HYDRATIGHT¹S highly-professional team of refinery trouble-shooters endured searing heat, time pressures and even an earthquake on a recent contract in Greece. The company was hired to fix leaks and ensure the integrity of high-pressure lines throughout the Motor Oil Hellas catalytic cracking plant at Corinth - a two-month contract through June and July 2008.

For the second year in succession Hydratight have been present at the Caspian Oil & Gas Show in Baku, Azerbaijan, held between June 3rd and June 6th 2008 at the Heydar Aliyev Sport & Exhibition Complex.

Hydratight has added another facility, Red Wing - Minnesota, to their list of accredited sites to ISO9001:2000. In February, Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) conducted an intensive four day audit in Red Wing before recommending them for certification. They are now added to Hydratight's global list of ISO certified facilities.

The increasingly difficult balancing act of simultaneously protecting the environment and minimising risks to the health whilst maximising plant up time can cause a serious headache for operators and owners of assets in a many heavy industries.

Leading provider of joint integrity services and pioneering engineered solutions to household names in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Power Generation sectors, Hydratight, were looking to enhance the scope of their services to further assist clients to meet these escalating demands.

HYDRATIGHT, the world specialist in joint integrity services, launched its new and vastly extended global web site on 1st May 2008.

The company, which offers class-leading mechanical connection and troubleshooting services, will bring its partner and subsidiary companies in 30 locations on all five continents together under the single website banner - making it a complete solution for all pipe-connection expertise and equipment.

For bolting to total joint integrity leader, Hydratight, 2008 sees a major shift in the Company’s presence in the SE Asia region with the opening of a new and fully operational facility in Singapore as part of a major worldwide expansion programme.

We are pleased to announce that Actuant Corporation (NYSE:ATU) has completed the purchase of Superior Plant Services L.L.C. in a deal worth $57 million. Actuant Corporation is a $1.5 billion diversified industrial company with operations in more than 30 countries. The Actuant businesses are market leaders in branded hydraulic and electrical tools & supplies as well as highly engineered position motion control systems.

Hydratight, leading global joint integrity solutions provider has announced the signing of an agreement with CTI Industries of Connecticut, USA to market, engineer and install CTI's unique Shield/Seal^TM technology for the repair and refurbishment of heat exchangers and condensers throughout the oil, gas, petrochemical and power generation industries. The agreement covers the UK, Norway and Ireland.