Valves Market News for October 08

Here are the headlines for the month of October '08 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: Industrial Valves: World Markets
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VALVES WORLD MARKET
UPDATE

October 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACQUISITIONS
IDEX Corporation Buys Richter Chemie-Technik
Parker Hannifin Acquires Hargraves Technology Corporation and Origa Group
NAME CHANGE
Belgium Ventiel Changes to Belven
NEW FACILITIES
Endress+Hauser Opens New UK Facility and Factory
Emerson Expands Control Valve Factory in France
FINANCE
Gardner Denver Announces Revenue Increases of 5 Percent
ITT Revenue Up 32 Percent
Alfa Laval Reports Third Quarter Results
GE Revenues Up 11 Percent in Third Quarter
PEOPLE
Carol Zierhoffer New Chief Information Officer of ITT
Hitachi America Appoints New President and CEO
FMC Technologies Announces New Chairman
OMB Appoints Martin Phillips Director of Sales for Offshore
Weir Valves & Controls UK Expands
PROJECTS
KSB Gets Award for Algerian Fertilizer Plant
Oliver Valves Placed in Louisiana Pipeline Offshore
Sipos Actuators in New RWE Coal-Fired Power Plant
Sipos Actuators Used in Chlor-Alkali Industry
Rotork Actuators for Swedish Tank Farm
Canadian Oil Sands Project Uses Rotork Actuators
GA Delivers Valves to Yemeni LNG Plant
Metso Delivers Valves to Russian Pulp and Paper Company
Rotork Actuators Ordered for North Sea Floating Production Unit
ABB Furnishes Six Actuators to UK Coal-Fired Power Plant
NEW PRODUCTS
Emerson Introduces New Three-Way Valve and Actuator
BEL Valve and Hima Sella Presented New Safety Control System
Hayward Offers New Line of Butterfly Valves
Herose Introduces New Cryogenic Gate Valve
Spirax Sarco's New Range of Mining Valves
Flowserve Introduces New Plug Valve for SWRO
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
INDUSTRY NEWS
CDT Systems Makes Carbon Aerogel Commercially
GLV Has Received Membrane Reactor and Other Orders in Recent Weeks
EU Approves the Ashland, Inc. Acquisition of Hercules
Dow Expands its Offerings in Water Treatment
Centriforce Says Vacuum Force Desalination has Advantages
New Chlorine Resistant Membrane
Nano H2O Adds Nanoparticles to Make Membrane more Efficient
Carbon Nanotubes will compete with Membranes
UIB Buys BWA Water Additives
Shareholders want Delay in Ciba Acquisition by BASF
Water Market to Reach €600 Billion within Decade
Hurricanes Reduce Nalco Third Quarter Net
UNITED STATES
EPA Likely to be Sued if it does not Regulate Perchlorate
North Carolina RO Plant Completing Financing
Dow Ultrafiltration Membrane Complies with California Water Recycling Criteria
Black & Veatch Analyzing Brackish Water in Florida
EUROPE
Ireland will have Problems Meeting EU Water Quality Limit by 2015
ASIA
RO System for Australian Seam Gas Powered by Gas Turbine
Ion Exchange Products Expanding RO Product Line in India
140,000 m3/day (37MGD) Desalination Project for Mining Application Contracted to use ERI Technology
Victoria Desal Plant Slated for Order in 2009
Korean Orders for Desal and Petrochemical were $2.5 Billion in Third Quarter
CHINA
Airedale Chemical inks Distribution Agreement in China
China has 62 Desal Plants and Exports to Indonesia
MIDDLE EAST
Cyprus Investigating Solar Powered Desalination
Israel to Invest in New Desal Plants using RO to Offset Drought
14 Desalination Plants Slated for Tunisia
Plant-Powered Desalination Utilizes Saline Groundwater
Desal Reject used to Grow Salt Cedar Trees for Fuel
Make Sahara Green with Solar Desal
Biwater Low Bidder on Oued Sebt


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

Huge pump expenditures are forecast for flue gas desulfurization systems in the U.S. and China. The specific reports are available separately in World Coal-fired Power Generation Analysis and Forecasts and in Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System.



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