VALVE WORLD MARKET
UPDATE
June, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acquisition
Leeds Valve Bought by Severn Glocon
New Facilities
Tyco Flow Control Opens New Chengdu Ball Valve Plant
Cashco Expands Headquarters
Oliver Twinsafe Expands Factory
New Division
Singer Valve Launches New Division for Electronic Control Systems
Finance
Tyco Flow Control’s Revenue Increases 24 Percent in Second Quarter
Emerson’s Sales Increased 1 Percent in Second Quarter
Rotork Announces Record Order Intake in Second Quarter
People
Rotork Appoints New Technical Director
Weir Names New Managing Director of Power and Industrial Division
Projects
Emerson Supplying Fisher Valves to BP North Sea Platforms
Rotork Signs Framework Agreement with United Utilities Rotork Flow Control Equipment Used in UAE Tank Farm CCI Wins Valve Contract for Chevron Wheatstone LNGCCI Replaces Three Valves on Australian LNG Pipeline
CCI Also Supplies High-Pressure Bypass Valves for Fort Myers, Florida Power Plant
Cameron Wins Subsea Contract for Chinese Offshore
New Products
Tyco Flow Control Brings Out New Composite Butterfly Valve
Victaulic Adds New Ball PVC Valve
Henry Pratt Brings Out New Plunger Valve
Norgren Announces New Solenoid Actuator-Controlled Valves for Shale Gas
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
INDUSTRY NEWS
$4.2 Billion Desalination Market for Pumps, Valves, Filters and Chemicals
NanoH2O, Inc. Secures Over $60 Million in Equity and Debt Financing
Liberation Capital Leads $6.25M Equity Investment in Desalitech
Residential Water Treatment Shows Major Growth In Developing World
GE's Expertise in Solving Complex Water Challenges on Display At IFAT ENTSORGA 2012 in Munich
NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS
GM Builds Sustainable Plant In Brazil
New South Wales Accepts Refinancing Offer for Sydney Desal Plant
Plans Unveiled for New Phuket Water Purification Plant
TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS
RO Membrane Has Increased Salt Rejection
Atlantium UV Solution Affords RO Membrane Protection
New Desalination Technique Yields More Drinkable Water
A Novel Way to Generate Power using Semi Permeable Membranes
How Scientists Suck the Salt Out of Seawater with Electricity
Sionix Corporation Updates Status of MWTS Deployment in the Williston Basin
World-class Coal Facility Advances with IDEM Proposed Permit
Aqua-Chem, Inc. Introduces New Pharmaceutical Vapor Compression Distillation Unit
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters.
CHEMICALS
ETHANOL
FOOD & BEVERAGE
METALWORKING
MINING
OIL & GAS
OTHER ELECTRONICS
PHARMACEUTICAL / BIOTECH
PULP & PAPER