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Auto plant expansion for West Virginia

Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Inc is planning a USD 64 million expansion of its engine and transmission manufacturing plant in Buffalo, West Virginia.
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Skanska contracted for lubricant plant in Rio

DR Distribuidora, a subsidiary of Petrobras, has awarded Skanska the contract to modernize and expand an existing lubricant plant and to construct a new plant in Rio de Janeiro.
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Project bringing ethane to Sarnia, Canada

Project Mariner West is a pipeline project to deliver Marcellus Shale ethane from MarkWest Liberty’s Houston, Pennsylvania processing and fractionation complex to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
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New Vice President for T.D. Williamson

T.D. Williamson, Inc. recently announced that Mike Benjamin has joined the company as Vice President, Offshore Pipeline Solutions, located in Houston.
API approves industry center for offshore safety

API approves industry center for offshore safety

The board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute (API) has formally endorsed the industry’s steps to create a Center for Offshore Safety.
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Valve helps control noise and cavitation

Flowserve Corp has introduced the new Flowserve Valbart Trunnion-Mounted Control Ball Valve (TMCBV) which is designed to reduce noise, control cavitation and provide increased reliability.
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Haydon Kerk introduces new linear actuator

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions, Inc has recently introduced the SRA04 Motorized ScrewRail linear actuator with an integrated size 11 stepper motor. 
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New reversible spring return actuator

Promotion Engineering has released a reversible spring return electric actuator which is  designed for load requirements up to 133”lbs.
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Valve maintenance on PA nuclear plant

Unit 1 at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear plant in Luzerne County, Pa., returned to safe and reliable electricity generation Thursday March 10 after maintenance work on a valve was completed.
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BASF exploring new investment in Brazil

BASF is considering new investments in Brazil, including the production of acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers (SAP).