Projects

This past May, the U.S. trade deficit widened revealing that businesses were having trouble making sales to overseas customers. Commerce Department figures show that the gap grew 2.9 percent to $41.

One of the largest global manufacturers of industrial sensors and control products, Ifm efector USA, is almost finished building its new North American Headquarters in the Atwater Corporate Center In Pennsylvania, USA.

BluMetric Environmental, an Ottawa-based cleantech company, announced that it has been awarded a new contract, exceeding USD 2.6M in the first year of a possible five-year span, to provide environmental engineering services to Vale Canada, a subsidiary of Vale.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has sent inspectors to the Omaha Power District Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, which is located in the state of Nebraska. The inspectors are investigating after a faulty valve was discovered, reported and repaired.

Two new plenaries have been added to the second morning of Valve World Americas on Thursday July 16th. At 8:30am Dr. M. Sam Mannan, Regents Professor and Director, Holder of T. Michael O’Connor Chair I, Mary O’Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System, will speak on the Role of Effective Valve Selection and Operation for Improved Safety Performance.

Setpoint Integrated Solutions, an industrial supplier of engineered process control solutions, has announced that it has been selected to supply all control, safety relief and automated isolation valves for Cameron LNG, a large liquefied natural gas terminal located in the state of Louisiana.

L&T may be close to selling off its valves business for around $500 million with Finnish firm Metso and US-listed Pentair emerging as frontrunners to acquire the unit, according to sources aware of the negotiations.

Praxair announced plans to build a new air separation unit (ASU) supporting its Detroit, Michigan, area pipeline system to meet the growing demand for industrial gases from customers in the region as well as rare gas customers worldwide.

Badger Meter is thrilled to introduce its new sizing software for Research Control® Valves (RCV). This software will adapt to the unique process requirements of a plant and guides specifiers through selecting the right control valve for any project.

IMI Critical Engineering has delivered a bespoke solution, which has been proven to be able to withstand the unique demands of deep-sea oil and gas extraction over extended periods. There is an estimated extraction of 125 000 bpd of oil and 70 million ft3/d gas at the Tahiti facility in the Gulf of Mexico, where valuable energy resources are in abundance at extreme depths.