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Adanac Jackets keep it flowing
The past 12 months has seen a noticeable turnaround in the valve industry in the UK, with the majority of companies seeing a significant increase in ...
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Advanced growth for West Yorkshire actuator supplier: Silsden-based Advanced Actuators Limited has reported a 40 per cent increase in turnover for 2013 and announced two key internal promotions
Managing Director Chris Woodhead has revealed significant expansion plans with over 50% of current business secured through export and says the ...
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AGM Fever
The 2013 BVAA AGM was held at Rockliffe Hall Hotel in Darlington. We are pleased to report that according to member’s feedback, BVAA staged an event ...
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AUMA Gains National Grid Approval
AUMA, supplier of modular electric actuators to the gas, petrochemical and process industries, has achieved National Grid T/SP/VA/2 approval for its ...
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Case Study: Providing Project Managed Services
Rotork is well known for supplying flow control equipment for new and upgraded industrial plants and processes on a global scale. In these contracts, ...
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Challenging Offshore North Sea Project will use Special Anti-Corrosion Instrumentation Made in Devon: Project could bring in over £10m of business for Barnstaple’s Parker Hannifin
An offshore oil and gas project that will site new offshore platforms in challenging conditions in the North Sea has selected highreliability valves ...
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Flowserve Announces New Valtek GS and Logix 420 Control Valve System: Achieving exceptional balance between high performance and value while delivering high flow rates
Flowserve Corporation, a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced the ...
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Fundamental Change Urgently Needed to Address UK Exploration Crisis Says Oil & Gas UK Chief
Commenting on Wood Mackenzie’s annual review of UK upstream oil and gas, which followed on the heels of data released by the Department of Energy ...
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Hot Spot 2014 CEN/TC69 systematic review
The systematic review of the following standards of CEN/TC 69 is opened:
EN 593:2009+A1:2011 “Industrial valves - Metallic butterfly valves”
EN ...
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Hot Spot API 6FA/6FD and API 607 review
API 6FA Specification for Fire Test for Valves
API Spec 6FD Specification for Fire Test for Check Valves
API Std 607 Fire Test for Quarter-turn ...
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Hot Spot ISO 15848-1 and ISO 15848-2 DIS Enquiry
The two following draft standards were updated according to the discussions during the last meeting of ISO/TC 153/SC 1/WG 10 in September ...
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Hot Spot ISO/CD 28921-2: ISO CD 28921-2 Industrial valves – Isolating valves for low-temperature applications – Part 2: Type testing
During its last plenary meeting on 27 September 2013, ISO/TC 153/SC 1 adopted resolution to submit ISO 28921-2 to CD Enquiry – comments required by 6 ...
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Hot Spot Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
CEIR and BVAA have given diligent and careful consideration to the interpretation of the requirements of the Machinery directive relative to its ...
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Hot Spot prEN 764-1 “Pressure equipment - Part 1: Vocabulary”
prEN 764-1 “Pressure equipment - Part 1: Vocabulary” is currently under CEN Enquiry ending on 8 January 2014 It has been prepared by Technical ...
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Improving measurement and process performance using smart instruments and asset management systems
Developments in smart instrumentation and asset management systems are offering a raft of new opportunities for today’s process operators. Providing ...
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Metso’s Neles® capping valves give an automated solution for batch cooking
Stora Enso Fine Paper’s Nymölla mill in Sweden selected Metso as the supplier of new capping valves for its batch digester line 1. In total, Metso ...
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New appointments at YPS Valves
YPS Valves Ltd, whose headquarters are in Leeds, West Yorkshire, has appointed Nick Day to its inhouse technical design department.
Nick, a ...
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New dual chamber orifice fittings help keep fiscal metering lines running
Disruption in fiscal metering applications caused by the removal and inspection of orifice plate flowmeters can now be eliminated using ABB’s new ...
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New explosion-proof electric actuator from AUMA
AUMA has announced that orders can be placed for its new explosion-proof version part-turn actuator. Designed for butterfly and ball valve ...
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Pneumatrol determined to grow internationally
As a key part of its business development strategy, Pneumatrol Limited, a North West based specialist manufacturer of pneumatic control products for ...
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