Brazil holds a tremendous amount of opportunity for manufacturers and vendors today, as it is one of the easiest of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) in which to conduct business, according to Jerry Owen, president of Intrix Americas LLC.
September 21, 2010
The U.S. pulp industry is now relatively consolidated with the top five companies in the U.S. accounting for 60% of revenue share in 2009, Michael Armstrong, vice president of advisory services, PricewaterhouseCoopers said when speaking to a group of valve manufacturers at VMA’s Market Outlook Workshop, held last month in San Francisco.
September 10, 2010
Wall Street expert Michael Halloran, vice president for Robert W.
August 23, 2010
Q: Should I be concerned whether my valve is cast or forged?
July 15, 2010
Today’s ships are much more than floating tanks.
July 15, 2010
One of the presentations at the Aramco Services Company Technical Exchange Meeting in Houston in early May was entitled “Improving the Value Chain for Valves through Standardization of Metadata.” In it the presenters—Sharon Bickford, project manager at FIATECH; Ken Hamilton, project manager at PIP; Rick Hoenerhoff, associate director at PIP; and John Fish, who works in the area of customer relationships & quality assurance for Ford, Bacon, and Davis, LLC —pointed out that the process for managing valves on a project has not changed in 40 years.
June 23, 2010
Specification sheets for selecting automated valves list requirements for the valve and actuator but often lump all other devices together as related instrumentation or accessories.
April 21, 2010
Q: In the last Materials Q&A column, you discussed using forged bar to make hubbed-flange components such as bonnets.
April 21, 2010
Although the situation might change eventually, it’s a reality that most people working in the valve repair industry today are men.
April 21, 2010
What does it take to bring out a new product in the valve and actuator industry?
February 2, 2010
Q: I have a material certification for bar material that indicates compliance with ASTM A105.
January 19, 2010
Most of the time we only require that valves be free of basic dirt and debris before they are put in service.
January 19, 2010
