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Valves India Newsletter
- Octomber.2021
Guru Gobind Singh Refinery orders for 2200 Ampo valves
AMPO POYAM VALVES has been awarded the contract for the design and manufacturing of more than 2,200 cryogenic and non-cryogenic gate, globe, and check valves, being some of them for high-pressure applications by HMEL, a key player in the Indian energy industry and owner of the fifth-largest refinery in India, Guru Gobind Singh.
Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR) is a refinery owned by HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) a joint venture between HPCL and Mittal Energy Investment Pte Ltd, Singapore, a company owned by L N Mittal.It is located in village Phulokhari at distance of 2 Km from Raman Mandi, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
HMEL is setting up an integrated petrochemical complex at the existing Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Bathinda, Punjab state, India, which will be a 1.2-million-ton mixed feed cracker plant, expandable to 1.5 million ton.
AMPO POYAM VALVES has worked hand in hand with HMEL on the optimal valve selection for each special unit and critical application of this new petrochemical complex and is supplying valves up to 30” and 2500 lbs. A special mention deserves the development of several high pressure (2500lbs) 24” Y pattern globe valves.
It has been a wide experience in the petrochemical and refining industries and thousands and thousands of cryogenic and non-cryogenic as well as high-pressure service valve references worldwide, and in particular in India, which has made HMEL entrust the award of this contract to AMPO POYAM VALVES. Moreover, it should be noted that AMPO POYAM VALVES has since 2009 been an outstanding and 100% owned valve manufacturing plant in India.
IDEX Corporation to Acquire Airtech
IDEX Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airtech Group, Inc., U.S. Valve Corporation and related entities from investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital for cash consideration of $470 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
Airtech designs and manufactures a wide range of highly engineered pressure technology products, including vacuum pumps, regenerative blowers, compressor systems and valves. The company provides customized solutions across diversified end markets such as alternative energy, food processing, medical, packaging and transportation. Airtech serves clients globally, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries acquires actuator IP
The pump unit of Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (CE&IG) has acquired the intellectual property (IP) to manufacture and assemble electric-mechanical actuators (EMA) and the associated control panels. CE&IG’s pump unit will manufacture and assemble the EMAs at its Nikkiso ACD factory in Santa Ana, California.
The high force EMA coupled to a cryogenic reciprocating pump eliminates the need for a gearbox and crankcase, which provides a compact layout for vertical submerged pump design. The EMA also provides complete control of the reciprocating pump’s piston speed and position, allowing for a wider turndown range, pulsation-free operation for multiple unit arrangements, and enhanced reliability.
KSB India marching towards double-digit growth
Despite COVID-19, KSB in 2020 had an order intake of Rs.1,300 crores and quite hopeful that with the improving situation company would improve and register a double-digit growth for the year as informed by Mr Farrokh Bhathena, Director – Sales & Marketing, KSB Limited India.
For the 1st half of 2021, company has achieved sales of Rs. 684 crores and already have orders on hand for almost 7 to 8 months. Both the first wave and the second wave has had an effect on our business operations, however despite these challenging situations our employees have risen to the occasion and navigated the operations to deliver good results for the Company in 2020 and in the first half of 2021.
There is an increased focus in the Oil and Gas business for valves, with the new latest qualification for Oil & Gas (ISO 16848-1, API RP591, API 600 13th edition). Apart from this we have introduced new products like Butterfly Valves, Dual Plate Check Valves etc. to boost our product basket for valves. Also, we have been directing our focus on the chemicals industry, Pharma, and Life Science applications.
Valmet and Neles agree to merge
Finnish industrial firms Valmet Corp. and Neles Oyj said that they have agreed to merge, forming a combined company that will provide enhanced growth opportunities and benefit from broader revenue and cost synergies.
Valmet VALMT, +0.22% provides technologies, automation systems, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries while Neles offers flow-control products such as valves used in oil-and-gas refining, pulp-and-paper manufacture, and chemical industries.
The proposed combination will see Neles merged into Valmet, with Neles shareholders receiving 0.3277 new shares in Valmet for each share they hold in Neles.
SPX Acquires Philadelphia Mixing Solutions
SPX FLOW, Inc., a provider of process solutions for the nutrition, health and industrial markets, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mixing solutions provider Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd. from Thunder Basin Corporation, an affiliate of Wind River Holdings, L.P. The transaction valued at $65 million is expected to close during the second quarter of 2021.
This acquisition is in line with SPX FLOW’s disciplined approach to mergers & acquisitions, which is focused on strategic alignment combined with clear plans for value creation.
PSS Group enters into valve market
PSS Industrial Group, a service provider and value-added distributor supplying a diverse base of customers in the energy and industrial industries has announced its entry into the pipe, valve, and fittings (PVF) market to expand the extensive product lines currently offered through its distribution network. PSS Industrial Group’s entrance into the PVF market arises through a combination of internal resources and procurement of the assets of an existing PVF business. This combination provides the company, from day one, with established lines of distribution from leading PVF manufacturers, competitive inventory at existing locations, complete product lines including PVF and related MRO materials, established customer relationships, and highly qualified staff with over 250 years combined PVF product experience.
Rotork provides electric actuators at Johan Sverdrup
Rotork has been selected as the sole provider of intelligent electric actuators for one of the largest offshore development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf, Johan Sverdrup. Energy company Equinor ordered more than 700 of Rotork’s IQ multi and part-turn actuators for the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea, which is located approximately 150 km away from the coast of Stavanger.
In the biggest Norwegian project of the last decade, the actuators provide an extensive range of flow control services across the drilling, riser, process, and living quarters. They control everything from the supply of water to engineers in their living quarters on the platform, to the precise control of flow needed for the extraction of oil. This was phase one of the project. Rotork is currently supplying to phase two; this includes actuators for the new process platform and riser platform modifications. They are now undergoing commissioning by Rotork service engineers in Thailand and Norway. In addition to the IQ actuators, several hundred Schischek InMax fail-safe quarter-turn electric actuators and AB-SS quarter-turn gearboxes have also been installed. Midland-ACS IMPACT high integrity modular pneumatic actuator control panels have also been installed to enable critical fail-safe functionality.
KBL supplies Mettur Surplus Water Scheme project
Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) will be the primary pump provider for the Mettur Surplus Water Scheme project in Tamil Nadu, India, which will divert surplus water to help farmers with irrigation.
Surplus water from 79 lakes will be diverted via the Mettur dam into 100 dry lakes in and near the Sarbanga basin in the Salem district, facilitating better use of the surplus water for both agriculture and drinking. This water irrigation scheme is the latest in which KBL has been involved in India and across the world. The most notable is the powering one of the world’s largest pumping schemes with Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) in Gujarat, which provides drinking water to more than 30 million people.
Mauri of UK to set up 1100 cr unit in Uttar Pradesh
UK-based yeast and bakery ingredients maker, AB Mauri, will invest about Rs 1,100 crore in a greenfield yeast manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh. For this purpose, UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) has allotted nearly 257 acres of land to the multinational company (MNC) at Bhara Pachpedwa village in Pilibhit district to set up its unit. State government received the proposal of the AB Mauri project during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. However, considering the quantum of proposed investment by the MNC, job creation potential, and expected multiplier effect, the government acted expeditiously to process its application and allot the land parcel.
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