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Voith opens new division headquarters in Houston

Voith Turbo, a specialist for intelligent drive systems and solutions in the oil and gas sector, announced the opening of the company’s new Houston, Texas, headquarters for the Power, Oil & Gas Division for the region Americas.

Fire safe ball valves from Valtorc

Valtorc is now offering fire safe carbon steel ball valves. The Series 160 is a high pressure, high performance ball valve with a working pressure of 2000PSI. The valves are available in sizes 1/2" through 2" and feature a direct mount design for actuation and standard threaded (NPT) connection ends.

Severe service metal-seated ball valves

Emerson Process Management has introduced the Fisher Z500 line of metal-seated ball valves to its severe service portfolio. Fisher Z500 metal-seated valves are engineered to withstand higher temperatures, pressures, and more erosive conditions than a standard on/off ball valve, providing increased reliability and protection of critical assets in demanding applications.

Valve market to grow 5% by 2019

Sandler Research has published a new report called “Global Industrial Valves Market in Oil and Gas Industry 2015 to 2019." The report is 68 pages and provides 33 exhibits to support the market research.

Val-Matic’s ball valve for industrial applications

The QuadroSphere® Ball Valve from Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corporation is a forged-steel, trunnion-mounted ball valve that is designed to serve a variety of applications where typical trunnion ball valves often experience problems.

362 & 562 series stainless spool valves

ASCO Numatics has launched its 362 and 562 series of stainless steel spool valves for control valve automation in the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas markets. These new products, offer low-power solenoid versions that consume only 1.

Valve World Americas: Valve & Actuators 101

On Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 from 9:00am to 5:00pm, one day prior to the start of Valve World Americas Expo & Conference 2015, Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) will present Valves & Actuators 101.

2015: Industrial valve sales $68.4 billion

Industrial valve sales will be $68.4 billion in 2015 according to the latest forecasts in N028 Industrial Valves: World Market published by the McIlvaine Company. The McIlvaine Company forecasts are displayed in constant 2010 dollars.

Valve World Americas Plenaries: July 16

Each of the two Valve World Americas conference days will begin with a series of three exciting plenary lectures that will run in total for a full hour from 8:30am to 9:30am. The first plenary on the second morning, Thursday July 15th, will begin at 8:30am and the topic will be revealed within the upcoming weeks.

Rotork’s gearbox for quarter-turn applications

The latest addition to Rotork Gears’ gearboxes is a rugged, industrial grade product designed for use with motorised quarter-turn valves and dampers. The new AB550M gearbox is manufactured as standard with cast iron housing components, high performance axial thrust bearings, a protected steel input shaft and a polyurethane coating to deal with arduous applications and aggressive environments.