The Brief review

   The traditional report referring to NPAA activity within the last two months comprises short accounts of the follows events:
   – the development of NPPA draft standard – Valves And Actuators Classification And Encoding;
   – the foundry seminar in Moscow, Sokolniki Culture & Exhibition Centre;
   – the anniversary meeting of Council of the chief mechanical engineers of refining and petrochemical plants, Kirishi, St. Petersburg region;
   – NPAA Conference in Kazan – Pipeline Valves And Actuators For Oil And Gas Complex;
   – the decision of PC3 of CEIR to second the NPAA efforts to develop CEN Standard – Pipeline Valve Safety – on the basis of NPAA's draft of Technical Regulations;
   – NPAA and APAU participation in reporting back meeting of Polish Valve Association;
   – the working meeting of PCVEXPO Forum organizers;
   – NPAA preparatory activity to Valve World-2008 exhibition in Maastricht.