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Spring Conference Golf Event – Report
The day after the BVAA Spring Conference, the attendees took to the prestigious Montgomery Course at Wales’s Mecca for Golf – Celtic Manor. The conditions were perfect for great golf – and some of our members even played something approaching that! The tone of the day was relaxed and there was an emphasis on networking and friendship, but there were prizes and a team made up of Roddy Philp, Andrew Newham, Les Littlewood and Vince Duffy took first place, the BVAA golf trophy and some fantastic tour golf bags donated by our Sponsors: Hobbs Valve, Cameron and HSP. There were also great prizes for the 2nd and thrid placed teams and some fetching pink golf towels as a booby prize for the team that took the wooden spoon. All golfers were provided with a BVAA hat, umbrella and golf balls and James Walker also kindly provided balls for the event.

VALVE WORLD USA
We are delighted to report we have secured exhibition space at Valve World Americas on 25/26th June 2013 in Houston, Tx. BVAA’s Jimmy Phillips will be promoting members and their products right at the heart of one the world’s biggest markets. If you are attending the event, or would like your US customers or counterparts to make contact with BVAA, you can find Jimmy at Stand 641.

BVAA Spring Conference a Huge Success!
2013’s BVAA Spring Conference was a resounding success – judging by the feedback from the delegates who attended the event. There were over 50 professionals from the valve industry in the Conway Suite at the fantastic Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, but it wasn’t only the iconic surroundings that curried favour with the attendees. The BVAA team had worked hard to compile a varied programme of speakers and all, from the opening talk on ‘Computational Fluid Dynamics’, to the closing lecture from the ever popular and entertaining Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics, received top marks on the feedback forms. There were further well-received talks on ‘Powder Metallurgy’, The new API standards and a lively discussion on metal production and availability by Dr Alan McLelland of the National Metals Technology Centre. We even enjoyed a talk and demonstration on Social Media from Zoedale’s Tim Guest and with that in mind, we will leave you with some feedback that was ‘tweeted’ on the day using the ‘hashtag’ developed for the event #BVAASpringCon13: BEL Valves Ltd ‏(@BelValves): “Thanks @theBVAA for a great day with excellent presentations at the #BVAASpringCon13.” SwanGroup ‏(@SwanFoundry): “A great spring conference by @theBVAA enjoyable, informative and without question, worth attending!”

NOF ENERGY EVENTS
A reminder to members about the many and frequent opportunities offered by BVAA’s Business Development Partners, NOF Energy. A continually updated list of events can be found at http://www.nofenergy.co.uk/n25-events.html Click on ‘I am not an NOF Energy member’ button and you’ll usually find a discounted BVAA Delegate fee option.

Forthcoming Valve User Deadlines
Schedule is carefully planned to ensure maximum exposure at key events Issue 25 of Valve user will be hitting desks over the next week and those attending our Spring Conference at Celtic Manor on Tuesday and Wednesday next week will be among the first to view the 104 page issue. Valve User’s function is to promote member news and innovations to both the valve industry and the end user industries we work in. With this in mind the Valve User schedule is designed to ensure maximum exposure at key industry events. Our Autumn Issue (26) will be released during the first week of September to coincide with Offshore Europe in Aberdeen. This will mean that Issue 26 has a deliberate Oil and Gas focus. To take advantage of this, editorial and advertisements will need to be with Jimmy during July (full schedule below). This does not mean to say articles from other industries will not be welcome, as always, they will be included. Remaining 2013 Deadlines: Issue 26: Autumn 2013 Editorial: 12th July Ads: 26th July Release date: September week 1 Issue 27: Winter 2013/14 Editorial: 11th October Ads: 18th October Release date: December week 1

Piper 25 - Three Day Conference
Oil & Gas UK is currently organising a major three day conference which is entitled Piper 25 and marks the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy. This unique event will take place 18 – 20 June 2013 in Aberdeen and a sell out attendance of c. 700 attendees is anticipated. There is an exhibition as part of the conference which will be held in the same area that refreshments will be served over the duration of the event. Exhibition space has been extremely popular and over half the spaces are now sold. There is now an additional opportunity to take a 3m x 2m stand at what promises to be a very well attended industry event.

SPRING CONFERENCE – SPEAKER FOCUS
VALVE CASTINGS & API SPEC 20A As the global supply chain for valves grows, a new industry standard that addresses the special product and processes to assure repeatable quality compliance with respect to valve castings has been announced. Rick Faircloth, Principal Engineer at Cameron Engineered Process Valves will review the scope of the new standards(API Spec 20A). Those aware of the new standard will know it has generated a lot of interest among valve companies and foundries due to the perceived stringent nature of the requirements for castings. For that reason, many members are looking forward to Rick’s presentation and Q&A section. The presentation will also cover how the standard can be used to assist manufacturers, purchasers and end user in casting foundry qualification.

Trillion-euro shortfall facing EU energy sector
Investment totalling a trillion euros (Ł846bn) is required before the end of this decade if the European Union is to stave off an energy crisis. That is the conclusion of an eight-month inquiry by the House of Lords into the EU power sector. The Lords report says that a muddled Brussels energy policy is putting off big investors.

BVAA Spring Conference Now to Include Mini-Exhibition
Products and innovation on show from four member companies Due to the number of bookings for the BVAA spring conference, the event has been moved to a larger room at Celtic Manor. This means we are able to offer a mini-exhibition to compliment the informative presentations on the day. The exhibition will be open from 10am as well as during the breaks in the speakers programme. Member companies Abacus Valves, Cameron, Dichtomatik and Righton have taken the opportunity to showcase their products to the event which consists of over 50 attendees from 20 leading Valve and Actuator companies. There is still one remaining space to exhibit on the 14th of May, if you are interested please call Karen on 01295 221270

Are you still a PED Approved Manufacturer?
Did you know that the EC Type examination certificate for module B of the PED – which is part of the records which are to be kept for 10 years after the equipment is placed on the market – is only valid for 10 years? As the PED has now been mandatory for more than 10 years Pressure Equipment manufacturers who have adopted PED Modules B+C1, B+D, B+E and B+F and intend to continue with this Approved Manufacturer status need to renew their EC Type Examination certificate. For manufacturers who have adopted “QA” modules (e.g. H and H1) there is no change and their PED Approved Manufacturer status continues but requires an on-going programme of surveillance by their Notified Body with a minimum frequency. BVAA’s Peter Churm is an acknowledged PED expert and BVAA offers courses on PED for both experienced and new staff who have PED/QA responsibilities.

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