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New solenoid valve market research report

Deep Research Reports has now made available its new research report on the solenoid valve industry for 2015. The 151-page publication covers 28 key manufacturers in its analysis.

Private equity firm buys aerospace valve company

A private equity firm that began a strategy three years ago to buy small aerospace component firms has bought a second Connecticut factory. The manufacturing conglomerate, the Loar Group, has purchased Gar Kenyon, a 60-year-old aerospace valve business located in Naugatuck, Connecticut.

DeZURIK’s knife gate valves earn SIL

The Minnesota-based DeZURIK has announced that four knife gate valve product lines have earned Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Certification per the requirements of the IEC 61508:2010 standard. The specific products are the KGC Knife Gate Valves, KSV Severe Service Knife Gate Valves and KUL Urethane Knife Gate Valves have been certified as SIL 3 capable, and its KSV Double Block & Bleed Valves have been certified as SIL 2 capable.

Sasol breaks ground on ethane cracker

Last Friday, Sasol broke ground on its ethane cracker and derivatives mega project near Westlake, Lousisana. The new facility that will roughly triple Sasol’s chemical production capacity in the United States.

Rotork’s actuators used for pipeline

Rotork GO gas-over-oil actuators have been supplied for vital failsafe valve control duties on a new cryogenic LNG pipeline in Venezuela. The San Joaquin Pipeline, owned by Venezuela state oil company PDVSA, transports LNG for the international market between the San Joaquin and Jose cryogenic plants.

New HPC40 series pressure calibrator

Crystal Engineering, a unit of AMETEK Test & Calibration Instruments, is now offering a new handheld pressure calibrator that delivers deadweight tester accuracy in an onsite instrument. It is designed for process control applications, such as verification or calibration of pressure gauges, transducers, transmitters, pressure switches and safety valves.

New flanged industrial ball valves

Bonomi North America has launched its newest product, the V-ball spilt body ANSI 150 flanged valves that provide precise flow control in demanding applications. These ANSI Class 150 flanged industrial V-port ball valves, designed for precise flow control and easy automation, are available with 30-, 60- or 90-degree V shaped ports for superior flow control characteristics.

Setpoint opening new tech. center

Setpoint Integrated Solutions, an automation solutions provider, will open an interactive, industrial process showroom on April 16, 2015 at its headquarters located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Vac-U-Max’s wafer/butterfly valves

Specially designed to handle dry materials, Vac-U-Max’s new wafer valve features a 316 stainless steel disk that seals against molded food-grade liner. Bulk materials only contact the liner and disk, with the low-profile disk able to rotate 90 degrees for maximum free-flow area.

Flowserve supplying valves to pulp mill

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has announced that its operation in Brazil has been selected to supply all ball sector control valves, ball valves and butterfly valves for the new Klabin mill (Project Puma) located in the city of Ortigueira, Paraná state, southern Brazil.