Oct. 30, 2009 (Business Wire) -- NATCO Group Inc. (NYSE:NTG) announced today that its joint venture NATCO Al-Rushaid Middle East Ltd. fabrication facility is fully operational and is open for business. This state of the art facility is located in the heart of the Al-Rushaid's industrial complex in Jubail, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The joint venture facility is designed to be highly responsive to customer demand while producing top quality pressure vessels including desalters, dehydrators, filters, hydrocyclones, and other equipment for the upstream, downstream and petrochemical markets.

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NATCO Group Inc. is a leading provider of process equipment, systems and services used in the production of oil and gas. NATCO has designed, manufactured and marketed production equipment and services for more than 80 years. NATCO production equipment is used onshore and offshore in most major oil and gas producing regions of the world.

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