Valves Market News for September ‘08

Here are the headlines for the month of September ‘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

SEPTEMBER 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CLARIFICATION

Velan Sells Italian Joint Venture, Not French

MARKET

VDMA Sees Good Year in 2008 for German Valve Manufacturers

ACQUISITION

Crane Buys Delta Fluid Products

NEW BUSINESS UNIT

Emerson Establishes New Unit for Nuclear Plant Valves

USE OF FACILITIES

Weir Foundry Likely to be Sold

FINANCE

Spirax-Sarco’s First Half Year Sales Increased 19 Percent

ITT’s Revenues Climb 38 Percent in Second Quarter

Flowserve Reports Record Second Quarter EPS, Sales, and Bookings

Weir Group’s Revenues Up 46 Percent for First Half 2008

Velan Reports Highest Sales in History for 2008 Year

Metso’s Sales Increase 6 Percent in Second Quarter 2008

Rotork Increases Revenues 27 Percent

PEOPLE

Jacques Fay Elected President of Profluid

Greg Christopher New CEO at Mueller

Emerson Promotes Executives of Emerson Process Management

PROJECTS

KSB Receives Pump and Valve Order for Algerian Desalination Plant

ITT China Gets Largest Project

Flowserve Supplying Pumps and Valves for French Nuclear Plant

First Electric Subsea System Started by Cameron

Arca Valves Used in New German Biomass Plant

Furmanite Overhauls Valves at Magnox Plant

Weir Power & Industrial Secures Pump as Well as Valve Contracts

Rotork Actuators Used at Wessex Water Treatment Plant

Tyco Delivered Actuated Ball Valves on Tight Schedule to Reliance Industries

NEW PRODUCTS

Apollo Valves Releases New Double Check Valves

GF Piping Offers New PVC Aqua Butterfly Valve

Asahi America Expands Line of Butterfly Valves

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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