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32Swagelok Company announced on12th April today that has acquiredthe shares of RHPS B.V. as part ofits strategy to broaden the company’soffering of products andservices for fluid system technologycustomers around the world.Located in Nieuw Vennep, TheNetherlands, RHPS is amanufacturer of high-quality pressureregulator products used mostly in oiland gas, chemical/petrochemical,alternative fuels, semiconductor,biopharmaceutical, and otherdemanding applications. Terms ofthe purchase were not disclosed.“We are excited to welcome theRHPS team to Swagelok,” saidArthur F. Anton, Swagelok presidentand chief executive officer. “We thinkthe two cultures are a natural fit andhave similar values including thepassion to truly understand the needsof our customers and act on them.”May 2010Gas Vehicles ReportNews, Products, TechnologySwagelok Company acquires RHPS B.V., broadens regulator lineFor more than 20 years, RHPS hasbeen designing and manufacturing arange of relief valves, back-pressure,and pressure reducing regulatorproducts. “The RHPS acquisitionallows us to offer a more robustregulator portfolio,“ continued Anton.Headquartered in Solon, Ohio,U.S.A., Swagelok Company is amajor developer and provider of fluidsystem solutions, including products,assemblies, and services for theresearch, instrumentation,pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power,petrochemical, alternative fuels, andsemiconductor industries. Itsmanufacturing, research, technicalsupport, and distribution facilitiessupport a global network of morethan 200 authorized sales andservice centers in 57 countries. Formore information about Swagelok,visit the company’s Web site atwww.swagelok.com.First truck in Europe running on dedicated Liquid Biogas (LBG)According to Rolande LNG B.V., aspecialist in supplying LNG and LBGfor road transport applications, hasbeen recently introduced the firsttruck running on liquid Biogas.Rolande LNG made this conceptworking by converting ,in closecooperation with IVECO in theNetherlands, an IVECO Stralis CNGinto a truck being capable to run onLNG/LBG .For this purpose RolandeLNG provided not only know how butalso the special cryogenic tanks andheat exchanger being necessary touse LBG as fuel.The truck is bought by Chr. VermeerTransport B.V. in Dongen, TheNetherlands. This transportcompany wants to be the first in theNetherlands,to collect experiencewith a truck running on LBG in thedaily transport service.But it was also necessary to makethe proper fuel(LBG) available inorder to let the truck run. For thatpurpose Rolande LNG collected withone of his ADR certified special tanktrailers the first load of LiquefiedBiogas made from gas coming out ofa landfill . It is gas made fromorganic waste material , so noadditional agricultural land wasnecessary to produce this biomethane. As gas treatment andtransport only absorbs a limitedamount of energy this fuel is by farthe most sustainable and CO2neutral (80%) practical usablealternative available today.Using LBG as transport fuel givesbetter or equal emission qualitylevels than EEV or Euro 5 dieselengines in trucks and busses. Butthese levels can be attained withoutexpensive and maintenancerequiring sooth filters and Ad Blue.A simple three way catalyticconverter will do the job. But lookingat CO2 emissions from Well toWheel then is using LBG madefrom landfill gas by far the mostattractive alternative compared toany other bio fuel currently available(up to 80% CO2 reduction comparedto diesel).