News at BAFCO, INC.

2005
Aug 2005	VALERO-PAULSBORO buys BAFCO High Pressure STVC
Aug 2005	ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE purchases BAFCO actuators for wind tunnels
Aug 2005	CONOCO-PHILLIPS-Wilmington, CA orders new BAFCO for expander service
June 2005	SHELL-Rotterdam awards order to BAFCO for 8 slide valve actuators
May 2005	PREMCOR-Port Arthur adds 2 spent CATALYST slide valve actuators
May 2005	2 Additional Butterfly valve actuators supplied for gas turbine intercooler
Apr 2005	VALERO-PAULSBORO specifies BAFCO for Expander Inlet Bypass Actuators
Apr 2005	WAHLCO-Port Arthur orders more damper and divertor actuators
Apr 2005	LANZHOU PETROCHEMICAL purchases BAFCO CHS and 44 Field Manifolds
Mar 2005	VALERO-Delaware City purchases BAFCO Actuators for the coker
Feb 2005	Further upgrades for ExxonMobil LDPE plant in Beaumont
Feb 2005	CONOCOPHILLIPS-Lake Charles adds another BAFCO actuator
Jan 2005	SUN-Girard Point adds additional BAFCO Actuators on the FCC

2004
Sep 2004	ConocoPhillips adds BAFCO actuator for the expander inlet bypass valve
Sep 2004	Two BAFCO actuators for double disk flue gas valve for Valero at the Ardmore Refinery
Aug 2004	BAFCO receives order for 3 expander control valves for VALERO-Paulsboro
Jul 2004	Butterfly valve actuators for complex link of two compressor units
Jun 2004	Slide valve actuator ordered by Valero for the Ardmore Refinery
Apr 2004	BAFCO designs complete new actuator for small needle valves
Mar 2004	Linear and rotary actuators for wind tunnels
Feb 2004	Slide valve actuator ordered by Petrobras for the RECAP Refinery
Feb 2004	Polyethylene plant upgrades with BAFCO actuators and controls
Jan 2004	100th model 773 actuator supplied to NASA
Jan 2004	Expander control valve actuators ordered for Hovensa
Jan 2004	BP-Carson installed BAFCO Fail Safe Valves with Triple Redundant Trip

2003
Nov 2003	BAFCO completes a rebuild/upgrade of a competitors valve actuators and hydraulic pumping units in a Philly area refinery
Oct 2003	STVC and TRTS for Siemens steam turbine at Los Alamos Labs
Aug 2003	Extreme short delivery completed for TOTALFINAELF after refinery incident

2005

Aug 2005	VALERO-PAULSBORO buys BAFCO High Pressure STVC BAFCO received an order to supply a new Steam Throttle Valve Control for Valero-Paulsboro’s Wet Gas Compressor. This unit is high-pressure design and complements the current product line of low-pressure STVC systems.
Aug 2005	ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE purchases BAFCO actuators for wind tunnels BAFCO awarded contract for several actuators to be installed in the wind tunnel system. Actuators are the new low cost model 793 design.
Aug 2005	CONOCO-PHILLIPS-Wilmington, CA orders new BAFCO for expander service BAFCO awarded contract for a new butterfly valve actuator for flue gas service in a system that replaces the existing orifice chamber. This complements the existing butterfly valve actuator provided 4 years earlier, allowing for redundant reliability and more accurate process control.
June 2005	SHELL-Rotterdam awards order to BAFCO for 8 slide valve actuators BAFCO was selected by Shell to provide actuators, positioning controls and hydraulic pumping units for 2 double disk slide valves for stripper and flue gas service, 2 single disk slide valves for spent and regenerated catalyst service, 1 divertor valve and 1 block air valve.
May 2005	PREMCOR-Port Arthur adds 2 spent CATALYST slide valve actuators BAFCO awarded contract for two new actuators for spent catalyst slide valves.
May 2005	2 Additional Butterfly valve actuators supplied for gas turbine intercooler BAFCO received an order from a major compressor/expander/gas turbine manufacturer to duplicate a previous order from July 2004. Actuators are model 775-75K and are mounted on 36” butterfly valves. Actuators are high speed, high response and high duty cycle.
Apr 2005	VALERO-PAULSBORO specifies BAFCO for Expander Inlet Bypass Actuators Valero specified BAFCO for their new expander inlet trip, inlet throttle and inlet bypass valves at Paulsboro. This unit complements several other BAFCO actuators at this location.
Apr 2005	WAHLCO-Port Arthur orders more damper and divertor actuators Awarded contract to supply 2 rotary actuators with 150,000 in. lbs torque output for dampers and 1 rotary actuator with 3,000,000 in.lbs. torque output. Actuators are identical to units supplied previously by BAFCO at this facility
Apr 2005	LANZHOU PETROCHEMICAL purchases BAFCO CHS and 44 Field Manifolds BAFCO will supply a 600 gallon CHS and 44 local field manifolds to control process valves on a low density polyethylene plant per the BASF process. The plant is located in Lanzhou, China.
Mar 2005	VALERO-Delaware City purchases BAFCO Actuators for the coker BAFCO awarded contract for two new actuators for hot and cold coker valves.
Feb 2005	Further upgrades for ExxonMobil LDPE plant in Beaumont BAFCO awarded contract for three new actuators to replace original equipment no longer manufactured nor supported. Includes field manifolds and major process control upgrades. Project is the continuation of a project started in 2004.
Feb 2005	CONOCOPHILLIPS-Lake Charles adds another BAFCO actuator BAFCO awarded contract to install an actuator on the expander bypass valve. This actuator replaces a pneumatic actuator for reliability upgrade purposes. Unit will be powered by an existing BAFCO Hydraulic Pumping Unit.
Jan 2005	SUN-Girard Point adds additional BAFCO Actuators on the FCC BAFCO awarded contract for four new actuators for two cat cooler slide valves and a double disk flue gas to replace existing outdated unit. Cat cooler positioning systems enables higher throughput and better and more accurate conversion rates.

2004

Sep 2004	ConocoPhillips adds BAFCO actuator for the expander inlet bypass valve This unit replaces an existing pneumatic actuator on a 36" butterfly valve.
Sep 2004	Two BAFCO actuators for double disk flue gas valve for Valero at the Ardmore Refinery VALERO-ARDMORE - purchased a new double disk flue gas valve and specified that BAFCO actuators by incorporated
Aug 2004	BAFCO receives order for 3 expander control valves for VALERO-Paulsboro Valero-Paulsboro’s new GE/Conmec expander will be controlled by BAFCO. The three new actuators will be mounted on Adams butterfly valves.
Jul 2004	Butterfly valve actuators for complex link of two compressor units Major compressor/expander manufacturer ordered two model 775-75K actuators for 36" high performance butterfly valves. Actuators are high speed, high response and high cycle duty.
Jun 2004	Slide valve actuator ordered by Valero for the Ardmore Refinery VALERO – ARDMORE – Awarded contract for a new spent catalyst slide valve actuator to be retrofitted to the existing valve.
Apr 2004	BAFCO designs complete new actuator for small needle valves BAFCO received a contract for newly designed Model 793 linear hydraulic actuators with servo valves for mounting on small (3/8” thru 1”) Autoclave Engineers medium pressure needle valves. Actuator is complete new design and can be held in one hand.
Mar 2004	Linear and rotary actuators for wind tunnels BAFCO received a contract for linear and rotary actuators to be used in wind tunnel applications at an Air Force Base. Actuators will be mounted on Argus ball valves and VIR globe valves.
Feb 2004	Slide valve actuator ordered by Petrobras for the RECAP Refinery PETROBRAS – RECAP REFINERY – Awarded contract for an Isocat slide valve actuator to be mounted on a Remosa slide valve.
Feb 2004	Polyethylene plant upgrades with BAFCO actuators and controls EXXON-MOBIL CHEMICAL – Awarded contract to BAFCO to replace original actuators and positioning controls for high pressure LDPE process.
Jan 2004	100th model 773 actuator supplied to NASA NASA – BAFCO supplied the 100th unit of the model 773 linear actuator; after the new product line was developed in 2000 under a Cooperative Agreement with NASA.
Jan 2004	Expander control valve actuators ordered for Hovensa HOVENSA - Awarded contract for Inlet and bypass butterfly valves for expander controls. The actuators will be mounted on ENPRO butterfly valves.
Jan 2004	BP-Carson installed BAFCO Fail Safe Valves with Triple Redundant Trip BAFCO retrofitted existing slide valve actuators with BAFCO FSV’s controlled by Triple Redundant Solenoid Trip System.

2003

Nov 2003	BAFCO completes a rebuild/upgrade of a competitors valve actuators and hydraulic pumping units in a Philly area refinery BAFCO receives praises from a Philly area refinery for work done. "The reliability of Bafco equipment is proven and I'm sure these four actuator skids will give us a "good run" until our next scheduled turnaround." BAFCO removed non-functioning equipment and replaced with the latest state of the art BAFCO components.
Oct 2003	STVC and TRTS for Siemens steam turbine at Los Alamos Labs LOS ALAMOS LABS – BAFCO awarded contract for Steam Throttle Valve Controls and Triple Redundant Trip Manifold. Equipment will become an integral part of a Siemens (Demag-DeLaval) steam turbine.
Aug 2003	Extreme short delivery completed for TOTALFINAELF after refinery incident TOTALFINAELF – awarded contract to replace HPU damaged during refinery incident. Delivery affected in less than 2 weeks.