Weir Valves & Controls USA Inc. has received the 2018 Weir Safety Award for Innovation by implementing safety kaizens to improve their safety culture. They have regular safety kaizens and have raised awareness and the importance of safety to keep their team safe. They have a cross-functional team to assess areas and challenge the current status quo. The team provides a fresh perspective on how they manage safety and education. This team has not only identified safety concerns but has a 94% success rate for correcting safety issues.

Weir Oil & Gas is opening a new 92,000 square-foot Midland, TX Customer Service Center, located at the David Mims Business Park on Interstate 20. The new center consolidates three existing Permian-area service locations into one central location. It will begin servicing customers immediately.

The center offers pressure pumping and pressure control assembly, repair and testing facilities, a central hub for field service operations, office space and a regional distribution center. The facility will help meet the growing customer demand in the Permian Basin region.

Based on its recent analysis of the global industrial valves and actuators market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Emerson with the 2019 Global Growth Innovation & Leadership Frost Radar Award. The Growth Innovation Leadership (GIL) best practice is bestowed upon companies that are market leaders at the forefront of innovation. These companies consolidate or grow their leadership position by continuously innovating and by creating new products and solutions that serve the evolving needs of customers. These companies are also best positioned to expand the market by strategically broadening their product portfolio.

BHGE has been selected as the key supplier for Masoneilan control valves and Consolidate safety relief valves for the Venture Global LNG liquefaction facility in Louisiana. The Venture Global project will utilize 18 smaller liquefaction modules for a combined capacity of 10 MTPY of LNG production. Masoneilan and Consolidated valves will be used in both conventional and cryogenic applications.

This order includes nearly 1,000 total control and safety relief valves and is the first phase of construction of 3 total plants being built under the Venture Global project where BHGE will partner in the Full-Stream supply of equipment.