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EPA awards Saint-Gobain with Energy Star

Saint-Gobain, the provider of critical connections solutions along with pumps, valves and manifolds, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year- Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the fifth consecutive year.

Petrobras’ TLWP uses well control valves onboard

Brazil’s Petrobras has begun production on the platform P-61 in Papa Terra field, which is located near the southern perimeter of the Campos Basin (State of Rio de Janeiro), approximately 110 kilometers off the coast of Brazil.

BorgWarner expands manufacturing facility in Mexico

BorgWarner expanded its manufacturing facility at its campus in Ramos-Arizpe, Mexico, to meet increasing demand for emissions technologies in North America.

New pressure relief valve report

RnRMarketResearch.com has just published its new report called Global Pressure Relief Valves Market 2014-2018. The report analyzes four product segments including spring-loaded pressure relief valves, pilot-operated pressure relief valves, dead-weight pressure relief valves segment and standalone rupture disc.

ODU-USA’s modular connector solutions

ODU, a specialist in designing and manufacturing high-performance modular connector solutions and cable assemblies, is now offering the entire compressed air and fluid range of ODU-MAC® with higher flow rates and high operating pressure for a wide range of medical, industrial and measurement and testing applications.

McJunkin Red Man awarded supply agreement

MRC Global Inc. has announced that its US subsidiary, McJunkin Red Man Corporation (MRC), has been awarded a three-year integrated supply agreement with the largest combined oil and gas producer in California.

Toronto votes for automatic shut-off valves

The Toronto City Council in Toronto, Ontario, Canada recently voted to ask Enbridge Pipelines Inc. to install automatic shut-off valves and that the National Energy Board (NEB) not grant the pipeline firm Leave to Open.

10-year warranty on Zahroof valve housings

Zahroof Valves Inc. has introduced its innovative compressor valve, which offers an unprecedented 10-year warranty on its stainless steel valve housings. Depending on application, up to 20 percent of power required to operate a reciprocating compressor is lost in the compressor's valves – with losses increasing at higher operating speeds and higher molecular weights.

U.S. extends call for fixed cone valve

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended its call for bids to provide a fixed cone valve to the Summersville Dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia (W.Va.,). Bids were originally due by April 9, 2015 but now the deadline has been extended to April 14, 2015.

KMG acquires Val-Tex

KMG Chemicals, Inc., a global provider of specialty chemicals, has acquired the privately held Valves Incorporated of Texas (Val-Tex), a manufacturer of industrial valve lubricants and sealants. Located in Houston, Texas, Val-Tex is a preferred provider of high quality, cost-effective valve lubricants primarily to the oil and gas storage, pipeline and gas distribution markets.