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New knife gate valve gains traction in mining market

By: Nadine James 10th November 2017 Having secured the first installation of its Victaulic Series 795 knife gate valve (KGV) – which is under way at diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals’ Modikwa platinum mine, near Burgersfort, in Limpopo – mechanical piping systems supplier Victaulic has sold two 3” KGVs to a platinum mine... →

Petrochemicals product supplier launches ball valve

10th November 2017 Last month, multinational oil and gas product supplier Schlumberger announced the release of the GROVE IST integrated seat technology ball valve. The company, which has an Angolan office that services the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, and... →

Company offers valve solutions for abrasive, slurry applications

10th November 2017 ARVALV through-port knife-gate valves have long been the product of choice for challenging abrasive and scaling applications at plants and facilities where extended service life is a must, states valve and instrumentation supplier AR Controls. The ARVALV range is manufactured, stocked, and... →

ARVALV KNIFE-GATE VALVES Unlike traditional push-through knife-gate valves, the partially-energised seats remain in their natural state when the gate is retracted

High-pressure industrial cleaning suitable for various industries

By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd November 2017 Water-jetting solutions provider Total Blasting says its ultrahigh-pressure jetting units are suitable for applications in industries such as petrochemicals (refineries), marine, offshore oil and gas, and automotive manufacturing plants. →

HIGH-PRESSURE CLEANING Total Blasting has provided many plants and industrial cleaning contractors with simple and flexible water-jetting capability

Pressure equipment for petrochem industry

By: Marleny Arnoldi 27th October 2017 Gas equipment supplier Energas Technologies says it will be beneficial being a local distributor and service provider for Italy-based specialised equipment manufacturer VRV, to local refineries and petrochemicals companies in particular. →

UNDER PRESSURE Energas' core focus is supplying systems and equipment for natural gas and petrochemical industries

Supplier prepares for maintenance shutdown

By: Marleny Arnoldi 27th October 2017 Specialist valve, overpressure, combustion, pipeline, and product storage equipment supplier Heaton Valves Africa (HVA) is gearing up for petrochemicals giant Sasol’s major plant maintenance shutdown, planned for September next year in Secunda, Mpumalanga, which will also affect Sasol’s Sasolburg... →

SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE Sasol’s Secunda plant shutdown every eight years gives many suppliers the opportunity to do maintenance and replacements

Technology suitable for South African context

By: Nica Schreuder 13th October 2017 In the quest to mitigate water supply difficulties that have been prevalent in South Africa in the past few years, international engineering consultancy and technology provider Royal HaskoningDHV says its range of innovative wastewater treatment and smart water solutions is relevant in the context. →

Lifting stations ensure efficient wastewater disposal

6th October 2017 Germany-based pumps manufacturer and supplier company Kessel has developed a lifting station with a pump designed to satisfy all modern sewage technology requirements, while simultaneously ensuring user profitability and efficiency. →

AQUALIFT F BASIC The lifting station has been deemed the new standard and economic solution for wastewater disposal

Black investor acquires majority stake in precision manufacturing firm

By: David Oliveira 8th September 2017 A recent acquisition of 51% of Johannesburg-based precision manufacturing company Bay Engineering by Black Industrialists Group (BIG) for R6.5-million is being held up as an example of transformation in the manufacturing sector. Bay Engineering MD Etienne Labuschagne points out that the deal,... →

Upgrades in pipeline for valve manufacturing facility

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th May 2017 Since valves manufacturer AVK Southern Africa’s (AVK SA’s) acquisition of valves manufacturer Gunric in December last year, AVK has taken full control of Gunric’s manufacturing facility in Robertville, Gauteng. →

BIGGER RANGE AVK Southern Africa expanded its product offering with Gunric’s range of butterfly valves

Company reaches 400-mark installation milestone

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th May 2017 Water solutions company Amanziflow Projects have installed more than 400 of its locally developed Fluid Dynamic Systems automatic diaphragm valves (FDS-DVs) across Southern Africa to date. →

AUTOMATIC APPLICATION The equipment requires no electrical supply or labour to operate

Training facility in final stages

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th May 2017 Valve company Invincible Valves is in the final stages of completing its new training facility on-site at the company’s factory in Knights, in Germiston. →

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Employees undertake basic valves, control valves and working with valves training

First orders for installation-ready knife gate valve

By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th May 2017 Mechanical piping systems supplier Victaulic is installing the first of its Installation-Ready™ Series 795 knife gate valve in South Africa at African Rainbow Minerals’ Modikwa mine near Burgersfort in Limpopo. →

Company offers process solutions for valve systems

19th May 2017 It is often the tiny inconspicuous details that determine human and environmental safety as well as the operating costs incurred and the process yield, says global valves, automation components and piping products manufacturer Gemü, which is why it offers customised process solutions which join... →

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VALVE SAFETY Several criteria are taken into consideration when choosing the best valve technology for a specific process

New facilities to manufacture actuators and valves

By: Victor Moolman 5th May 2017 Valve producer Afrivalve has expanded its facilities to Randburg where it will manufacture its C-Tech knife gate valves (KGV), RedRoc pinch valves and pneumatic and hydraulic actuators. →

VALVE PRODUCTION Valves will be produced at the new premises, in Randburg

Bunkers improve product quality

21st April 2017 Dutch axial control valve manufacturers Mokveld Valves BV has recently commissioned two new test bunkers for testing critical, high quality valve systems – used in process control applications for the oil and gas industries – thereby improving the quality and safety of the system. Mokveld, whose... →

Best practice guideline aims at enabling global competitiveness

By: Nadine James 4th November 2016 National resource efficiency programme the National Cleaner Production Centre of South Africa (NCPC-SA) has released its resource efficiency and cleaner production (RECP) best practice guideline for the South African valve manufacturing industry. The objectives of the guideline are to ensure... →

VICTOR MANAVHELA The best practice guideline has been well received by the valves manufacturing industry

Supplier introduces diaphragm valve to African market

By: Nadine James 4th November 2016 Valves supplier Astore Africa officially introduced the DK diaphragm valve to the African market at the Electra Mining Africa exhibition, held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in September. Astore Africa product manager Francois van Vuuren notes that the DK range, developed by Italian industrial... →

DK DIAPHRAGM VALVE DK series is suited to industrial applications, specifically those pertaining to chemical and industrial processes or water purification

Equipment supplier extends safety range, introduces blanketing valve

4th November 2016 Southern African specialised oil and gas equipment supplier Energas Technologies has introduced safety product manufacturer Protectoseal’s Series 10 2” tank blanketing valve (TBV) to the South African market. Introduced in August, the company explains that the valve enables an effective method... →

SAFETY FIRST The product enables tank blanketing which creates a blanket of inert gas in the tank’s vapour space to prevent atmospheric air from entering

Valves supplier to extend foothold in municipal market

By: Nadine James 4th November 2016 Valve and steel supplier Stewarts and Lloyds (S&L) hopes to extend its market share in the municipal and civil engineering sectors, as it expects that the drive by government to effectively manage and optimise the water resources sector will result in several supply opportunities for local... →

SALVALVE PRODUCTS The range includes several butterfly, gate, ball and resilient seal valves, strictly manufactured to local and international standards

Ageing infrastructure offers opportunities

By: Nadine James 4th November 2016 Fluid conveyance solutions provider Incledon has noted a growing trend towards high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe solutions, presenting its water infrastructure segment with a major growth opportunity, as South Africa’s ageing water infrastructure network requires serious government... →

Company experiences growth despite difficult environment

4th November 2016 Valve distributor TTV Fluval Group of companies is celebrating 18 years of success in the South African market, further illustrated and encapsulated by this year’s numerous successfully completed projects resulting in a total invoicing for valves and actuators amounting to more than R180-million.... →

SUBSEA VALVES Some of the valves supplied to national oil company PetroSA’s Mossel Bay FO Fields for R60-million

Steam traps enhance energy conservation, reduce downtime

By: Robyn Wilkinson 21st October 2016 Valve products and services provider Heaton Valves Africa has been contracted to supply steam traps for the seventeenth air separation train that is under way at energy and chemicals company Sasol’s Secunda complex, in Mpumalanga. →

ENHANCED ENERGY USE The F46 connector, together with the Quicktrap steam trap range, will ensure efficient use of energy on Sasol’s seventeenth air-separation train

New valve factory opens in SA

19th October 2016 Danish valves manufacturer AVK Valves Southern Africa has officially launched its R200-million valves manufacturing facility in Alrode, Gauteng, with the manufacturer being the first in its sector to take full advantage of the Department of Trade and Industry’s local content requirements for... →

New valve factory opens in SA

Newly launched R200m valves factory to take advantage of local content requirements

By: Anine Kilian 7th September 2016 Danish valves manufacturer AVK Valves Southern Africa has officially launched its R200-million valves manufacturing facility in Alrode, Gauteng, with the manufacturer being the first in its sector to seek to take full advantage of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI's) local content... →

South Africa-China partnerships benefit valves industry

By: Robyn Wilkinson 2nd September 2016 The valve industry provides a key example of a flourishing South Africa-China partnership, as joint ventures are increasingly being undertaken between Chinese manufacturers and South African importers for the design, manufacture and distribution of high-quality specialised valves, says... →

Danish valves producer boosts local production with new factory

By: Simon Sonnekus 24th June 2016 Danish valves producer AVK Valves, which acquired local valves company Premier Valves in 2014, is nearing completion of a brand new valve manufacturing facility located in Alrode in Gauteng. The R100-million investment includes a 1 200 m2 training facility, 4 500 m2 office area and 2 000 m2... →

PAUL HUBBARD AVK Valves hopes to secure a stronger market position in industrial segments including the mining, power, steel, pulp and paper and chemical industries

Mozambique steel plant acquired by South African manufacturer

By: Donna Slater 20th May 2016 Following extensive negotiations with Capital Africa Steel (CAS), LionSteel South Africa (SA) has acquired the Mozambique-based steel pipe manufacturing mill Capital Star Steel SA (CSS), which is located in Matola. →

APPROVED ACQUISITION Cementing the deal are Capital Africa Steel CEO Edwin Hewitt, LionSteel CEO David Scheepers and LionSteel CFO Pierre Willemse

Industries benefit from high-pressure steam valves supply

By: Simon Sonnekus 13th May 2016 Mpumalanga-based valve suppliers Bilfinger Intervalve Africa, a subsidiary of Bilfinger Power Africa based in Rivonia, is supplying high-pressure (HP) steam valves to the power, and petrochemicals industry and becoming more active in supplying the mining industry. →

HIGH PRESSURE STEAM VALVES Bilfinger Intervalve currently supply coal-fired power producers, such as power utilities and petrochemicals companies, which use high-pressure steam boilers to produce energy

New manifold series launched and locally produced

By: Simon Sonnekus 13th May 2016 Along with the start of local production later this year, global pneumatics technologies manufacturer SMC Pneumatics has boosted its local range with the redesigning of its SY series of valve manifolds. SMC Pneumatics product manager Ernst Smith notes that the new series is available in three... →

SY SERIES The new SY series offer further air savings, as a result of driving bigger cylinders with reduced cycle times without the need to use larger solenoid valves

Leakage system provides solutions in Johannesburg

By: Simon Sonnekus 13th May 2016 Water-leak detection and control systems provider AquaTrip South Africa has reasserted its focus on conserving water with the installation of its electronic valve, which monitors water flow at schools across Johannesburg. The Brisbane-based company has a regional office in Stellenbosch, in the... →

LEAKY SCHOOLS Twenty schools, among which leakage was common, were identified as high water users and AquaTrip’s AT201 leak-detection system was installed on their main water lines

Call for pinch valve regulation

By: Simon Sonnekus 13th May 2016 The operational safety of pinch valves has been brought under the magnifying glass with companies calling for regulation to be implemented in the manufacturing and testing process. Germiston-based pinch valve manufacturer Corflex MD Chris Webber tells Engineering News that while pinch valves in... →

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PINCH VALVES As there are no regulations in place regarding pinch valve safety, producers are able to supply valves that could potentially fail under the high pressures

Locally manufactured high-pressure globe valve for power industry

By: Schalk Burger 13th May 2016 Locally manufactured high-pressure globe valves for use in the power generation industry were launched last month and would be piloted by three State-owned power utility Eskom plants over an extended period in preparation for local procurement fulfilment, said advanced industrial valve... →

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ALLI ALBERTS The percentage of local materials and components used in the valves can be increased above 70% if local sources are developed

IFAT highlights sewage treatment technology

22nd April 2016 Owing to economic necessities and new legal regulations dictating the course in the international water and sewage industry, trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management IFAT – taking place from May 30 to June 3 in Munich, Germany – will showcase how the environmental... →

IFAT TRADE FAIR The water sector at IFAT will show how the industry is responding to water and sewage crises around the world

Note from Treasury provides clarification on locally manufactured valves and actuators

By: Anine Kilian 1st March 2016 The Valve and Actuator Manufacturers Cluster of South Africa (Vamcosa), which operates under the auspices of the South African Capital Equipment Export Council (Saceec), on Tuesday announced that the National Treasury had published an updated instruction note stipulating the minimum threshold for... →

Plastic valves distributor stakes claim in SA market

By: Dylan Stewart 6th November 2015 Local flow and measurement specialist Instru-Serve in August began distributing a range of plastic valves, manufactured by piping systems manufacturer Georg Fischer, to the South African market. →

MANY BENEFITS Plastic valves do not corrode, pit or rust internally and externally

Innovator wins R1-million for leak-detecting valve

By: Dylan Stewart 6th November 2015 Water-savings solutions company Water Hygiene Convenience (WHC) CEO Paseka Lesolang won first prize at the City of Johannesburg’s Green City Startup Awards, in September, comprising R1-million for his innovation, the Leak-Less Valve. →

PASEKA LESOLANG A single leaking toilet can cause a loss of between 30 ℓ and 700 ℓ of water daily

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