If industry is to address one of its most significant problems—the lack of skilled workers—it must face two realities: 1) the millennial generation, which in 2015 surpassed all other groups as the largest in the labor force, is significantly different than the generations that proceeded it, and 2) the toolbox for attracting and retaining millennials is different as a result.
March 15, 2016
To meet the increasingly stringent environmental and safety standards instituted by governments and standards boards, manufacturers and users alike must be constantly aware of changes and challenges for which they are ultimately responsible.
March 14, 2016
Experience has shown that quality assurance/ control project managers cannot rely on supplier material test reports (MTRs) alone to identify material used in new construction; MTRs can contain significant errors.
March 8, 2016
In today’s highly competitive business environment, every company should continually strive to improve every aspect of its business.
February 29, 2016
Once valves and actuators are installed and commissioned on site, the manufacturer’s involvement often lapses to an occasional service call.
February 24, 2016
For the first time since 2009, U.S. industrial valve shipments are predicted to have almost no growth in 2016, according to the annual forecast of the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA). VMA’s forecast indicates shipments will be up just $3 million over 2015 to be about $4.5 billion total. “Our industry crested in 2008 at about $4 billion before taking a tumble from the recession.
February 16, 2016
It’s hard to imagine an issue more front-and-center on most people’s minds today than cybersecurity—in particular, what will happen if the world’s infrastructure systems are attacked.
February 16, 2016
By closely controlling the pressure and temperature of both heating and cooling mediums within heat exchange systems, the use of an automated control valve can help assure the efficient transfer of heat.
February 15, 2016
The API Standard Committee on Piping and Valves has published some standards on fugitive emissions.
February 8, 2016
When the pressure inside equipment such as boilers or pressure vessels increases beyond a specified value, the excess pressure may result in a catastrophic failure.
February 2, 2016
Since August, 2015, when VMA’s 2016 Market Outlook event was held, there have been a few more bumps in the economic road for valve, actuator and control manufacturers, their suppliers, distributors and end users.
February 1, 2016
Offshore oil facilities come to the forefront of our thinking these days only when a catastrophic accident occurs aboard a platform or other facility.
January 19, 2016
