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Hayward Flow Control announces the expansion of our patent pending LHB Series Manual Limit Switch line to now include a Spring Return "Dead Man Handle" design for those critical applications requiring compliance to safety standards or plant specifications where the valve must return to a closed position after operation.

MRC Global Inc. announced its second quarter 2012 financial results. MRC's sales of USD 1.430B in the second quarter of 2012 were up 22% from USD 1.168B in the second quarter of 2011.

We probably take our standard of living for granted. A home, a job, food on the table. It all seems so mundane and nothing special. Yet stop and think for a moment what life would be like if our water supplies were to fail.

Once a year, the European Association for the taps and valves industry (CEIR) comes together to give updates on the current status of the industry and its member associations. This year the event took place in a little castle just outside Paris, France. Valve World was invited to participate and report straight from the congress room.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. will acquire 100% Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and a 50% interest in El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline from Kinder Morgan, Inc.

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract by Dominion Virginia Power to build its new Brunswick County Power Station, a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, VA.

Merla Wellhead Solutions, a global provider of oilfield flow control valves, actuators, and related systems today announced the return of its distributed valve division after signing an agreement appointing Spicer & Sandburg, Inc.

Companies competing for US federal funds to support the development of operational small modular reactors (SMRs) have been keen to report progress in their respective projects, including a first control room simulator and the launch of a fuel technology centre. NuScale Power is claiming a world first with the commissioning of a control room simulator to model the operation of its SMR design.

Managed Pressure Operations International Ltd. (MPO), a provider of technologically advanced managed pressure drilling systems is expanding its delivery of the innovative Non-Stop Driller (NSD) Continuous Circulation (CC) system, announced Charles Orbell, President and CEO. By maintaining constant bottom hole pressure and enabling continuous hole cleaning during connections, the NSD continuous circulation system prevents well bore ballooning, stuck pipe incidents and connection gas buildup significantly reducing non-productive time.

Following more than a year of development, STARS Alliance LLC has achieved legal identity after the chief nuclear officers of seven US plants added their signatures to official paperwork.