A Royal's Visit to a Valve Manufacturing Facility

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits Crane Company’s new Saunders Valves manufacturing facility in Cwmbran, South Wales.  

R.E. Mason Joins Valve Repair Council

R.E. Mason recently joined the Valve Repair Council. The company serves customers in the energy, life sciences, pulp and paper and chemical industries.
#maintenance-repair

Motion Signs Agreement to Purchase Operating Assets of ICR

The sale is expected to close by the end of the year.

NEWS

Westinghouse and BWXT Canada Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Nuclear Projects

Agreement supports deployment of advanced reactors in Canada and globally.  

NEWS

Liquid Cooling Technology for Data Center Cooling

Technology from Nexalus will work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise servers to turn data centers into closed-loop clean energy power stations.  

NEWS

Meta's Largest Data Center Will be Built in Northeast Louisiana

Project is expected to result in 500 or more direct new jobs, more than 1,000 indirect jobs and 5,000 construction workers at peak.

Insights

Successful Conference on Fluoropolymer Restriction Impact on Flow Control Industry

By: Heather Gaynor, Editor, Valve Magazine

VMA, the Hydraulic Institute and the Fluid Sealing Association collaborated as part of the Flow Control Coalition to bring together industry experts and stakeholders on this topic.  
#VMAnews

Manufacturing

Floating Offshore Wind Platform Assembled in 40 Hours

This assembly by Aikido represents a 10x speed improvement in assembly.

Design

Air Valves: The Unsung Heroes of Water Infrastructure

Air in pipelines can cause significant problems in systems, so prevention is critical.  
#water-wastewater

NEWS

Exxon Mobil Announces Leadership Changes

Liam M. Mallon, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Company and VP of Exxon Mobil Corp. will retire effective February 1, 2025.  

NEWS

ConocoPhillips Completes Acquisition of Marathon

In connection with the closing of the Marathon acquisition, Marathon became a wholly-owned subsidiary of COP and is no longer a publicly traded company.   

NEWS

Sunnyvale Announced as Expected Location for Second CHIPS for America R&D Flagship Facility

A key part of the NSTC, this California facility will drive the future of semiconductor innovation and collaboration.   

Design

Emvolon Reaches Milestones to Help Hard-to-Abate Industries

The company has secured partnerships with major biogas suppliers, green methanol product offtakers, equipment and technology corporations, and a licensing agreement with MIT.  

Applications

Peer-Reviewed LNG Lifecycle Assessment Released

Cheniere’s algorithm further improves the modeling of GHG emissions across the company’s supply chain, utilizing actual operational data.  

NRG, Renew Home and Google Cloud Announce Partnership

Thousands of VPP-enabled smart thermostats will be distributed to consumers by 2035 and create a nearly 1 GW AI-powered VPP will be created to help with grid resiliency.  

MRO

What Does It Really Cost?

Calculating the costs and benefits of low emissions technologies.

NEWS

IMI Acquisition Expands its Industrial IIoT Capabilities

TWTG, a manufacturer of wireless products and solutions across industries, acquisition broadens IMI’s capabilities.

Technical

Solenoid Valves: Direct-Acting Versus Pilot-Operated

During a recent training session with VMA members, one of the most frequently asked questions I get from people came up: What’s the difference between direct-acting and pilot-operated solenoid valves (SOV), and how do we choose between them?