Manufacturers continue to report improved activity in August.
September 2, 2014
It was record attendance at this year’s Market Outlook Workshop with more than 125 people from both VMA and the Hydraulic Institute gathered at the historic Langham Hotel in Boston.
August 18, 2014
The valve landscape has changed over the past few decades—instead of über-high volumes of simple valves, many buyers and makers of valves are increasingly aiming for low-to-medium volumes of complex, high-precision valves made from exotic materials.
August 4, 2014
The U.S. economy has rebounded after a slow start to the year, with a number of data sources last week showing manufacturing activity growing strongly of late.
August 4, 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its latest World Economic Outlook last week.
July 28, 2014
This is the summary for this week’s Monday Economic Report: With more and more data starting to trickle in for June, we are seeing some definite trends taking shape.
July 21, 2014
Just a few data releases came out last week, so our view of the economy changed little from the previous week.
July 14, 2014
The conventional perception of a motorized valve is one of a large isolating valve with a heavy-duty valve actuator, usually powered by a three-phase electrical supply.
July 8, 2014
Today’s petrochemical and process industries increasingly depend on higher levels of automation, which in turn require enhanced monitoring and control of valve position and operational readiness.
July 8, 2014
Last week’s payroll report showed that job growth is accelerating across most segments of the economy.
July 7, 2014
While the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other organizations published a variety of valve standards covering gate, ball, check, butterfly and plug valves for decades, the first for globe valves came out in 2013.
June 24, 2014
Anyone who plans, builds or operates water distribution systems attachs great importance to efficiency as well as the reliability of system components.
June 24, 2014
