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The severe service valve company, Conval, has published its new 40-page full-line catalogue in several versions including hard copy, PDF and online. The catalogue is full-colour and contains photos, diagrams, features, benefits and specifications on thousands of Conval products including Clampseal globe valves, throttling valves, gate valves, bellows seal valves and special application valves; Camseal zero-leakage ball valves; actuated valves, accessories, tool kits; and a description of typical applications.

Parker Hannifin one of the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, has unveiled its new explosion- and flame-proof 316L coil enclosures that can be used for 2-way and 3-way valves in the oil and gas industry.

Emerson Process Management introduces the Fisher® 8590 high-performance butterfly valve that brings a selection of disk seals, actuator designs and material combinations to meeting plant-wide throttling and on-off requirements.

Emerson Process Management India, which is a part of American multi-national company Emerson, has announced the acquisition of the Indian manufacturer of gear operators and gearboxes, Ameya Transmissions, for an unspecified amount.

The Northern Pulp mill located in Abercrombie Point, Nova Scotia is planning a 15-day maintenance shutdown on May 30th, to install a new electrostatic precipitator. But the mill’s general manager, Bruce Chapman, has said it will not restart until the precipitator is operational, which could be in late June or early July.

A new KGC-BD Bi-Directional Resilient Seated Knife Gate Valve has been released by DeZurik. It features a unique, patented perimeter seat design that provides bubble-tight shutoff in either direction, even on dead end service.

Iman Chalabi a third-year student in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering has won the top prize in the 2015 Minerva Canada James Ham Safe Design Awards for designing a system that renders crude oil cargo non-flammable in the event of train derailment or collision.

Dorot Control Valves launched its new Vacuum (Kinetic) Air Valve model DAV-LP-K in 2" diameter, a product designed for efficient discharge and intake of air during filling or emptying of water systems.

Tesoro Corporation announced today that Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC (Tesoro) is upgrading its crude oil rail car fleet with the addition of 210 enhanced tank cars that exceed new safe transport standards that were issued by the U.

Valve World Americas will be held this summer on July 15th and 16th at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. From 10:30am to noon on the first morning of the conference, three workshops will be held concurrently.