Subject:  Valves Market News for April ‘08

 

Here are the headlines for the month of April ‘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

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n028

 

VALVE WORLD MARKET

UPDATE

April 2008

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NEW NAME

Zy-Tech Changes Name to Global Flow Technologies

FINANCIALS

IMI Preliminary Results for 2007 Indicate Revenue Increased 6 Percent

Crane’s Fourth Quarter Sales Rose 15 Percent Over 2006

Velan’s Revenue for Second Quarter Rose 19 Percent

SPX Corporation Increases Revenues 16 Percent in 2007

ITT Announced EPS for Fourth Quarter of $.94

FMC Technologies’ Sales Up 28 Percent on Subsea Business

Spirax Sarco

China Valve Technology’s Revenues Up 45 Percent in 2007

Malaysian Valve Manufacturer Draws Up Plans to Sell Overseas

PEOPLE

John Brennan Named Vice President and General Manager of Oil and Gas Division

PROJECTS

Rotork Wins Framework Agreement with Thames Water

Malbranque Supplying Shutoff Valves to Gasprom

Curtiss-Wright Awarded Contract for Navy Submarines

John Valves and Rotork Team Up in Australia

Aker Kvaener to Provide Christmas Trees for Petrobas

Cameron Awarded Third Order for EVO BOP Stack

Emerson’s Digital Automation System Improves Production in Argentina Plant

NEW PRODUCTS

MSA a.s. Launches New Vane Valves

ITT Fabri-Knife Gate Valve Now Urethane-Lined

Flowserve Introduces New Plug Valve and Cryogenic Valve

Spirax Sarco Releases New Electric Actuator

 

WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION

MARKETS

Zenon has 65 Percent Market Share of Membrane Bioreactors in North America

SUPPLIER NEWS

Kent RO Systems Expanding in India

GE and Eureka Forbes will Manufacture RO Membranes in India

KSB has a New RO Pump

Hydranautics and MRE have Water Reclamation MOU in Singapore

PROJECTS

Siemens will Supply MBR to Italian WWTP

Koch Sells First Puron System for Wastewater Treatment in Spain

Small Drinking Water RO Systems Set-up in Pakistan Villages

German Paper Board Manufacturer to Install Siemens MBR

Georgia Tech Nanotechnology Center will Use Siemens Ultrapure Water System

DESALINATION

Nevada Wants to Desalt Seawater and Trade for Colorado River Rights

Dubai has Awarded Contracts worth a Combined US$3.26 Billion

Peru Plans Desal Plants

Doosan Heavy Wins $318 Million Desalination Contract

Qatar Moves ahead with 45 mgd Desal Plant

BGR Approved for Gujarat Desal Plant

San Antonio Opts for Design/Build for $200 Million Desal Project

Bid Requests Issued for Costa del Sol Desal Plant

Fourteen Desal Plants to be Constructed in Algeria before 2011

A Combined Desalination and Power Plant Planned for Karachi, Pakistan

British Navy Awards Desal Contracts to Salt Separation Services

 

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

 

 

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Bob McIlvaine

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