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Jacobs opens new office in Nevada

Jacobs Engineering Group announced the opening of its Elko, Nevada office, which strategically enhances the company’s ability to provide professional services, including engineering, construction and maintenance services, to new and existing clients in Nevada.

Honeywell’s UOP wins EPC contract for gas plant

UOP, a Honeywell company, announced that PennTex North Louisiana, a subsidiary of PennTex Midstream Partners, has selected UOP to engineer, procure and construct (EPC) a gas processing plant to recover valuable natural gas liquids (NGLs) in northern Louisiana.

Hundreds of billions U.S. wastewater plant upgrades

A recent McIlvaine report has stated that The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee recently heard testimony which makes a strong case that “modernizing and replacing the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure may be the single largest public works need that our Nation faces” and it requires a serious investment.

New U.S. Sales Director at Milton Roy

The Milton Roy Company has named Bill Beard as the new U.S. Sales Director for their commercial products portfolio. Beard will be located in the Houston, Texas office and will be responsible for growing the LMI and Hartell business.

Chesterton introduces Polymer Labyrinth Seal

Chesterton has introduced a new Polymer Labyrinth Seal, meant for the protection of bearings, gearboxes and motors in oil splash applications. The Polymer Labyrinth Seal is designed to provide improved sealing performance in splash applications for bearing and gearbox protection.

Titanium, Zirconium and Tantalum valves from Guichon

Titanium, Zirconium and Tantalum alloys offer an excellent resistance to corrosion in aggressive environments such as mineral and organic acids, alkalides, salts and other gaseous mediums.

John Crane launches new gas seals family

John Crane introduces the AURA 220 Gas Seal representing the next-generation of advanced gas seal technology and the first to be unveiled under the brand name AURA. The new technology uses a common global design and patented polymeric sealing device with Active Deflection Control to help customers reduce operating and transaction costs.

Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract by PEMEX

A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by PEMEX REFINACIÓN for an ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) project at the Salina Cruz refinery, Oaxaca, Mexico.

SIPOS’ cost effective reservoir inlet commissions

Widespread adoption of SIPOS Aktorik’s actuators is reported for Emergency Inlet Control Valve (EICV) and Automatic Inlet Control Valve (AICV) commissions for reservoir applications. The latest AICV reservoir installation for the electric actuator manufacturer is at Telarah WPS in Australia, where the actuator is part of a six-stage water supply system upgrade managed by Hunter Water.

New Soldo switchbox has magnetic appeal

Launched at the 2014 Valve World Expo, the Soldo Easy Switch hazardous area limit switchbox for manual valves is designed with minimal moving parts and magnetic switching technology for long-term reliability in the most demanding applications and hostile environments.