Valve Manufacturing

Jason Ordanoff Joins Eastern Controls

Eastern Controls, Inc. announced the addition of Jason Ordanoff to the organization. As the business development manager for valves and actuation, Ordanoff will be focused on delivering solutions through Eastern Control’s major manufacturing partners.

Ordanoff brings over 20 years’ experience in the process industry, from the oil and gas industry to heavy industrial manufacturing equipment.

MSS Publishes Three Revised Industry Standards

Please note that the Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) of the Valve and Fittings Industry has published the following revised Standard Practices:

Flowserve Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Results

Flowserve Corporation announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019.

In the fourth quarter of 2019 Flowserve reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53, up 10.4% and adjusted EPS of $0.66, up 13.8%. Sales were $1.07 billion, up 8.2%, or 9.3% on a constant currency basis.

For the full year, Flowserve reported EPS of $1.93, up 112.1% and adjusted EPS of $2.20, up 25.7%. Sales were $3.94 billion, up 2.9%, or 5.4% on a constant currency basis and included approximately 0.8% negative impact related to divested businesses.

MRC Global Joins Valve Manufacturers Association

This week the Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA) welcomes MRC Global into the fold as an associate member in the distribution/channel partner category. MRC Global is the second new company to join the association this year.

MRC Global has been providing automated valves for more than 20 years, evolving from a simple bolt-up, quarter-turn shop into an advanced, fully integrated quarter-turn, multi-turn and linear automation provider with facilities worldwide. MRC Global serves the oil and gas industry across the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors as well as the chemical and gas distribution market sectors worldwide.

Metso’s Lebedeff Wins Corporate Counsel Award

Aleksanteri Lebedeff, senior vice president, general counsel of Metso Corporation, was granted recognition as one of the TOP 100 Corporate Counsel Award winners in Orlando on January 17, 2020.

The annual OnCon Icon Awards recognize the top corporate counsels globally. Winners are determined by peer to peer votes. This year's OnCon Icon Award Winners were determined from over 4,500 votes in total.

Lebedeff joined Metso in 1987. He has acted as Metso’s general counsel and secretary to the board since 2006.