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Voith Hydro, a supplier of hydroelectric equipment, has received new orders worth around €35 million to equip two pumped-storage plants in Austria.
The company will supply energy provider Vorarlberger Illwerke with two pumps and a pump turbine for the Obervermuntwerk II and Rellswerk projects in Montafon, Vorarlberg.
Voith Hydro will also assemble and commission two 170 MW storage pumps…
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Indian multinational Crompton Greaves has launched a new set of energy efficient pumps for residential, agricultural, commercial and industrial applications.
The company says can be switched on and off remotely through a mobile phone call or text message using intelligent microchip technology.
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Marine and oil & gas industry provider Wartsila has signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to supply a range of pumping solutions for a new Floating Storage Unit (FSU) which will operate on the Mariner oilfield in the North Sea.
SHI will build the unit in South Korea on behalf of Norway-based energy firm Statoil. Delivery of Wartsila's equipment is due for spring 2015, with…
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Pumps
Specialist pump supplier Euroflo Fluid Handling is working with Wheelwash by incorporating its products within the latter company's systems for heavy vehicle and wheel washing requirements.
Two pumps are supplied for the self-contained and re-locatable Rhino units; one being a 22kW Aquafit 80 x 65 x 200B end suction pump, feeding spray bars at a constant 5 bar pressure. The second is a Grindex…
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Morgan Advanced Materials, a designer and manufacturer of ultrasonic sensors, has made a major investment in a new dedicated assembly cell at its manufacturing facility in Southampton, UK to further increase production of flow sensor assemblies for use in heat, gas and water metering applications.
The new investment follows increased global customer demand for state-of-the-art residential…
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Metallized Carbon Corporation, a global manufacturer of oil-free, self-lubricating, carbon-graphite materials for severe service lubrication applications, has announced the availability of mechanical seal primary rings for sealing refrigerants and other low viscosity liquids.
Low viscosity liquids such as Freon refrigerants, liquid oxygen, liquid carbon dioxide, propane, ethylene, and acetone are…
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Industrial Surplus World now specialises in the engineering and manufacturing of oilfield drilling equipment, valves, and rig packages.
The company recently announced a purchase plan for a full line of drilling and oil well servicing equipment such as servicing rigs, valves, land rigs, draw works, pumps and more oilfield equipment required for drilling or work over operations.
The plan includes…
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Pipelines
Composite Pipes Industry (CPI), a manufacturer of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes, has won a contract worth $5 million (€3.6 million) for the supply of pipes and fittings for a 62 km-long pipeline for British oil giant BP.
The company says the corrosion-resistant pipes, to be used on the pipeline in BP's Khazzan field development in Oman, are cost-effective and do not require…
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Valves
Neste Oil and Metso have agreed on the delivery of automation and valve technology for the refinery unit under construction at Neste Oil's Porvoo refinery.
Metso's technology helps the company with its targets to increase the output of high-octane gasoline and to improve flexibility in production. Construction started in 2013, and the unit is due to come onstream in spring 2015.
The delivery…
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Flowmeters
OW Bunker is continuing to roll out its flow measurement technology across its global bunker fleet.
The company has announced it recently installed a Coriolis flowmeter on a refuelling barge in Rotterdam.OW Bunker is the first independent physical fuel distributor to use the technology when supplying customers in the region.
Reports say the Coriolis flowmeter has been installed on the bunker…
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Flowmeters
Great Plains Industries (GPI) has released its new Flomec 02 scaled pulse meter.
Kevin Symens, GPI’s meter division North American sales manager, says the company is adding the scaled pulse output option to its economy series flowmeter line based in market needs.
The new meter line is compact and lightweight for applications in mobile installations or within confined spaces.
The Flomec…
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Hoses
Austrian industrial product manufacturer Semperit plans to invest around €10 million ($13.6 million) in a hose production expansion project at its Semperflex Optimit plant in the Czech Republic.
The project is already underway and, when completed, is planned to increase production capacity by 30% by the Q2 2015, the company says. No further details on the project have been…
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Valves
Oliver Valves, a British valve manufacturer for the oil and gas industry, has reported an £85 million order book after a year of strong sales in 2013.
Increased sales in key markets including Brazil, the Middle East and Asia led to the record year, up 38% compared to the same period in 2012, according to the company.
Around 90% of Oliver Valves' turnover comes from exports.
Brazil is now…
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The BelGAS division of Marsh Bellofram Corp., a member of the Bellofram, has introduced a new, explosion-proof two-wire pressure transmitter, expressly designed for industrial field service.
Designed for maximum durability, the Marsh Bellofram BelGAS Type 5000 P/I transducer is a two-wire device that converts a signal pressure input into a 4-20 mA or 10-50 mA output. According to the company, the…
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Pumps
Australian Pump Industries has announced that Tsurumi’s 1000V submersible dewatering pumps will soon begin trials at mine sites across Australia.
Tsurumi’s Kyoto factory has finished the design, prototyping, and laboratory testing for the pump model, which is now ready for live mine environments.
Australian Pump, Tsurumi’s distributor in Australia, is working with…
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Flowmeters
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will stop approving barges without mass-flowmeters for bunker transfer by the end of the year, it has been reported.
Approved and sealed mass flowmeters for all bunker barges will eventually be required, but the deadline for that mandate may take up to two years.
It is thought that a fears of an increase in bunker fraud may be one of the reasons…
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Japan-based global electronics firm Funai Electric, will open a subsidiary, Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, on Lexington's Lexmark International campus, Kentucky, US, in April.
The new subsidiary will support research and development in inkjet and microfluidic technologies, which involve the use of engineering, science and technology to design systems for handling small volumes of fluid.
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Pipelines
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has acquired Tubexpress, a Brazilian distribution company which supplies pipes and tubes to the petrochemical and oil and gas industry.
Tubexpress, founded in 1990, is a stock holding distributor offering products according to ISO 9000 standards. The company has two branches in Osasco and São Carlos, both in the state of São Paulo, and employs…
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