcal and Ducal, integrated valves for calibration gas applications.

Siemens ships 1st Trent 60 turbine generator pkg.

Siemens has recently shipped its first Industrial Trent 60 gas turbine generator package from its manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA to Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company's (ADMA-OPCO) Satah Al-Razboot (SARB) offshore oil field project on Zirku Island.