VALVES WORLD MARKET
UPDATE
March and April, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acquisition
Tyco Valves and Pentair Combine
Metso Buys South Korean Valve Company
GEA Acquires Swiss Aseptic Valve Company
New Facilities
Emerson Building New Headquarters for Valve Automation in Houston
ABO Expands Czech Factory
Metso Opens New Indian Supply and Service Center
Aker Solutions Expands Subsea Manufacturing Including Valves
VAG Valves India Doubling Capacity
Financials
Spirax Sarco Announces 10 Percent Sales Increase in 2011
Weir Plc Shows 2011 Revenue Growth of 40 Percent
KSB Hits 2 Billion Euros in Sales in 2011
Cameron Announces First Quarter Revenue Increase of 20 Percent
People
Rotork Hires New Development Director
Circor Appoints New President of Energy Products Group
Newmans Hires New National Sales Manager
Projects
Metso Wins Order for Valve Controllers for FPSO in Barents Sea
Emerson Actuator Used in Caribbean Pipeline
Weir Minerals Africa Gets Large Gold Mine Valve Order for Burkina Faso
Oliver Valves Wins Three Big Contracts at Once—Japan, Iraq and UAE
Emerson to Supply Safety-Related Fisher Control Valves to Westinghouse for Vogtle Units 3 and 4
Auma Sells Over 100 Actuators to Russian-Czech Pipeline
Polish Sewage Treatment Installs Auma Actuators
Curtiss-Wright Gets Contract for Navy Ship Valves
Sipos Selected to Supply Finnish District Actuators
Val-Matic Plug Valves Enter UK Sewage Treatment Market
Flowrox Pinch Valves Installed in Australian Coal Power Plant
FMC Technologies Signs Framework Agreement with Petrobas for Subsea Trees
Sipos Actuators Included in Australian Wastewater Plant
Leser Providing Safety Valves for Iraq Gas Booster Station
New Products
KSB Brings Out New Butterfly Valve For LNG
Ross Controls Introduces New Valves
Hayward Brings Out New Thermoplastic Butterfly Valve
Rotork Presents New Actuator
Crane ChemPharma Introduces New Globe and Chlorine Valves