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To coincide with the release of the latest edition of the North American Catalog of Valves—first published in 1984—we spoke with several U.S. and Canadian companies about how globalization has changed the way they do business.
July 30, 2012
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the construction of four new nuclear reactors in the U.S., the first since 1978.
July 28, 2012
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) has launched Perlast ICE G75LT, a low temperature perfluoroelastomer material for use in oil and gas applications.
July 23, 2012
I have worked and taught in organizations for nearly half a century, and for at least half that time, I’ve led sessions on Lean and it its predecessors.
July 16, 2012
As the nation increasingly seeks sources for renewable energy, dams and the thousands of valves they contain will only become more important.
July 16, 2012
With an estimated 60% of fugitive emissions attributed to valves it is easy to see EPA’s attention is on valve emissions reduction.
July 13, 2012
Some analysts consider the valve market a hard one to track because there are so many players in the field and the business cycles are so long term.
July 9, 2012
Most of us in the valve industry take for granted the interchangeability and standardization of the valves produced today.
July 9, 2012
In Part One of our two part series on Intellectual Property Theft, we summarized some recent developments in protection of intellectual property rights.
July 6, 2012
The use of solar power in industrial and municipal valve actuator applications goes back several decades; however, technological advances in solar power efficiency and storage mean that today, it has become a practical, dependable alternative for many isolated locations.
July 2, 2012
Despite a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) from the State Dept. in August 2011 that said the Keystone XL Pipeline will have "no material impact on the environmental resources along the route,” activists continue to oppose the pipeline.
June 29, 2012
Belleville springs are used within or adjacent to valves for a variety of purposes—the most common being to maintain load on a seal, gasket or packing.
June 25, 2012
