NEWS

Technical

More Specialty Pyrrolidones Production in North America

New production plans promote global supply of HEP and NOP.

Applications

French Fleet Awards Trillium France with Contract

The contract asks Trillium to supply equipment that requires additional qualification tests.
#components #VMAnews

Insights

Clearlake Capital-Backed FloWorks Acquires Flotech

Flotech is a distributor and servicer of industrial valves and automation solutions across the southeast.
#automation #maintenance-repair #pressure-relief

Insights

Valmet Selects New CFO

Valmet appoints new CFO, Katri Hokkanen.

Manufacturing

Recession or Not, U.S. Economy Has Slowed Notably

NAM's August 2022 report cites mixed news for manufacturing.

Design

DOE Selects Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Design for Versatile Test Reactor in Idaho

A sodium-cooled fast test reactor was selected to be installed at Idaho National Laboratory.

Insights

Eastern Controls Acquires Pittsburgh-based Andrews Industrial Controls

Andrews Industrial Controls has been acquired by Eastern Controls, expanding Eastern’s territory throughout Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
#maintenance-repair #VMAnews

Insights

The Manufacturing Sector Remains Vulnerable to Account Compromise and Supply Chain Attacks in the Cloud

Netwrix study reveals that manufacturing organizations experienced these types of attacks more often than any other industry surveyed.

Applications

New Valve for Hydrogen Fueling Stations Promotes Maintenance Safety, Minimizes Leaks

Emerson launches its TESCOM Anderson Greenwood Instrumentation H2 Valve Series for hydrogen applications.
#maintenance-repair #components

Insights

TotalEnergies Announces the Start-up of New Ethane Cracker in Port Arthur

Bayport Polymers LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between TotalEnergies and Borealis, announces the start-up of commercial operations of a new ethane cracker with an annual production capacity of one million tons of ethylene.