Cook Compression has begun supplying the Chinese and other Asian markets from a new 11,000 sq.ft. (1020 m²) manufacturing and service facility at Suzhou, China.

Cook China makes valve assemblies, rings and packing, with internal metallic and non-metallic parts supplied from Cook operations in Europe and the United States. It also performs valve and packing case repairs. It will begin full production of all ring and packing products this year.

Willa Qu has been named general manager of Cook China Operations. She previously was China sales director for Dresser Wayne Fuel Equipment China.

Also, Cook Compression Russian Operations has been established in Moscow, five years after Cook first began operations in the Russian Federation. Sergey Kalabekov has been named area sales manager and Irina Benediktova assistant sales manager.