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JZCP buys Midwest Valve Parts

The London-listed private equity fund that invests in high-quality US, European and Latin American cap companies, JZ Capital Partners, has acquired Midwest Valves Parts alongside The Edgewater Funds as a bolt-on to Industrial Services Solutions' existing Specialty Products Group.

Industrial Valve celebrates 40 years

Industrial Valve Sales & Service Inc. (IVS) is celebrating 40 years of service in the industrial community. It is one of the largest full service valves company in the southeast. In 1975, Don Williams and Jim Harrell recognized an opportunity to repair valves and other equipment in the industrial community.

New Director of Marketing for Neptune Benson

Neptune Benson, the water filtration and disinfection company that services the aquatics, industrial and municipal markets, has announced that Mr. Emmett Jorgensen has joined the company in the role of Corporate Director of Marketing.

Flowserve names new CFO

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced that Karyn F. Ovelmen will join Flowserve as executive vice president and CFO, effective June 1, 2015.

Chesterton begins new corporate facility expansion

At the end of last month, the A.W. Chesterton Company broke ground on an extensive expansion project at its Groveland Massachusetts facility. The expansion will incorporate new corporate offices as well as a state of the art customer and employee training facility and large service center covering the New England area.

Rotork’s YTC positioners for tough applications

Process industries often depend on high performance valve actuation in harsh environments. Despite the difficult surroundings, process plants demand the latest technology, such as smart positioners, which allow technicians to use auto-calibration and simple diagnostics to commission and monitor their entire system at the push of a button.

LCC to spend millions for oil & gas program

Administrators at Laredo Community College (LCC) are looking into spending several million dollars to buy real-life equipment used in the industry in an attempt to give a more hands-on education. Oil and gas may have slowed down in the last six months, but the director of the oil and gas program says the industry always needs highly skilled technicians.

New addition to Westbrook Manufacturing sales team

It has been announced that Mr. Matt Menard has joined the sales team of Westbrook and Flanges, Inc. His responsibilities will include working with outside sales and dealing with customer relations. Menard joins the company with a well-rounded knowledge from his previous service at Powell Valves and Hackney Ladish.

Performance & validation at Valve World Americas Confer

The upcoming Valve World Americas Exhibition and Conference 2015 will be held from July 15th to July 16th, 2015 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. There will be three workshops held consecutively from 10:30am to 12:00pm on July 15th.

SGS supplying valves for two Brazilian petrochemical fa

SGS has been awarded a three-year contract to conduct preventive and corrective maintenance of electrical and mechanical instrumentation at two major petrochemical facilities in Brazil: Terminal Marítimo Almirante Soares Dutra and Terminal de Rio Grande.