VALVES MARKET
UPDATE
September-October, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acquisitions
Swagelok Buys Innovative Pressure Technologies
Hillenbrand Acquires Coperion
Fine for Bribery
Tyco Pays $26 Million to Settle Bribery Charge by Department of Justice
Trademark Infringement Case
Rotork Wins Chinese Infringement Case
New Facilities
Smith Flow Control Remodels US Factory
Hawa Valves Adds New Factory
Valland Moves Production to New Facility
Hobbs Valve Expands Plant
Financials
Velan Second Quarter Sales Increase 13.6 Percent
People
FMC Technologies Replaces Top Executive Staff
Crane Fluid Handling Appoints New President
ValvTechnologies Announces New Director of Global Distribution
Curtiss-Wright Appoints New President
Projects
OMB Valve Awarded Contract for Subsea Ball Valves
Orion Supplying Valves to ConocoPhillips Indonesian Project
OMB Wins Cryogenic Ball Valve Contract for Chinese LNG Terminal
Valland Awarded Contract for Offshore Platform
Metso Supplying Valves for Swedish Biomass Plant
Metso Valves Going to Algerian Refinery
Shell Awards Tyco Framework Agreement for Pressure Relief Valves
Rotork Sells Actuators to a Giant Oil Storage Project in Central China
Singer Globe Valves Installed in Quebec Wastewater Plant
Circor Pibiviesse Makes Largest Control Ball Valve in World
Flowserve Awarded Dow Benelux Maintenance Contract
New Products
Pentair Tyco Introduces New Pressure Relief Valve
Bürkert Expanding Element Series of Valves
SSP Introduces Five New Valves
Flowserve Releases NAF Ball Valve
Bulk Tank Introduces New Composite Fiber Body
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
This information can be found in the RO/UF/MF Market Update.
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CHEMICALS
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OTHER ELECTRONICS
PHARMACEUTICAL / BIOTECH
PULP & PAPER
REFINERIES
SEMICONDUCTOR
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