INDUSTRY HEADLINES

VALVE MANUFACTURING

• EPA Violations Pose No Public Threat
• Closed Valve Likely Caused Fatal Houston Blast, Feds Say

WATER & WASTEWATER

• ITT Calls for Investment, Cooperation at World Water Week in Stockholm
• Emerson Chosen for Chinese Water-Treatment Plant

CHEMICAL PROCESSING

• Arafura, Incitec Chemical Facility Study
• Japan's Mitsui Chemicals to Make Methanol from CO2

POWER & ENERGY

• EPCOR and Siemens Partner to Design Near-Zero Emission Coal Fueled Power Facility
• Gasoline Prices Fall to Lowest Levels Since May

OIL & GAS EXPLORATION

• Drilling Boom Revives Hopes for Natural Gas
• Emerson Opens Marine & Offshore Engineering Center in Oslo, Norway

REFINING & PETROCHEMICAL

• Will Canada's Oil Boom be an Environmental Bust?
• Curtiss-Wright Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Order for Deltaguard Systems

OTHER INDUSTRIES

• EPA Fails to Collect Chemical Safety Data
• Manufacturers Seeing Higher Profits, Lower Costs from 'Green' Operations

MANUFACTURING & THE ECONOMY

• Dem Platform Calls for a Permanent R&D Tax Credit
• Orders for Manufactured Goods Beat Forecasts