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The second morning of Valve World Americas Conference & Exhibition on July 16th will host a series of three hot-topic workshops that will be held concurrently from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. The hardest part of attending the conference will be choosing which workshop to go to on the second day! Each informative workshop will focus on a different topic relevant to the valve industry and will have a moderator as well as a panel made up of the who’s who of manufacturers, end-users and EPCs.

Solenoid Solutions, Inc.’s Wattmizer Series solenoid valves are designed for compact areas and are highly efficient, miniature solenoid valves with operating pressures up to 1,200 psi. Wattmizer series solenoid valves are energy efficient and have low wattage coils ranging from 0.

Effective as of its June 2, 2015 meeting, Sun Hydraulics’ Board of Directors has appointed Mr. David W. Grzelak as the new director.

Compact Compression Inc. has announced its new line of Hydraulic Casing Gas (HCG) compressors. The HCG compressor has a new and novel compression element designed specifically for low-volume solution gas applications.

Version W4 of the ECOTROL® 8C series, which resulted from a technical revision focused on product quality, flow capacity and life cycle costs, has been available since the beginning of 2015. It is characterised by many technical improvements.

ValvTechnologies, Inc., the company that specializes in the design and manufacturing of zero-leakage severe service isolation valve solutions, announced today the formalization of a satellite operations agreement and authorized service facility with MCE Group plc.

Mr. Andrew Farnsworth has been selected as CIRCOR’s new Chief Human Resources Officer. He will be taking over from Ms. Joyce Jardin who announced her retirement earlier this year. “Andrew brings with him a wealth of experience within human resources.

On Thursday July 16th, the second afternoon of the Valve World Americas Conference, there will be three educational workshops held concurrently from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. The third workshop in this set will be about Severe Service Applications.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract worth $3.6 million to J.R. Merit Inc. for the supply of replacement penstock butterfly valves to be used at the 49-MW Lost Creek hydropower project on Oregon’s Rouge River.

Rodney Hunt has introduced its new RIKO Plunger Valve, which is designed to control the flow of water under pressure while minimizing cavitation and vibration. The new plunger valve is ideal for in-line energy dissipation and free-discharge applications and is NSF-61-certified for contact with drinking water.