Shanghai Ritai Valve Group was shortlisted for the RH project of Baosteel Desheng, with a winning package covering valve station systems and valve products. Production will follow the client's schedule.

Sulzer manufactured twelve pumps from three designs at its plant in China for the first time for a complex refinery project, supported by collaboration across Asia, Europe and the USA.

OPW, a Dover company, acquired the ISO Liquid Tank Container product line from Girard Equipment of Vero Beach, Florida. OPW will manufacture the line at its Lianyungang facility in China.

Zhenhong bought a 30,000 square metre permanent manufacturing base in the Wenzhou Airport Industrial Zone for CNY125 million (about USD20 million). It plans to move there by May 2022 and consolidate its existing plants.

SLPT Automotive announced the acquisition of BorgWarner's water pump business and operations in Ningbo, China, which will become a new division within the SLPT Automotive Group.

Oliver Valvetek signed a GBP 3 million contract to supply nearly 400 chemical-injection subsea gate valves to a Chinese subsea end user for a project in the South China Sea off southern Hainan.

Yuanda Valve Group won a valve contract worth over CNY 100 million from Shenghong Refining & Chemical for its 16 million tonne integrated refining project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, becoming a main supplier.

Shuangheng Valve Group won a valve supply contract worth about CNY 124.59 million from Shenghong Refining & Chemical for its 16 million tonne integrated refining project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu.

Shuangheng Valve Group won a valve supply contract worth CNY 124.59 million for Shenghong Refining's 16-million-tonne integrated refinery project in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. The announcement is dated 3 August 2020.

Alfa Laval won a SEK130 million order to supply Framo marine pumping systems for an FPSO vessel being built in China. Deliveries are scheduled for 2021.

Azbil announced it will construct a new factory building at its subsidiary Azbil Equipment (Dalian) in Dalian, Liaoning Province, to expand production capacity, with completion planned for early 2022. The article states an investment of 4600 million yuan, though its yen equivalent is inconsistent.

Neles has started operations at its new greenfield valve technology center in Jiaxing, China, announced in October 2018. The plant will produce over 100,000 standard valves per year for customers in process industries.

Spanish foundry Ampo Foundry was awarded a contract by a French valve manufacturer to supply 642 valve body castings and 160 valve piston castings for a refinery in China being built by an Italian EPC. The contract is the largest in the company's 56-year history.

Swagelok completed a 7,400 square meter manufacturing expansion at its Changshu, China facility, doubling its size and adding local jobs. The company also opened a regional office in Singapore for its Asia-Pacific business.

Suzhou Newway Valve began building a high-performance smart valve factory in Suzhou High-tech Zone. Phase one has a total investment of CNY 350 million, 50 mu of land and planned total capacity of CNY 1 billion, expected to be completed in May 2021.

AMPO POYAM Valves won a contract to supply more than 600 actuated and manual cryogenic valves for Sinopec's Henan LNG Emergency Storage Center. The facility will be able to store up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas.

AMPO POYAM Valves will supply more than 600 actuated and manual cryogenic ball, gate, globe and check valves for Sinopec's Henan LNG Emergency Storage Center, which will store up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas.

Industrial valve maker CIRCOR has opened a new 6,000 square metre plant in China. The city was not named in the article.

Alfa Fluid Control began building phase two of its operations, including a smart valve manufacturing workshop of about 3,900 square metres and a 5,200 square metre office, R&D and quality building. The roughly 50 million yuan project is planned for completion in November 2020.

Huaneng Tianjin Coal Gasification Power Generation published preferred bidder candidates for 2020-2023 maintenance of IGCC pneumatic and hydraulic control valves. Yueyang Dongfang Automation ranked first with a bid of about CNY 2.79 million.

Barton Valve (Hangzhou) and Saint Hans Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement, becoming strategic partners, according to Barton's company news. The article dates the signing to April 10, 2020.

Metso agreed to sell its 50% stake in Shanghai-Neles Jamesbury Valve Co. to Shanghai Electric International Economic & Trading, its joint venture partner. Metso will move Jamesbury valve production to its Shanghai Technology Center.

Suzhou Neway Valve Co. began construction in April 2020 of a smart high-performance valve factory in Suzhou High-tech Zone, with phase one investment of RMB 350 million due for completion in May 2021 and total capacity up to RMB 1 billion.

Rheinmetall's Automotive arm won an eight-year order from an unnamed international automaker to supply electric water recirculation pumps, with lifetime value of EUR130 million, produced at its Pierburg Huayu joint venture plant in Shanghai.

SUPCON Fluid won a Sinopec International Business framework tender for 2020 control valves, including rotary control valves, control ball valves and eccentric rotary valves, announced January 20, 2020 in China.

Linde Hydraulics opened a new production plant in Weifang, China, a 36,000m² facility for assembling high-pressure pumps, motors and valve technology, with capacity of 100,000 units per year.

K2 Industrial Control Equipment (Dalian) won a supply agreement for Trimteck/Optimux 20-inch pneumatic ball and butterfly valves for a compressor package at the PetroChina Kunlun LNG project in Hubei, worth RMB 1 million. The announcement was dated January 17, 2020.

A planned 40,000-unit-per-year high-end valve project in Lishui Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhejiang, with total investment of RMB 105 million, will lease a plant from Lishui Heli Pump & Valve Manufacturing. Production is expected to start in March 2021. The report is dated January 17, 2020.

Chuanrun (002272.SZ) plans to buy a 75% stake in Jiangsu Ousheng Hydraulic Technology, a maker of hydraulic plunger pumps and valves in Qidong, for RMB 41.25 million funded from internal resources.

CIRCOR International announced a new centrifugal and displacement pump manufacturing facility in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, to open in 2020. It will support customers in Asia.

Rotork won a contract to supply 400 IQ3 electric multi-turn actuators for the third phase of Shenzhen Energy Environmental Company's energy-from-waste plant in China. The plant is set to become the world's largest by feedstock, at three million tonnes a year. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Svanehøj Group won an order for 33 Deepwell pumps and 4 diesel-driven firewater pump packages for a floating production storage and offloading unit being built in China for operation in a Brazilian field. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2020.

Shuangheng Valve Group was selected under a framework agreement to supply high-temperature, high-pressure valves for Sinopec's Gulei integrated refining and petrochemical project, after winning a competitive tender against dozens of rivals.

Alfa Laval has won two orders worth SEK165 million to supply Framo marine pumping systems for FPSO vessels being built in China. Deliveries are scheduled for 2020.

Xi'an Pump & Valve Plant Co. received an appraisal on 4 September 2019 in Xi'an for its independently developed titanium forced circulation pump, which experts said fills a domestic gap and reaches advanced world-level performance.

BLZF held a foundation stone laying ceremony for its 120,000 square meter Ninghe industrial base in Ninghe Industrial Park, Tianjin, for oil equipment and high-level valve manufacturing, with an expected investment of one billion RMB and about 1,000 jobs. The article dates the ceremony to July 12, 2012.

Shimadzu's affiliate Tianjin-Shimadzu Hydraulic Equipment will build a new plant of about 17,000 square meters in the Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area for about 2 billion yen, finishing September 2020 and targeting 300,000 hydraulic gear pumps per year by fiscal 2023.

Shimadzu's Chinese subsidiary Tianjin Shimadzu Hydraulic (TSH) will start building a new plant in November 2019 in Tianjin's Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area to make gear pumps and control valves for forklifts, with completion planned for September 2020. TSH targets 300,000 gear pumps per year by fiscal 2023.

SUPCON won the bidding for the main equipment of Ningbo Huatai Shengfu Polymeric Material's 700,000-ton light hydrocarbon utilization project in July 2019. It supplies 207 sets of LN8 globe valves and SN5 ball valves.

Jiangxi Datang International Xinyu Power Co. selected Shenzhen Prussit Air Compressor Systems as the supplier of 2 solenoid valves for Ingersoll Rand air compressors in an open online price inquiry. Delivery is to Xinyu, Jiangxi.

CIRCOR signed an investment agreement to build a new facility in the Weihai Economic and Technological Development Zone, China. The announcement was dated July 5, 2019.

Shengli Valve Co. won a tender from Shaanxi Binchang Coal Field Water Affairs Co. to supply valves and pumps for the Xianyang Binchang mining area water delivery project, with a winning bid of CNY 39,382,889. The award was made on July 2, 2019.

Sun Hydraulics, a division of Helios Technologies, opened a 38,750 sq ft plant in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China, for assembly and testing. Initial investment was $4 million, expected to grow to $10 million, with 40 employees and a target of 100.

Meson AB signed an agreement to acquire LK Valves, a marine flow control producer, including its production facility in Changzhou, China; the companies will merge under the Meson name.

Sun Hydraulics (Helios Group) opened its Kunshan plant in the German Industrial Park in Zhangpu Town, China, its first and only factory in Greater China. The project has a total investment of $10 million and registered capital of $8 million.

Sichuan Flying Ball Group has broken ground on its valve manufacturing center in Zigong's Banchang industrial park, covering over 60 mu, with first-phase investment of 240 million yuan, aiming to become China's largest ball valve base.

Shanghai Jindu Investment signed an investment agreement with Jiaxing Development Zone for Nidec Kaipu's BTS project, a China production base and Asia-Pacific R&D centre for automotive electric pumps on a 60-mu site. The total investment is $105 million, with projected annual sales of at least RMB 1.2 billion by 2025.

Zhengmao Valve Co. has completed and commissioned its new 15,000 sq m factory in the Tangtou industrial zone of Oubei town, Wenzhou, a 50 million yuan investment for a special industrial valve production line.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries plans to start a new hydraulic equipment plant, Suzhou No. 4, in China around summer 2020. It will take over production of hydraulic components for China from its Nishi-Kobe mother plant in Japan.

Fives has been selected by a major Chinese air separation equipment maker to supply nine Cryomec LABS cryogenic pumps, including engineering, manufacture and on-site installation, for projects in Fujian and Inner Mongolia.