Ham-let, a global manufacturer of instrumentation valves and fittings for industrial and high purity fluid and gas delivery systems, has launched its upgraded H-99 Severe Service Needle Valve series.

Pentair Valves & Controls’ new Keystone F89 pneumatic rack and pinion actuators series serves as a complete solution for all quarter turn applications in industries such as chemical, processing, and power. Available globally, the new model delivers cost savings, improved safety and an increased torque rate, the company says.

Covestro announced that it has begun commercial production of a continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composite material (abbreviated to CFRTP). The novel lightweight, high-strength and aesthetic material can be produced efficiently and is attracting interest from various customers and industries, the company announced.

Claimed to be the world’s largest green hydrogen project, the Neom project in Saudi Arabia will use Haldor Topsoe’s ammonia technology to convert hydrogen into 1.2 million tonnes per year of green ammonia.

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (Nedo) has selected a consortium for developing the world’s most advanced technology for industrial para-xylene production from CO2. The Group has been selected as contractors for this project.

Under its new portfolio ‘Bio-Prism’, Praj Industries will be developing technologies to produce bio-based Renewable Chemicals and Materials, thus marking its foray into the global market. The move is in line with the company’s ambition of expanding its business prospects.

E2S Warning Signals is launching two new families of alarm horn sounders and light strobes.

Instrumentation manufacturer Vega uses the strengths of its level measurement technology as the basis for a next generation software: Vega Inventory System. With it, sensors on tanks and silos can now communicate directly with the supplier — via a Web portal — and report the need for replenishment fully automatically and in good time.

FDA regulatory compliance is a mission-critical requirement. If the FDA finds a manufacturer to be non-compliant to or in violation of FDA rules, the consequences can be severe with warning letters, mandatory product recalls, temporary shutdowns, criminal penalties and fines depending on the severity of the violation. These penalties imposed by FDA could seriously dent the manufacturer’s brand image and at times could even cripple the manufacturer financially.

Yokogawa China has been awarded an order by Zhejiang Petrochemical to supply 190 gas chromatographs for the first phase of a project to construct an integrated refinery and petrochemical production complex at a new industrial site in the Zhoushan archipelago, China.