Valves Market News for July 08

Here are the headlines for the month of July ‘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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VALVE WORLD MARKET

UPDATE

2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

New McIlvaine Company Website Addition

Valves are Key Elements in Steam and Cooling Systems - Hot Topic Hour July 17th

SALE

Velan Completes Sale of French Joint Venture

ACQUISITIONS

Emerson Process Management Acquires TopWorx

Metso Completes MAPAG Valves Acquisition

NEW FACILITIES

Tyco Opens New Test Facility at Fasani Plant in Milan, Italy

Tyco Opens New Pasadena, Texas Facility

FINANCE

Georg Fischer Continues to Grow

GE Revenues Rose 11 Percent in Second Quarter 2008

PROJECTS

Rotork Actuators Chosen for Chinese Water Project

Auma Actuators Used in Taiwan Tank Farm

Velan SAS Gets Chinese and French Nuclear Power Plant Valves Contract

Rotex Engineering Supplied Valves For Platinum Mine

NEW PRODUCTS

Red Valve Brings Out New Slurry Knife Valve

Bürkert New Solenoid Modular Valves

Flowserve Introduces New Valtek Seat for Butterfly Valve

Festo Launches Two Linear Actuators

ARI Includes Valves in Steam Trap

Plast-O-Matic Valves Now Offers Larger Sizes

WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION

 Coal and Biofuels are more Closely Linked

Major Revisions to Coal-fired Generation Forecast

CO₂ from Coal-fired Power Plants and U.S. Prosperity are closely Linked

Nalco Raises Prices 7-30 Percent in Europe

Nalco Forecasts 8 Percent Growth in 2008

Ashland Water Technologies Reports Second Quarter Loss based on Costs of Hydrocarbons

Water Treatment Companies are Raising Prices to Compensate for Rising Costs

Price Increases by Themselves are not enough Says Zacks Investment Research

Agilent’s Solutions for the Analysis of Ultrapure Water

UPW Usage in the Semiconductor Industry is 346 Billion Gallons/yr

Siemens to Develop Desalination Technology with much Lower Energy Consumption

Siemens Supply MBR Test Facility to Changi PUB

Siemens Starts Up Wastewater Reuse System in Beijing, China

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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Bob McIlvaine

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