Valves Market News for April 09
Here are the headlines for the month of April ’09 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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VALVE WORLD MARKET UPDATE
April 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
McIlvaine Company Valve Market Report Updated
Power Plant Control Valves Recent Hot Topic Hour Subject
Acquisitions
National Oilwell Varco Makes Two Purchases
China Valves Technology Buys Butterfly Valve Manufacturing Company
Cooperation Agreement
HollandMT Signs Agreement with Chinese Valve Manufacturer
Plant Closures
WCB Flow Products Closing Buffalo Plant
Doyles Valves Shuts Down Corpus Christi Plant
Bribery
Valve Company Executives Charged with Foreign Bribery
Finance
Crane Co.’s First Quarter Sales Drop 18 Percent
ITT’s Revenue Down 9 Percent
Flow Group among Top 100 British Private Growth Companies
Growth Spells Move for Vortex Valves Europe
People
Vortex Valves Europe Appoints Sales Engineer
Curtiss-Wright Names Jim Leachman Senior VP for Nuclear Group
ITT Appoints Pagano President of ITT Industrial Process
Projects
Rotork Makes Three Firsts in Korea
Flow-Quip Selected to Supply Actuators to Pemex Mexico
Flow-Quip Solves Pipeline Valve Automation Problem
British Energy Awards Contract to Weir Valves & Controls
Auma Wins Contract at Indian Coal-Fired Power Plant
Rotork Replaces Actuators in Ontario Locks
Rotork Also Gets Order for Singapore Petrochemical Complex
New Products
Plast-O-Matic Valves Introduces Corzan CPVC Solenoid Valves
Innovative Pressure Technologies Unveils New Trunnion High Pressure Ball Valve
Midland-ACS Engineered 70-Series Solenoid Valve
Fisher Introduces New Rotary Valve
Belven Releases New Butterfly Valve
Dresser Masoneilian Camflex II Rotary Valve Meets Strict Emissions
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
INDUSTRY NEWS
Flowserve Announces Acquisition of Calder AG
Toray to Open Saudi Base for RO Membranes
Cancellation of large desalination program in Australia
SUPPLIER/TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Koch Membrane Systems Showcases MegaMagnum Reverse Osmosis System
OSMO Membrane Systems develops technology for use in thermal concentration processes
ITT Showcases new products for offshore production
PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Sydney’s new water factory
Moss Point (Mississippi) plant scheduled to come on line May 6, 2009
The Republic of Korea aiming to have large seawater desalination plant up by August 2012
Santa Cruz pilot plant “works like a charm”
The Federal Electricity & Water Authority in the UAE announces the construction of a new (45,460 m³/d) seawater desalination plant in Ras Al Khaim
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in the Report’s Chapters. Click on the links below to view information on these projects.
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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Bob McIlvaine