INDUSTRIAL VALVE MARKET REPORT
UPDATE
August, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Gas Industry Analysis
US Shale Drilling Delayed by Lack of Equipment
GWC Also Announces Increase in Shale Drilling in South America
Acquisition
National Oilwell Varco Buys Robbins & Myers
Victaulic Buys MTS Valves’ Desalination Valve Business
New Facilities
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Builds New Plant in China
Emerson Combining Some Texas Plants
Finance
GE to Split Energy Business into Three Standalone Entities
KSB’s Half Year Sales Increase by 13 Percent
Flowserve’s Half Year Sales Up 6.3 Percent
People
Severn Glocon Appoints Mark Breese to Head Leeds Merger into Company
Tyco Flow Control President Leaving to Join Harsco
Check-All Valve’s President Retires
Projects
Rotork Awarded Contract to Actuate Velan Valves for Chinese Nuclear Power Plant
GWC Delivers Valves to CO2 Project
Darvico Delivers Valves to Saudi Arabian Refinery
Pibiviesse Valves Put in South African Ethylene Unit
Rotork Actuators Provided in Australian Polymer Plant
Severn Glocon Finishes Severe Service Valves in Australian Offshore Project
New Products
Alfa Laval Brings Out Actuator for LKB Butterfly Valve
Rotork GO Actuators Upgraded
GF Piping Introduces New Metering Ball Valve
AUMA Announces SIL Advancement
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
INDUSTRY NEWS
Toray wins Ras Al Khaimah Desal Contract
AEROMIX to Develop Desalination Plant in Karachi
Coca-Cola Lauded for its Global Water Recovery System
Aquatech Awarded Contract to Install Wastewater Recycle and Zero Liquid Discharge System in China
NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS
GCC Projected to Invest Over US$100 Billion in Water Projects by 2016
Metito Lands Bechtel SWRO Desalination in Australia
Amiad Wins $1.6 7 Million Contract for Significant Israeli Desalination Project
Five Firms in Frame for Oman Water Project
Veolia Supplies RO Desalination to Mauritania Mine
Solar Firm Constructing System in Gila Bend
TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS
GE Introduces Major Energy Efficiency Breakthrough for Desalination Plants
Research Consider Graphene as a Cure for Desalination Woes
Wave Energy for Perth Southern Desalination Plant
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