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Admiral Valve LLC dba CPV Manufacturing Appoints Ryan Howard as Regional Sales Manager, Gulf Coast.

The addition of Howard is a big step for the expansion of CPV into new territories that hold significant growth opportunities for the company’s valves and fittings.

Manufacturing VMAnews

May 11, 2022

Curtiss-Wright Corporation Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter 2022

“We are greatly encouraged by the double-digit order growth in the first quarter, which builds upon our already strong backlog and provides further confidence in our full-year outlook,” said President and CEO Lynn M. Bamford.

Leadership VMAnews

May 11, 2022

Emerson Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

Emerson also announced a decision to exit its Russia business and, as part of this exit, is exploring strategic options to divest Metran, its Russia-based manufacturing subsidiary

Manufacturing VMAnews

May 9, 2022

U.S. DOE Commits $2.25B to Carbon Capture and Storage

Advances in storing carbon underground on a virtually permanent basis without leaks can give companies confidence to move ahead with capturing the gas.

General Manufacturing

May 9, 2022

ITT Reports First-Quarter Year-over-Year Increase of 4.0%

The company has dealt with significant labor shortages at the beginning of 2022 stemming from the sudden and sharp rise in the COVID-19 omicron variant, inflation that was higher than planned in raw materials and more recently the impacts of the war in Ukraine.

Manufacturing VMAnews

May 6, 2022

Baker Hughes Named to First Fortune Modern Board 25

At a challenging time, these companies are setting themselves up well strategically for long-term, sustainable growth.

Sustainability VMAnews

May 4, 2022

IMI Critical Engineering Joins VMA

The VMA is proud to welcome three of IMI Critical Engineering’s U.S. brands to the membership along with IMI PBM, which remains a member.

Manufacturing VMAnews

May 4, 2022

DOE $500M Clean Hydrogen Project is Announced

About 100 metric tons of renewable hydrogen could eventually be produced and stored at the Advanced Clean Energy Storage site, according to the developers, ranking it among the biggest planned production sites of renewable hydrogen in the United States.

General

May 3, 2022

Report: Low-producing Oil, Gas Wells Make Up 50% of Methane Emissions

The study underscores the importance of federal standards addressing pollution from smaller sites.

General

May 2, 2022

NAM Launches Supply Chain Hub

The new hub was assembled with critical assistance from the NAM’s Manufacturing Leadership Council and Innovation Research Interchange.

Manufacturing Supply Chain

May 2, 2022

Chemical Industry May Be Signaling a Recession

Chemical Industry May Be Signaling a Recession

Stubbornly high energy prices and the war in Ukraine have all contributed to the price volatility in chemicals and the industries connected to them.

General

May 2, 2022

Quality Valve’s Matt Hariel Promoted to Chief Financial Officer

In a LinkedIn post from Quality Valve CEO Jody Dunn, he announced the promotion of Matt Hariel to CFO: Matt Hariel joined up with us two and half years or so ago as our Controller and has done a terrific job in that role from the first day.

Leadership MRO VMAnews

May 2, 2022

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