VALVES MARKET
UPDATE
September 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acquisition
Cameron Buys LeTourneau Technologies Drilling Systems
New Facilities
Tyco Expands Sempell Plant
Partnership
Auma and Kirloskar Set Up Partnership for Indian Power Plant
Finance
Tyco to Split into Three Companies
Spirax Sarco’s Half Year Revenues Break Record
Cameron’s Second Quarter Revenues Up 19.9 Percent
Projects
Tyco Signs Framework Agreement with Shell for Butterfly Valves
Velan Books Large Indian Power Plant Order
Auma Actuators in Arabic for Jordanian Aqueduct Pipeline
GE Oil & Gas Wins Contract for Subsea Tree in North Sea
GE Oil & Gas Also Supplying Another Subsea Tree in North Sea
Rotork Upgrades British Power Plant
Cameron and Petrobras Sign Service Agreement
Emerson to Be Sole Supplier of Shell On/Off Valve Actuators
New Products
Schlumberger Releases New Isolation Valve
AKO Introduces New Sleeves for Pinch Valves
GF Piping Releases New Butterfly Valve
Hayward Flow Control Brings Out New Electric Actuator for Small Tight Spaces
WORLD WATER AND WASTEWATER DESALINATION
PEOPLE NEWS
Carlos A Riva has joined Poseidon Resources as Chief Executive Officer
Miller Truby Has Joined Professional Water Technologies (PWT) in the USA as Regional Account Manager
INDUSTRY NEWS
Market for Cross-flow Membranes to Rise 41 Percent by 2015 in Middle East
$900 Million Market for Desal Components and Materials
Desalination Will Soon Provide 75 Percent of Israel’s Drinking Water
Judge Strikes Down MMWD Desal Plan, Finds Flaws in Environmental Review
NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Ashdod Desalination Plant Agreement Signed
New Tuaspring Seawater Desal Plant to use DWEER™ Devices
Sionix Announces Plans for Construction and Operation of WWTP in the Bakken Shale Formation of North Dakota
ACCIONA Agua Commissions its First Desalination Plant in Algeria
Perth-Based Company to Set Up Desalination Plant in Cape Verde
TECHNOLOGY/NEW PRODUCT NEWS
Promising Lead with Low Pressure Desalination
Success of Low Temperature Thermal Desalination Technology
Sumitomo Electric Industries Develops Membrane to Trap TEP
Expert urges Qatar to Adopt New Desalination Methods
Desalination to Rival Water Reuse Costs by 2015
Reverse Osmosis Yield Increased by 10 Percent, Biocides Reduced by 50 Percent
Water Use in Mines Driving Technology
Many projects are detailed in monthly updates under Industry Analysis in this Report’s Chapters.
CHEMICALS
ETHANOL
FOOD & BEVERAGE
METALWORKING
MINING
OIL & GAS
OTHER ELECTRONICS
PHARMACEUTICAL / BIOTECH
PULP & PAPER
REFINERIES
SEMICONDUCTOR
POWER
Huge pump expenditures are forecast for flue gas desulfurization systems in the U.S. and China. The specific reports are available separately in Fossil and Nuclear Power Generation World Analysis and Forecast and in Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System.