Delivering higher value for residential projects and helping commercial projects meet stringent demands, Uponor North America now offers a newly redesigned line of ProPEX ball valves for PEX-a plumbing and hydronic distribution applications.

Cherne Industries, part of the Oatey Co. family of companies, announced the addition of larger test plug sizes within its I-Series line of Test-Ball, Muni-Ball and Air-Loc pipe plugs. I-Series plugs are built using a robotic manufacturing system that delivers quality, consistency and durability, Cherne notes.

Caleffi North America now offers its 1” male x 1” female union thread isolation ball valve.

Bee Valve offers two new ball valves to its line of polypropylene-bolted ball valves. The first offering is a 2” full-port 3-way bottom-load valve, while the second new valve is a 2” full-port 3-way side-load flange valve. 

Belimo’s new range of potable water ball and butterfly valves control flow for drinking water and food-beverage applications. 

Anvil & Smith-Cooper International’s new Sharpe Series FSC70/74 flanged and FSC80/89 three-piece ball valves are fire-safe versions of the field-proven Series C70/74 and C80/89 cryogenic valves, the company notes. 

Nath brings to Watts extensive experience in product management for large product portfolios across several industry verticals.

Matco-Norca now offers lead-free brass PEX ball valves with a tee-handle option. 

Asahi/America, a manufacturer of thermoplastic fluid flow solutions, announced the NSF 61 certification of its CPVC Type-21 ball valves and CPVC ball check valves in sizes 1/2" through 4”. 

Uponor notes it is offering the industry’s first code-listed ProPEX lead-free brass commercial ball valves for PEX-to-PEX connections in plumbing and hydronic distribution applications.