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New Campus for ExxonMobil in Houston

ExxonMobil is developing a new office campus in north Houston. The complex will house most employees working in the corporation’s various locations in the Houston area, including upstream head office and the ExxonMobil Chemical Company.

3ABVH 3-way brass ball valve

Dwyer Instruments Inc. has announced the release of its new series 3ABVH 3-way brass ball valve. The compact Series 3ABVH Digital temperature switch offers a hand lever ball valve for commercial and general use.It is suitable for manual....

Valve Basics Seminar & Exhibition

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions™ and CRANE Energy Flow Solutions® have announced their participation in the Valve Basics Seminar & Exhibition hosted by the Valve Manufacturer’s Association of America (VMA); June 6-7 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

New triple duty valve

Bell & Gossett recently introduced a new 3DV Triple Duty Valve that performs all of the functions of three valves that are normally required to balance systems for smaller pump applications.

Greenhouse and power plant

GrowGreen Power Inc., a hybrid agricultural and energy company, plans to build a USD 250 million greenhouse and power-plant project in the Piedmont that would open with at least 300 employees.

OMB opens OMB Valves Inc.

OMB group has announced that it has opened OMB Valves Inc. as the group regional headquarters in the Americas as well as the appointment of Mr Keith Southard as Sales Director for the new company. The new company...

Fieldbus comms increase pneumatic valve performanc

Parker Hannifin recently introduced a new Isys Micro valve adaptor to connect the advanced Turck BL67 System. The new combination of the ISsys Micro valve and Turck BL67 System is quick and simple to use.

Dual valve controller

Axiomatic has introduced its new AX022400 Dual valve controller for extending machine control networks.

Harsh environment valves

ASCO Numatics has introduced a new line of ASCO Harsh environment valves.

Texas pushing disclosure of fracking chemicals

Legislation approved in late May by the Texas House could soon make Texas the first state to require drilling companies to publicly disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing.