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According to a new market research report, the control valve market is expected to reach US$10.82 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 6.85 percent between 2014 and 2020. The new report titled, Control Valve Market by Motion (Rotary, Linear), by Component (Valve Body, Actuator, and Others), by Application (Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Energy & Power, Water Management, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Beverages, and Others), & by Geography - Global Forecast to 2020, explains that the need for control valves is also expected to grow proportionately to be able to support this growth.

Fetso has introduced its new VS series of piston-spool solenoid and pneumatic valves and valve manifolds. This new generation of individually wired valves is designed to give years of dependable service while helping OEMs lower the costs of acquisition, assembly and inventory.

It has been announced that Pure Technologies Ltd., through its subsidiary, Pure Holding, will acquire Wachs Valve and Hydrant Services (Wachs Water). The Illinois-based Wachs Water provides flow control maintenance and support, leak detection and related asset management service to the water sector in the US.

Val-Matic’s American-BFV® Butterfly Valve SuperValves are now available and in sizes 3”-36.” The American-BFV® Butterfly Valve SuperValves are coated with fusion bonded epoxy both internally and externally.

The Valin Corporation, a provider of process control and automation solutions to a variety of markets, is now the authorized representative of the KOSO Hammel Dahl line of global control valves. Valin has obtained the exclusive distribution rights to the product line in 13 states within the Western United States.

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, signed a licence agreement with New Way Air Bearings to develop externally pressurized solutions for its seal and pump operations.

The ECO-Centric® Plug Valve from GA Industries, located in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, has been newly redesigned.

American LNG has received local permission to move ahead with a $250 million USD LNG plant in Titusville, Florida, which is near Cape Canaveral. The building company still has to procure the various construction and environmental permits that are required for such a project, associated officials are confident that the plant could be up and running in as soon as 18 months.

Exterran Holdings announced that it has signed two agreements related to projects in Bolivia and Brazil. The first, signed in October 2014, is a six-year compression services contract with Petrobras Bolivia including construction and installation of a compressor station for two fields near Tarija, Bolivia.

Enbridge Inc. has asked Canadian regulators for permission to start up a pipeline by late June 2015 that would ship crude oil from Western Canada to refineries in Eastern Canada, a move that had been delayed by concerns over pipeline safety measures.