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Keaveney, Northeast Regional Manager and Key Account Director at Emerson Process Management, brings a strong track record in automation technologies sales and marketing and business planning.

Paul Isaac is now Regional Director, Asia Pacific and Managing Director, India Operations.

The negative impact from the decline of oil and gas prices will continue to perpetuate the global centrifugal pump market’s low growth and even contraction.

Frost & Sullivan says the market earned revenues of $10.51 billion in 2014 and estimates this to reach $13.09 billion in 2019.

The Skilmatic actuators will be installed in automated and unattended valve chambers at pump stations, where they will provide isolating and failsafe ESD functions.

AUMA supplied actuators for 28 lift plug valves to the JSC TANECO Oil Refining and Petrochemical complex located in Nizhnekamsk, Russia.

The global market for control valves, estimated at a valuation of US$7.74 bn in 2014, is expected to expand at a healthy 7% CAGR between 2015 and 2021 and rise to US$12.14 bn by 2021

The market for ESPs can be segmented geographically into five regions, namely North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and South & Central America.

40 AUMA electric actuators were installed at the Bahrain Ministry of Works’ Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant in Bahrain.

By Scott Cameron, ASCO Numatics Several types of valves are used to control cooling in the fermentation stage of industrial winemaking. The wine cooling process itself is fairly straightforward. But examining that process may highlight how valves can function as surprisingly important ingredients in improving a wide variety of cooling applications.

Rotork CMA and CVA electric process control valve actuators control the HVAC system on Total’s CLOV FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel.

Subsea technologies are evolving at breakneck speed. There is a pressing need for optimum productivity and offshore operators are willing to invest in promising technologies.

AUMA valve control devices were installed at the Al Wasit Gas Programme, Saudi Aramco’s development scheme for the Arabiyah and Hasbah offshore Saudi Arabian gas fields located in the Arabian Gulf.

The subsidiary of the Nordheim instrumentation specialist in Dubai has moved to a new, 500 square metre company building space for offices and warehouses, but also for in-house production.

The Tao of Measurement challenges many long-held assumptions on the measurement of time, length and area.

By Heike Schmeding, AUMA This article provides an update on two key issues currently impacting the actuation industry: host system integration and functional safety. It is a key requirement in any plant installation that the actuators used for opening or closing valves can be smoothly integrated with the plant’s automation system.

Emerson provided automation and engineering services for a Qatargas project that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.6 million tonnes annually.

By C.Sailaja and A.Gugharaja, TATA Consulting Engineers Ltd, Chennai Valves commonly used in process Industry are either pneumatically operated or electrically operated depending on the availability of Instrument air / power at that location and its application. With the advancement in technology, valve operation on Digital communication system has been introduced.

Bifold is a manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic stainless steel directional control valves and accessories for hazardous, corrosive and subsea environments.

There are many motor control options. Focus on application requirements and choose the best fit to reduce downtime, improve efficiencies & reduce costs.