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
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