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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.
The US Department of Interior has proposed new rules for the design and operation of well control equipment offshore.
The department has stated that these proposed new rules would incorporate the latest industry standards that establish minimum baseline requirements for the design, manufacture, repair and maintenance of blowout preventors (BOPs); require more controls over the maintenance and repair of BOPs; require that shear rams be designed to include a technology that allows the drill pipe to be centered during shearing operations; require more rigorous third-party certification of the shearing capability of BOPs; request comments on a potential long-term requirement that a technology be installed to allow all equipment in the hole to be severed; expand accumulator capacity for increased functionality; require real-time monitoring capability for deepwater and high-pressure/high-temperature drilling activities; establish criteria for the testing of subsea well containment equipment in the regulations; increase the reporting of failure data of BOP to OEMs by operators and drilling contractors; adopt criteria for safe drilling margins consistent with Department of Justice and Office of the Inspector General recommendations arising out of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy; require the use of accepted engineering principles and establishes general performance criteria for drilling and completion equipment; establish additional requirements for using ROVs to assist in closing the BOP stack; establish additional guidelines for cementing and the use of centralizers; make the testing frequency of BOPs used on workover operations the same as drilling operations; and, request comments on changing the test frequency for both workover and drilling BOPs from 14 days to 21 days.
The Pennsylvania-based Pelletron has developed a new diverter valve with a 30-degree diversion angle. The valve has a smooth pass-through design that is ideal for pellet and granular applications to retrofit existing pneumatic conveying lines or for integration into new pneumatic conveying systems.
German-based Gemü, which has offices across North and South America, has launched its new line of pressure control valves that are manufactured from plastic and require little maintenance.
Pressure control valves control the upper pressure limits, lower the pressure or balance out pressure fluctuations.
The market Research Store has published its new report on the global valve industry called, Valve Markets in the World to 2019-Market Size, Development and Forecasts.
The report includes historic market data from 2008 to 2014 and even a forecast until 2019.
