Economy & Enterprise
Feb
2025
Automatic filter valves for simplified pool maintenance
South African valve supplier Allmech has recently added a new automatic swimming pool valve to its range of filter valves. The valve in question is a Runxin valve. According to the company, it is the only authorized ...
Jan
2025
AUMA actuators optimize Stockholm’s largest combined heat and power plant
241 AUMA electric actuators have been installed as part of a retrofit at Stockholm’s largest combined heat and power plant, Kraftvärmeverk 1. The modern actuators with Profinet communications now ensure the smooth ...
Jan
2025
SAMSON: Official Go-ahead for New Electroplating Unit
At valve manufacturer SAMSON, work on the new headquarters is currently in full swing. The MainChange project is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. Another important hurdle has now been overcome. ...
Jan
2025
Vexve takes over competitor from Denmark
The valve manufacturer Vexve has signed an agreement to acquire the Danish valve manufacturer Frese from the founding family. The company was founded in 1944 and manufactures dynamic balancing valves, among other ...
Nov
2024
Valve manufacturer expands in France
GEMÜ France and Intercarat, both of whom are subsidiaries of the GEMÜ Group, have moved into their new production and office building in Altorf, north-eastern France. The new building is part of GEMÜ’s strategy ...
Nov
2024
Emerson opens Digital Experience Centre
Emerson has launched its Digital Experience Center – an interactive training environment showcasing the company’s extensive range of advanced automation solutions. Manufacturers and process industry users visiting ...
Nov
2024
IAD media data for 2025 is here
The IAD media data for the coming year is here! With a new look and some new options for your presentation. Take a look inside. Because next year, four issues will once again be packed with developments and highlights ...
Oct
2024
Drive manufacturer involved in hydrogen refuelling station
H2 Mobility is planning a new hydrogen refuelling station in Düsseldorf. According to the filling station manufacturer, it will be Europe’s most powerful H2 filling station with a daily dispensing capacity of ...
Oct
2024
Two global valve manufacturers combine their expertise
Two global players in the international valve industry have agreed a strategic partnership for the coming years. Bray International and Aquestia will combine their expertise in the areas of sales and distribution. As ...
Sep
2024
Atlas Copco Group wants 25% women in management positions by 2030
The Atlas Copco Group has released an update regarding progress on their non-financial targets, as well as the targets for the years 2025-2027. These include environmental- and diversity goals, as well as an added ...
Sep
2024
Valve Stars Awards 2024 – Voting started
The Valve Stars Awards are presented by Germany's leading trade magazine for industrial valves and sealing technology. The voting in our four categorys “Valves”, “Actuators”, “Seals” and “Automation” has ...
Jul
2024
Valve Stars Award 2024: Take part and apply now
The Valve Stars Awards are presented by Germany’s leading trade magazine for industrial valves and sealing technology. The readership of “Industriearmaturen & Dichtungstechnik” honors the best product of ...
Jul
2024
Canadian energy supplier orders valves for 100 million dollars
The energy supplier Bruce Power Inc. has signed an alliance agreement with the valve manufacturer Velan Inc. The two Canadian companies have agreed to co-operate for the next ten years. Part of the agreement is the ...
Jul
2024
IGU World LNG Report: Europe as leading importer
The International Gas Union (IGU) has announced the publication of its 15th annual World LNG Report. The situation on the market is tense despite lower prices. According to the report, LNG trade grew by 2.1 % in 2023 ...
Jun
2024
“Our focus is on the future”
IDT has been a seal specialist for 100 + 40 years. The company has been rooted in the Ore Mountains since 1924 and was founded in Essen in 1984 by Wolfgang Notter. In this interview, Simone Wilson, Managing Partner of ...
Jun
2024
Hydrogen sealing solutions at ACHEMA 2024
Sealing solution expert Hallite will be presenting at the upcoming ACHEMA 2024. The German supplier invites attendees to get a look at their latest innovations and ...
Apr
2024
Danfoss records profit increase
In 2023, Danfoss, a manufacturer of valves and actuators, invested in expanding its range of competitive and innovative solutions. Despite a slower growth environment in 2023, Danfoss recorded a 10% increase in earnings ...
Feb
2024
Europe’s most powerful large-scale heat pump goes into operation
For one and a half years, Wien Energie has been installing what it claims is the most powerful and environmentally friendly large-scale heat pump in Europe at the site next to the ebswien sewage treatment plant. The ...
Feb
2024
Valves for the production of cultivated meat
Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, is a form of meat-based product that is not derived directly from live animals. Instead, it is produced in the laboratory from animal cells that are cultivated under ...
Jan
2024
Seal manufacturer builds test laboratory for hydrogen seals
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has broken ground on a new hydrogen seal testing laboratory in Fort Wayne. The building will expand the hydrogen testing capabilities of the manufacturer of polymer-based precision seals. ...
Dec
2023
Seal manufacturer supports Swiss racing team
Ambitious and with many innovations in the vehicle, the “EPFL Racing Team” wants to join the world’s elite in the Formula Student competition. For this, they also invested in a more powerful high-voltage ...
Nov
2023
AVK takes over valve manufacturers from Spain and France
At the beginning of October, the AVK Group acquired 100 percent of the shares in the Bayard and Belgicast groups. The two valve manufacturers are active in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and China. Bayard and Belgicast ...
Oct
2023
SAMSON: Building permit granted, work begins
SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT has received the official certificate of completion of the building permit procedure for its new factory in Offenbach am Main. Prior to this, the second necessary building permit for ...
Oct
2023
Seal manufacturer relies on automation in the warehouse
A German seal manufacturer is investing five million euros in an automated storage system at its production site in Eurasburg. The company has already been recording increasing sales figures for several years and is ...
