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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.

AZZ wins contract in China

Fort Worth, TX-based AZZ Incorporated, manufacturers of energy solutions equipment, including valve systems and power lines, has been awarded a contract by Yunnan Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower Company for providing two circuits of 550kV-3150A Gas Insulated Lines (GIL) for the Huangdeng Hydro Power Plant in Yunnan Province, China.

Parker Bestobell high pressure marine valves

Parker Bestobell, a leader in motion and control technologies with operations in North and South America, will be displayed its innovative new range of high pressure marine valves for fuel gas systems at Gastech 2015.

EnerMech “door-to-door” valve maintenance

EnerMech, with operations in the USA, Mexico and the West Indies, has recently launched a “door-to-door” valves maintenance service in South Africa. The group, which employs 2,400 people around the world, has equipped two mobile testing rigs capable of certifying and servicing valves within a 1,200-mile radius of Cape Town.

Pearland, Texas welcomes FloWorks

FloWorks International, a Houston-based provider of valves, pipe, fittings and related products as well as technical solutions to the energy and industrial sectors, recently broke ground on what will be a 245,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and operations facility.

Fibria hires Flowserve valve supplier

Fibria, a Brazilian forestry company and the world’s leading eucalyptus pulp producer, recently announced the contracting of important service and equipment packages for the Horizonte 2 Project, which will expand production capacity at its Três Lagoas Unit located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

New DiamondBack valve anti-cavitation design

Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, recently announced the introduction of the Valtek DiamondBack, a technologically advanced control valve anti-cavitation trim design, for severe service applications.