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FMC tests new subsea vent valve system

FMC Technologies (FMC), a solutions provider to the oil and gas industry, with headquarters in Houston, Texas, recently completed a qualification testing program to validate the performance of their new subsea landing string valve system.

Resolution Air new sanitary pinch valve

New technology developed by Resolution Air, Ltd., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, allows the benefits of pinch valve fluid separation to be combined with proportional valve control for sanitary processes that require highly accurate, incremental flow regulation where cleanliness and sterility are required.

Pump Summit Americas 2016 – June 13 & 14

Chairman Jean-Marc Fosseux invites you to attend Pump Summit Americas, being held on June 13 and 14 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The event offers a professional platform to connect our pump community members.

NAPW honors Laura Parker, VP Global Valve

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) recently honored Laura Parker as a 2015-2016 inductee into its VIP Woman of the Year Circle. She is recognized with this prestigious distinction for leadership in the oil and gas industry.

Victaulic named a top plant in N. America

Penton’s Industry Week (IW), headquartered in New York, recently named the recipients of the 2015 IW Best Plants Award, a program that recognizes manufacturing facilities each year that exhibit outstanding operations, strong leadership, leading-edge technology and excellent quality, according to the publication.

Red Lion expands 4G LTE valve automation

Pennsylvania-based Red Lion Controls, a communication, monitoring and controls provider for industrial automation and networking, recently announced the upgrade of its Sixnet series. Its random-access memory (RAM) industrial cellular remote terminal units (RTUs) now provide high-speed 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network support in Japan.

Roto-Disc dbl-dump valves now feed & measure

Roto-Disc, located in Erlanger, Kentucky, has recently introduced airlock/double-dump valves that are now capable of feeding and measuring product into and/or out of pressure or vacuum environments, in four modes.

Parker Sporlan new modulating 3-way valves

The Sporlan Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a leader in motion and control technologies, based in Washington, Missouri, has released a new-to-market three way valve, referred to as the Modulating 3-Way Valve (MTW), for use with conventional direct expansion air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

ODE Valve Canada new solenoid valves

ODE Valve Canada has recently introduced an extensive series of two-way and three-way high quality solenoid valves, manifolds and pressure transducers that have been designed for a wide variety of industrial and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) applications.

Forum, Valve Solutions President steps down

Forum Energy Technologies (Forum) - Valve Solutions President, Steve Twellman, is stepping down from his current position but will remain with Forum in a global business development role. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Forum is an international oilfield products company, serving the subsea, drilling, completion, production and infrastructure sectors of the oil and natural gas industry.