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The new micro-ingredient valve from ACS Valves is small but designed to make testing and metering small batch ingredients easier, more accurate, and more cost-effective. This micro valve is ideal for any industry that uses specific doses, such as food, pharmaceutical, chemical or plastic industries.

Marketsandmarkets has just published a new report that predicts that the industrial valve market could be worth $70 billion by 2019. The report called, “Industrial Valves Market by Type (Ball, Globe, Butterfly and Others) by Application (Oil & gas, Chemical, Municipal, Power and Other) and by Region (North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe) – Global Trend & Forecast to 2019” defines and segments the industrial valves market with analysis and forecasts of market size for the global industrial valves market.

In February of 2015, Prater rotary airlock valves were tested at the Fike remote testing facility according to guidance found in NFPA 69. Fike concluded that Prater rotary airlock valves “were structurally sound, exhibiting no visually observable plastic deformation in any test.

Bosch Rexroth, a specialist in drive and control technologies, has expanded its GoTo Focused Delivery program again, it was originally launched in 2009. They have added more than 200 products, including valves, and updated the GOTO Products app for all North American customers.

CIRCOR International, Inc., a leading provider of valves for markets including oil & gas, power generation and aerospace & defense, has acquired Schroedahl, a privately held company headquartered in Germany that develops and manufactures high-quality specialty vales for power stations and industrial plants as well as for production, transport and refining systems in the oil & gas sector.

ITT Corporation recently showcased its engineered valve technologies and solutions at Interphex, which was held April 21-23rd in New York City. The company’s offerings range from market-leading industrial knife-gate valves to innovative hygienic diaphragm valves.

Munson Machinery has launched its new pharmaceutical-grade pin mill, Model CIM-18-S316. Its variable rotor speed grinds friable powders, flakes and granules into controlled particle sizes ranging from coarse to fine.

Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan, have entered into an exclusive arrangement to explore a joint venture for methanol production at Celanese’s integrated chemical plant in Bishop, Texas.

Wolseley Canada specializes in the wholesale distribution of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, waterworks, fire protection, pipes, valves and fittings and industrial products.

Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, has announced that its gas cylinder valve, EVOS™ Ci, has won the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. Product entries are assessed on a number of criteria including degree of innovation, functionality, build quality, ergonomics, durability, ease-of-use, ecological compatibility, integration capabilities and degree of emotional connection to the product.