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Lindberg/MPH furnaces use butterfly valve

Lindberg/MPH, an American manufacturer of industrial heat treat furnaces, announced the shipment of two (2)  car bottom industrial furnaces  used for curing aircraft engine hardware consisting of ceramic-metallic composite shapes.

Lipp retro-fit cover with RV attachment

Tank specialists Lipp, with distribution in North and South America, have developed a stainless-steel diaphragm roof for covering large-scale steel and reinforced concrete storage containers, which can subsequently be fitted with various relief valve (RV) systems, depending upon the application requirements.

Flowrox latest offerings at Chem Show, NY

Flowrox, an industrial valve and pump manufacturer, will be showcasing its complete line of products for process flow operations at the 100th edition of the Chem Show—the largest chemical industry event in North America.

New release: Valve Actuators by Chris Warnett

A new book has recently been released by Chris Warnett called Valve Actuators. An up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to today’s valve and damper actuators, this new book is intended as a guide for automated valve end users, engineers and valve industry professionals that need to understand valve actuators.

ControlAir NACE-approved valve filter regulator

ControlAir Inc., with headquarters in Amherst, New Hampshire, recently announced the introduction of the Type-335 NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) Filter Regulator.

Self-cleaning water filter uses purge valve

Based in the San Francisco Bay area, Spiral Water Technologies will showcase its self-cleaning water treatment filter, designed to address the challenges of difficult-to-treat waters, at Aquatech Amsterdam 2015, in November.

Mattsco Supply celebrates 40th anniversary

Mattsco Supply Co. recently celebrate its 40th anniversary as an industrial oil field valve, pipe and fittings distributor. During the past four decades Mattsco has gone from a team of five working from a 25,000-square-foot building in west Tulsa, Oklahoma to approximately 40 employees operating out of a 100,000-square-foot facility near Catoosa.

McWane opens $28M valve plant in Abu Dhabi

Birmingham, Alabama-headquartered McWane Inc. recently opening its 27th manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi, at a cost of $28 million USD. The plant will make valve, fittings and plumbing materials. It's the company's fifth valve manufacturing plant worldwide.

Washington seismic valve replacement contract

The City of Bremerton, Washington, recently awarded Pape & Sons Construction, Inc., a $898,919 USD contract for a flow control and seismic valve project. The project originated back in 1995 with the introduction of a seismic vulnerability assessment which “identified a risk that we could basically lose a bridge, lose a water main," said Ned Lever, Bremerton's managing engineer for utilities.

OCV NSF/ANSI 61-G control valve listing

Tulsa, Oklahoma-based OCV Control Valves, manufacturer of automatic control valves, recently announced that it now has the most comprehensive NSF/ANSI 61-G listing in the control valve industry, certified through NSF International.