Subject: Valves Market News for Oct. ‘07
Here are the headlines for the month of Oct. ’07 in the Updates to Valves. The updates reflect only some of the new additions. The analysis and revenues are constantly revised. For more information, click on: Valves: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochpures/water.html#n028
VALVES WORLD MARKET
UPDATE
October 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
MCILVAINE UPDATES COMPANY REVENUE NUMBERS
ACQUISITION
SPX Purchases APV from Invensys
Control Flow Acquires RETSCO Line from Cameron
JOINT VENTURE
Velan Sets up Two New Joint Ventures
NEW PLANT
KSB Opens Butterfly Valve Factory in Dalian, China
FINANCIALS
ITT’s Revenues up 6 Percent in Third Quarter
Cepex Parent Changes Name to Fluidra
Velan’s First Quarter Sales Are Highest in Company’s History
PEOPLE
Curtiss-Wright Names David Cunningham Vice President of Valve Systems Division
PROJECTS
Weir’s New Factory Tested to Make Very Large Valves
ARCA Regler Delivers Control Valves for Central Europe Gas Reservoir
Rotork Actuators Selected for Mexican Water Treatment Plant
Truflo Rona Valves Chosen for Golden Pass LNG
Metso Automation to Deliver Valves for Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia
Williams Valves to Supply Valves for Horizon Oil Sands Project
Weir Awarded Contract for Louisville Gas & Electric Boiler Project
Weir France Discovers Way to End Piping Vibrations
Siemens Replacing Software and Hardware in Berlin Water and Wastewater Plants
NEW PRODUCTS
Danfoss Flomatic Swing Valve Incorporates Rubber Disc
Midland Manufacturing Designs New Valve to Prevent Ethanol Release
Asahi America Improves Ball Valve Locking Device
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Introduces New Valves
Armstrong Launches New Commissioning Valves
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
Municipal: U.S.
Cal Am will operate new Sand City desalination plant
San Clemente to double its recycling of water
Tampa Desal Plant Is Meeting Production Targets
Macomb now has 20-year plan for water
Water crisis stymies Pr. Anne; More than $80M in development halted
Ground broken for Moss Point water plant
Municipal: Overseas
$600 million for state coffers
Beachhead in battle of desal plant
Wind fires desal water plant
New desal plant proposed for Price
Beijing Airport Reuses Wastewater
15 mld desalination plant first phase to be over by May
Desalination unit planned in Aqaba
JORDAN: US$600 million project to end water shortage
Technology
Plastic Membrane Will Help Filter Toxic Chemicals
Stonybrook Purification Secures Series A Financing; University Spinout Aims to Lower Cost of Clean Water
Speakers say biofuel boom puts pressure on water
Business News
Water treatment – managing an important resource
EDR : GE's Next Generation Water Treatment
Malcolm Pirnie, Sinclair Knight Merz Announce Global Alliance
UAE firm keen to enter India
Siemens and inge in an cooperation agreement
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in the Report’s Chapters.
CHEMICALS
DISK DRIVE
ETHANOL
FLAT PANEL
FOOD
LNG PROJECTS
METALSWORKING
MINING
OIL & GAS
OTHER ELECTRONICS
PHARMACEUTICAL
PULP & PAPER
REFINERIES
SEMICONDUCTOR
TRANSPORTATION
U.S. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER PROJECTS
POWER
Bob McIlvaine