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Saint-Gobain Seals’ Bristol factory QMS certified

Saint-Gobain Seals’ Meldin® manufacturing site in Bristol, Rhode Island, has been certified with the AS9100 standard, an industry-recognized quality management system (QMS) for organizations that design and manufacture products within the aerospace industry.

New seal tube fitting line from Parker Hannifin

The Tube Fittings Division (TFD) of Parker Hannifin Corporation recently expanded its Seal-Lok™ O-ring face seal tube fitting line in response to the vital push toward environmental sustainability.

Gems launches new solenoid valve series

Gems Sensors & Controls, an oil and gas industry supplier of liquid level, pressure and flow sensors, as well as fluid control devices, launched its F Series. The F Series is a family of ruggedly designed solenoid valves, offering high-reliability for flow rate applications (orifices up to 2.

Romar named Affiliated Distributors member

The PVF and steel products wholesaler, Romar Supply, Inc. has been named a member of Affiliated Distributors. The organization provides support and resources to help manufacturers and distributors accelerate growth and build their brands.

NuScale makes reactor mock-up incl. valves

The Portland, Oregon-based NuScale Power has announced that it has finished the fabrication and assembly of a full-scale, upper module mock-up of a small modular reactor. It is called the NuScale Power Module™ or NPM.

Metso’s new valve service centre in Mexico

Metso, the industrial mining/aggregates and flow control, is planning to open a new valve and field device service centre in Querétaro, Mexico. This new service centre will carry out maintenance and repair work on Metso and third-party devices, such as valves, actuators and pumps for customers mainly in the oil and gas, pulp and paper and mining industries.

CPC expands specific couplings range

Colder Products Company (CPC), a provider of quick disconnect couplings and fittings for plastic tubing, expanded its LQ product family to include RPLQ4 Series Couplings. Designed specifically for rack-mounted liquid cooling applications, RPLQ4 Series couplings utilise patent-pending valve technology.

Bonomi’s Series 86 electric actuator

The company that produces components for the regulation and interception of fluids and gases, Bonomi, has introduced its New Valbia® Series 86 quarter-turn electric actuator which features a powder-coated aluminum body, steel and techno-polymer gears, hardened steel pinions and self-lubricating bushings for long, reliable service in heavy industrial settings.

Summit Valve SK rep. for Endress+Hauser

It has been announced that Endress+Hauser have appointed Summit Valves and Controls as the provincial representative for the distribution of its products in Saskatchewan (SK), Canada. Located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Summit Valves is pleased to add Endress+Hauser products to its existing line of industrial and municipal valves and automation products.

Erik Wiik new Circor Energy President

Circor Energy has named Erik Wiik as its new group president. Wiik was previously at Aker Solutions for 24 years, where he managed groups of businesses delivering advanced subsea technology to the global oil and gas industry.