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
Velan Sells Italian Joint Venture, Not French
VDMA Sees Good Year in 2008 for German Valve Manufacturers
Crane Buys Delta Fluid Products
Emerson Establishes New Unit for Nuclear Plant Valves
Weir Foundry Likely to be Sold
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
Jacques Fay Elected President of Profluid
Greg Christopher New CEO at Mueller
Emerson Promotes Executives of Emerson Process Management
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
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.
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