News

Our editors gather news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the valve and actuation industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the design, manufacturing, supply, maintenance and use of industrial valves and actuators. We focus both on engineered products as off the shelf products.
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New series of solenoid valve

    The W.E. Anderson Division of Dwyer Instruments, Inc.

Wärtsilä awarded major Alaskan power plant order

    Global supplier of efficient power plant solutions Wärtsilä North American Inc., has been awarded a contract to supply engineering and generating equipment for a new Alaska power plant to be installed.

PPL to acquire PA natural gas-fired power plant

      PPL Corporation’s competitive generation subsidiary, PPL Generation, LLC has agreed to acquire AES Prescott, L.

Cameron opens Jiskoot Technology Centre

      Senior Vice President and President of Valves and Measure Group of Cameron, Jim Wright opened a new Technology Centre in Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England on 8 March 2012.

Anadarko announces first oil at Caesar/Tonga

    As operator, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced first oil production at the Caesar/Tonga development in the Green Canyon portion of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Exelon-Constellation merger closes

Exelon Corporation and Constellation Energy have completed their merger, effective 12 March 2012. The merger creates one of the largest retail customer bases and the leading U.S. competitive energy provider with one of the cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets in the industry.

Foster Wheeler awarded Dominican LNG terminal cont

    A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded the basic design and front-end engineering design contract by Complejo GNL del Este.

Dean M. Flatt elected to Curtiss-Wright BoD

Twelve-year veteran of the aerospace and defense industry, Dean M. Flatt has been elected to serve on Board of Directors, as a member of the audit committee and the committee on directors and governance for Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

Genesis awarded Shell SURF contract

Shell Global Solutions International B.V. has awarded Genesis an Enterprise Framework Agreement covering subsea umbilical rises and flowlines, engineering and project management services. The contract to be initially managed by Genesis’ Houston office, will focus on Shell’s Gulf of Mexico and Brazil activities for a duration of five years with the option to extend the agreement for another five years.

Smalley introduces new mobile site

    Smalley Steel Ring Company, manufacturer of Spirolox® retaining rings, constant section rings and wave springs has launched a new mobile web site www.