HMEL awarded Ampo Poyam Valves a contract to design and manufacture more than 2,200 cryogenic and non-cryogenic gate, globe and check valves for its petrochemical complex at the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Bathinda, Punjab, India.

Swiss maintenance firms IASA Instandhaltungstechnik AG of Frauenfeld and Robert Hunziker AG of St. Gallen will cooperate closely, both led by owner Thomas Schnyder, offering combined pump, valve and electric motor services.

Ampo Poyam Valves has completed design and is manufacturing more than 20,000 ball, gate, globe, and check valves for the Arctic LNG 2 liquefaction terminal on the Gydan Peninsula. The EPC contractor is Gygaz SNC, a joint venture of Technip and Saipem.

T-T Pumps was contracted to supply DN150 recoil non-slam check valves from stock for South West Water's sewer upgrade at Fowey, Cornwall. The project was completed in February and March 2021.

AMPO Poyam Valves and Dar Massader Group set up a joint local subsidiary, AMPO Arabia, and a new valve manufacturing and servicing plant in Dammam 2nd Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, which is expected to start manufacturing in Q1 2022.

Avingtrans, through Metalcraft, HTFH and HT, will supply remote maintenance pumps to Doosan Babcock for a leading UK nuclear energy company's Sellafield plant under a two-year goods supply agreement worth £4.4m.

Grundfos held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new EUR 20 million factory of over 20,000 square metres in Indjija, Serbia. The plant will add workers to the existing 900-employee site.

Edwards UK and CSK, both Atlas Copco affiliates, signed an MOU worth about $101-110 million to build an integrated vacuum pump and gas processing equipment plant in Tangjeong General Industrial Complex, Asan, expected to create 270 jobs over five years.

Dosing technology maker ViscoTec held a groundbreaking on 5 July 2021 for a new three-storey building in Töging, Germany, adding office, final assembly and warehouse space. Completion is planned by the end of 2022.

ValvTechnologies and Severn Glocon agreed a partnership to combine capabilities in severe-service valves, subject to U.S. regulatory approval. The partnership is backed by private equity firm Bluewater.

Valmet and Neles signed a combination agreement and merger plan under which Neles will merge into Valmet, creating a company with illustrative 2020 net sales of about EUR 4.3 billion and around 17,000 staff. The combination targets roughly EUR 25 million in annual run-rate synergies.

Finnish valve company Neles Corp signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the valve and pump businesses of Flowrox. The price was not disclosed.

Lakers Group signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Norsk Pumpeservice AS, a Norwegian aftermarket service and pump provider based in Fetsund near Oslo. The deal is expected to close in August 2021; the price was not disclosed.

A 20,000-ton new large-diameter gas valve project with a total planned investment of CNY 300 million, part of the relocation and restructuring of Yangquan's valve and pump companies, has entered the equipment installation stage in the Yangquan economic development zone.

Amarinth won a US$1 million order to supply 14 API 610 VS4 vertical pumps for ADNOC's Ruwais Refinery East in the UAE. The order was secured through the contractor ISCCO and Amarinth's UAE agent Nama Development Enterprises.

The Wilo Group opened a new assembly plant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with an assembly line, test bench and training offices, to serve as a Southeast Asia hub. Production of vertical pressure-boosting systems is planned from the end of 2021.

Severn Glocon UK Valves and ValvTechnologies agreed a strategic partnership to combine their severe-service valve capabilities, subject to US regulatory approval. The collaboration is backed by Bluewater, an energy private equity firm.

Atlantic Pumps is moving to a new 1.25-acre site on Carrwood Road in Chesterfield, UK, consolidating its Chesterfield and Sheffield operations into a manufacturing and research hub. The move follows growth and has already created several new jobs.

PK Valve, a subsidiary of STX, began building a second dedicated plant for cryogenic butterfly valves for LNG carriers, targeted for completion in September 2021. The company expects LNG valve sales of 50 billion won in 2021.

Severn Glocon and ValvTechnologies agreed a partnership to combine their severe-service valve businesses, subject to US regulatory approval. The collaboration is backed by private equity firm Bluewater.

Severn Unival's Brighouse team delivered six triple offset butterfly control valves to a north Russian LNG plant, shipping them by a mid-March deadline ahead of the spring ice-road closure. The customer was not named.

Ingersoll Rand agreed to acquire German progressive cavity pump maker Seepex GmbH in an all-cash deal valued at €431.5 million, expected to close in Q3 2021 pending regulatory approvals. Announced June 21, 2021.

SAMSON USA, headquartered in Baytown, Texas, has completed installation of a Flexible Manufacturing System with 2 horizontal machining centers and a 24-pallet robotic loading system built by MCM of Italy, increasing its manufacturing capacity.

Kirloskar Brothers Limited has set up a new Advanced Technology Product Division for high-end pumps used in nuclear applications, based at its mother plant in Kirloskarvadi, Maharashtra. The investment amount was not disclosed.

Holy Valve won a restriction orifice contract worth 4.9 million yuan from PetroChina Liaohe Oilfield, its largest single restriction orifice order to date, after ranking first among four bidders.

Helios Technologies signed a definitive agreement to acquire NEM S.r.l., a hydraulic solutions maker in Emilia Romagna, northern Italy, serving material handling, construction and agricultural markets. Terms were not disclosed and closing is expected in Q3 2021.

IDEX Corporation completed its acquisition of Airtech Group, Inc. and US Valve Corporation from EagleTree Capital, adding vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors and valves to its Health & Science Technology segment.

Neles will commission a new production unit at its Vantaa, Finland valve factory to improve availability and delivery times, with start of operations scheduled for early 2022.

Canada's Public Works and Government Services awarded Aircraft Appliances and Equipment Limited a non-competitive contract worth CAD 3,574,924.50 for 35 powered valves for the Department of National Defence, dated 2021-06-10.

Gas TSO of Ukraine signed an agreement with Italy's RMT Valvomeccanica, part of GIVA Group, to manufacture and supply API 6D ball and control valves for the Ukrainian gas transmission system.

Shanghai Yiyatong Supply Chain won a tender for cryogenic ball valves for the Tangshan LNG receiving terminal project, tendered by Offshore Oil Engineering, with a bid value of EUR 1,990,000 (CIF Tianjin port).

Edwards and CSK, both Atlas Copco units, signed an MOU with South Chungcheong Province to build a semiconductor and display equipment plant on a 57,810 m² site in Asan, investing $110 million over five years.

Concentric AB received a development contract from an unnamed global truck and bus OEM to supply electric coolant pumps for a fuel cell electric vehicle bus application.

Geko Flow Control Technology (Changzhou) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory in Changzhou's Tianning District. The plant is planned to start in June 2022 with estimated annual output of 120 thousand control valve sets.

A 42-inch motor-operated valve manufactured in Iran by a consortium of Iranian companies was installed at pump station No. 4 of the Goreh-Jask National Crude Oil Transfer project, according to Shana citing the National Iranian Oil Company.

Toyo Engineering, executing EPC work for HPCL Shapoorji Energy's regasification plant at Chhara, Gujarat, has relied on Ampo Poyam Valves for more than 2,000 cryogenic ball valves and over 240 globe and check valves. The plant has 5 million tonnes per year send-out capacity and is scheduled for completion in early 2022.

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe chose Schroeder Valves SMA minimum flow valves for the overhaul of unit 4 of its Hermann Wenzel power station in Duisburg. The valves replace a two-valve system.

Dembla Valves Limited was awarded the IndianOil tender for ball, bronze and butterfly valves for the BR-9 Expansion project at Barauni, Bihar, with a contract value of INR 17.28 lakh, dated 27 November 2023.

The Department of Defence awarded Gardner Denver Industries Pty Ltd a contract to supply safety relief valves in Victoria, valued at AUD 19,545.37, on 25 May 2021.

GEA laid the cornerstone on May 21, 2021 for the expansion of its Koszalin site in Poland into a climate-neutral center for hygienic and vacuum pump production and components. The roughly EUR 37 million project is due to launch in 2022.

Germany-based Emsland Group awarded GEA a follow-up order, valued in the low single-digit million-euro range, for a potato protein process line at its Wietzendorf site. The order covers planning, delivery and installation support, including plate heat exchangers, pumps and protein decanters.

The state-run Anju Pump Factory stepped up pump production for 10,000 flats in Pyongyang and increased its casting shop capacity by 1.2 times, according to KCNA.

ORBINOX will supply 28 stainless steel knife gate valves for the Azeri Central East platform in the Caspian Sea, operated by BP as part of the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli development. The announcement is dated 18 May 2021.

TK-Fujikin signed an MOU with Busan Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority to invest KRW 55.7 billion in a new factory on a 33,881 square metre site in Busan, adding to its existing plants. The project is scheduled to finish in 2025 and add about 450 jobs.

Phu My Thermal Power Company posted a tender notice for Package 4, the supply of valve and pump supplies for regular repair work in Vietnam, with bid closing on 25 May 2021.

Taekwang Fujikin signed a site lease agreement with the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority to build a new factory in the Hwajeon industrial complex in Busan, South Korea, consolidating its existing plants with a total investment of 55.7 billion won, with about 450 new jobs planned and completion by 2025.

uNyazi Sales and Services, an official distributor, is offering the Clarkson slurry knife gate valve range to the South African mining and process market.

CECO Environmental was awarded a $3.5 million project to supply over a dozen HEE-Duall scrubber and exhaust systems plus Fybroc recirculation pumps to a leading global semiconductor chip manufacturer for a new plant. The customer is unnamed.

Dompel, a group from Caxias do Sul, is building Pump América, a plant in Linhares, Espírito Santo, to make pump and trigger plastic valves. Initial investment is R$8 million, rising to R$16 million, with about 100 jobs and production expected from August 2021.

Svanehøj has recently signed a pump contract with China's Cosco Dalian Shipyard for two product and chemical tankers similar to the Guangzhou order. The exact signing date was not given.