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Sun Hydraulics appoints new director

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

ValvTechnologies Inc. agreement with MCE Group plc.

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.

CIRCOR names new Human Resources Officer

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.

Valve World Americas workshop: Severe service applicati

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.

J.R. Merit wins butterfly valve contract

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.

RIKO Plunger Valve

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.

Festo’s modular approach for wastewater plant automatio

At the upcoming ACE 2015 taking place in Anaheim, California from June 7 to 10, Festo will be presenting a new modular approach to automating water/wastewater and other processing plants. This new approach reduces the time and cost of manufacturing process systems and makes processing plants more adaptable to changing market environments.

PIC valves from Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric has just introduced a new range of Pressure Independent Control (PIC) valves. This new and innovative range of PIC valves are designed for use in a range of hydronic heating and cooling circuits.

Valve World Americas workshop: Channeling the End-user

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 second workshop in this set will be about Channeling your Valves to the End-user/EPC.

Vernay’s V-flow dispenser valves

New V-flow dispenser valves are now available from Vernay. These versatile, bidirectional and customizable engineered dispensing valves can be optimized for your system to allow for effective and precise flow control.