VALERO ENERGY

The largest refiner in North America, Valero has an extensive refining system with a throughput capacity of approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The company's geographically diverse refining network stretches from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast and West Coast to the Caribbean.

VALLOUREC USA CORP.

Vallourec is the world leader in premium tubular solutions primarily serving the energy markets (oil and gas, powergen). Its expertise also extends to the Industry sector (mechanicals, automobile, construction etc.). With over 23,000 employees, integrated manufacturing facilities, advanced R&D and a presence in more than 20 countries, Vallourec offers its customers innovative global solutions to meet the energy challenges of the 21st century.

Specialised in the most complex applications, Vallourec relies on its six Research and Development centers worldwide and more than 500 engineers and technicians to maintain its technological leadership and meet its customers latest requirements. Our expertise across the entire steel production line from start to finish guarantees the quality of our products.

For the oil and gas industry, the Group designs and develops a comprehensive range of products including seamless tubes and premium connections for drilling operations, line pipes and well equipment capable of withstanding extreme operating conditions: high pressure, high temperature, deviated wells, deep offshore, corrosive environments.

For the powergen market, Vallourec offers a premium range of tubes capable of withstanding the most severe temperature and pressure conditions. Its solutions enable power companies to meet the challenges of energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in power plants.

The Group also offers a wide range of tubes for petrochemical installations (refineries), for mechanical engineering applications (hydraulic cylinders, machine tools, etc.), for the automotive industry, for construction (stadiums, other complex buildings and structures) and for various other industrial sectors.

To support the growth in energy markets, Vallourec is pursuing an ambitious local development strategy with new production facilities in Brazil, the USA, the Middle-East and China, in order to offer solutions close to its customers and improve its competitiveness.

VALMET

Valmet Flow Control is a global leader in flow control solutions and services. Our valves, pumps and valve automation technologies are known for quality, reliability, and highest safety.  

Valmet’s valves are used to secure safety in process plants or to regulate and control process flows in, e.g., pulp mills, steel plants or oil refineries. The important role they play in the productivity and safety of process plants makes them mission critical. We draw on our long heritage and knowhow to continuously develop and innovate solutions that redefine how process industries experience reliable flow control performance. Discover the renowned Neles™, Jamesbury™, Stonel™, Valvcon™ and Flowrox™ products. With our market-leading expertise, products, and services we are committed to bring your business forward.

VALV TECHNOLOGIES

ValvTechnologies is the global leader in the design, development, and manufacture of metal-seated, zero-leakage severe service isolation solutions. Our mission is to empower our customers to meet their challenges safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively.

We understand that customers are looking for extended valve life to stretch turnaround intervals from 5 years to 6 years or more. That’s why our solutions are engineered to enhance operational efficiency, increase run time, and reduce maintenance costs, ensuring the longevity and reliability of your operations.

Committed to maintaining peak valve performance, we support our global network of customers with a comprehensive range of services. With multiple certified service centers located around the world, we offer 24/7 valve installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and other maintenance needs.

ValvTechnologies has developed several patented technologies and solutions, setting the standard for high-performance products tailored to meet the unique needs of our customers in the mining, oil and gas, power, and nuclear industries. Our partnership with clients goes beyond merely supplying valves and actuation. We work collaboratively to solve the industry's complex challenges, building a solid reputation for going the extra mile.

VALVE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (VMA)

The Valve Manufacturers Association of America represents the interests of nearly 100 North American manufacturers of valves and actuators. Collectively, members account for approximately 80% of the total industrial valve shipments out of U.S. and Canadian facilities.

VALVES UNLIMITED

Since 1985, Valves Unlimited, Inc. has meant Service Unlimited. We strive to provide the highest quality valve products and exceptional customer service to the refining, chemical and petrochemical industries. Valves Unlimited, Inc. delivers what you need, any where, at any time, for any reason; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year!

VALVOSIDER

Valvosider is a family-owned company that was funded in 1951 as a manufacturer of valves operating in the oil & gas, petrochemical and chemical industries as well as on power-stations plants.

The stratified know-how earned on 70-year activity has led the company to gain the approval by main global end users in the served different industries, therefore being present on their official vendor list.

VAN LEEUWEN PIPE AND TUBE

Van Leeuwen is a globally operating trading company specialized in steel pipes, and pipe and tube applications. We are active in virtually all industrial sectors. With some forty branches spread throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and America, we ensure that materials are available anywhere in the world, customized wherever needed. Our employees have specialist knowledge of sourcing, project management, logistics and stock planning and work closely together with our customers in the Industry and Energy markets. The combination of global logistics and knowledge of products and customer applications makes Van Leeuwen a leading company in its markets.

VELAN

Velan is a leading global manufacturer of industrial steel valves, recognized as a standard-bearer in quality and innovation since 1950. Offering gate, globe, check, Memoryseal® ball, Torqseal® triple offset, Securaseal® engineered severe service valves, and steam traps in sizes up to NPS 64 (DN 1600) and for services up to ASME Class 4500, Velan meets critical industrial needs in the areas of power generation, chemical and petrochemical, oil and gas, mining, cryogenic, and shipbuilding. Dual-qualified to API 641 and ISO 15848 FE for fugitive emissions and all major international industry certificates and approvals. Velan is also certified for operational quality including ISO 9001; ISO 14001; and ISO 45001. Visit us at www.velan.com

VENUS PIPES AND TUBES LIMITED

Venus is an ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 and 45001:2018, PED 2014/68/EU, ADW / AD 2000 - Merkblatt W0, IBR and BIS certified company. Venus is a public company with a market cap of 500 million USD in India. Venus is run by an ethically grounded management team with fact-based decision making. Our product range includes seamless and welded pipes, tubes, and u-tubes. 100% Indian origin (melt and manufacturing). In house hot piercing to produce seamless pipes up to 8”. In house coil slitting to produce ERW up to 20”. LSAW pipes from 8” to 56”. All of this is accomplished in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility spread across 1,022,571 sq ft. 50% of the facility’s energy (1.3 megawatt) comes from a solar farm located beside the plant.

VICTAULIC

100 YEARS OF INNOVATIONIt all started with an idea. An idea to connect our world faster and safely.
Since 1919, Victaulic innovation has shaped the course of history and established us as the world leader in pipe-joining and flow control solutions. At the heart of it all is our customers. Our desire to solve their toughest challenges continues to inspire our future.

VIEGA LLC

Quality is the driving force behind everything we do, and it has been that way for more than 120 years. Viega pipe pressing technology keeps your facility up and running with faster installs, ensuring minimal downtime. That’s because our fittings eliminate the need for hot work permits and the dangers of open flames and toxic fumes. Whether you’re doing scheduled plant maintenance or have an unplanned repair, Viega press fittings deliver the consistency and reliability you need to keep running effectively.

VOGT VALVES

The history of Vogt Valve traces the development of high quality valve manufacturing to meet the growing needs of the chemical, petrochemical, process and petroleum industries. In the late 1890s, Vogt Valve Company pioneered the early development of ammonia absorption refrigeration systems that made artificial ice. This business, plus Vogt’s emerging boiler segment, created an internal need for quality valves which initiated Vogt’s entry into valve manufacturing. Vogt’s early reputation for quality valves and the rapidly growing petroleum processing industry created an outside demand that would firmly establish Vogt in mass production of high quality forged steel valves.

For more than 100 years, Vogt’s leadership has been evident in the production of forged steel gate, globe, angle and check valves in most popular materials, trims and bonnet configurations. 

Vogt Valves is located in Stafford TX in a brand new plant of 100,000 sq.ft. and a second plant for specialty valves in Milan, Italy.Today Vogt Valves supports a worldwide network of distributors and customers with access to the world’s largest capability for manufacturing of steel valves.

www.vogtvalves.com

Contact:  
Sandra Brumbaugh – COO & VP – Global Distribution
Adam Enloe  – National Sales Manager

WARD MFG.

In 1924, Mr. Joseph Ward founded Ward Manufacturing, L.L.C. (Ward) in Blossburg, Pennsylvania. With approximately thirty employees, the company began producing a small line of cast iron steam and drainage fittings along with cast iron plugs and bushings.

Over the next four years, the demand for Ward products increased rapidly. In 1928 the manufacturing facilities doubled in size and Class 150 malleable iron fittings were introduced. During the next decade, Ward continued to grow and added a facility to produce malleable iron pipe unions in 1938.

To stay ahead of growing customer preference for competitively priced Ward products, a highly automated foundry was erected in 1955. Through constant maintenance, continued improvement and reinvestment, this facility continues to produces fittings using the most current molding equipment available.

In May 1980, a series of new Ward products were introduced including: Class 300 brass-to-brass seated unions, beam clamps, C-clamps, Wardlox plain-end fittings, and Couplox grooved end fittings. In 1990, the Ward product line expanded again to include Teelox mechanical branch connectors, meter swivels and ferrules and connecting nuts. Also added was a revolutionary new product called WardFlex©.

WardFlex© Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing (CSST) for piping of fuel gases was originally introduced into the U.S. in 1986 under the name of SOFLEX. At that time, Hitachi Metals America (Piping Components Division) (“Hitachi”) was actively working on developing SOFLEX product standards with the American Gas Association and the Gas Research Institute.

In 1990, Ward Manufacturing became part of the Hitachi family and was responsible for promoting the unique SOFLEX technology under a new WardFlex© product name. Soon after, the American Gas Association certified the WardFlex© system for use throughout the U.S.. Since that time, WardFlex© has gained recognition in the four major model codes in the U.S. and has Code recognition in all 50 states. The product is manufactured in Pennsylvania.

In 2006, Ward Manufacturing acquired Wisconsin Nipple and Fitting Corporation (“Wisconsin Nipple”) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Primarily a manufacturer of carbon welded and seamless pipe nipples for the industrial pipe-valve-fittings (PVF) market, Wisconsin Nipple also manufactures stainless steel and brass nipples for the sprinkler and plumbing applications. Cutting and threading pipe and nipples since 1950, Wisconsin Nipple has earned a reputation as the nipple industry quickest shipper.

Today, Ward, WardFlex© and Wisconsin Nipple are distributed through plumbing and heating or HVAC wholesalers. Ward has established a distributor network that maintains inventories in thousands of locations across the United States and Canada.

WEBCO INDUSTRIES, INC.

Webco is a full-service manufacturer of welded tube and pipe, including products for heat exchanger, capillary string, safety valve control line, instrumentation, umbilical and other applications. We supply North America's widest variety of finished straight and coiled tubing to the refining, petrochemical, chemical, and other energy-related industries. We ship carbon and stainless steels, nickel alloys, nonferrous, brass, copper, and other tubular products to customers worldwide.

WELDING OUTLETS, INC

Welding Outlets, Inc. "WOI" is a certified Woman-owned Manufacturer of high pressure piping components. We are a domestic manufacturer producing products in over 40 grades of steel. The piping components we produce are known in the ASME code as Branch Connections(Branchettes). Our Branchettes are used in a wide variety of industries including Pipeline, Refinery/Chemical, Power Plants, Shipbuilding as well as Beverages, Food Processing, Pulp and Paper, Pharmaceuticals and Commercial HVAC Systems.

WESTERN FORGE & FLANGE

Western Forge & Flange is a privately held company with 70 employees. Founded in California in 1944, we started serving the shipbuilding industry during World War II, and over the next six decades we evolved into a global source for quality, forged products.

Moving to Texas in 2007 benefited our customers by providing a better, more cost effective, and more centrally located distribution hub.

Cleveland, Texas just outside the expansive Houston market is home to many of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies. Our proximity to a major international port, rail, air and interstate highways provides an ideal location for manufacturing and delivering heavy products. This shipping network allows us to receive and deliver your products in a timely manner.

Western Forge & Flange provides world-class forging, heat treating, machining and metallurgical testing of pipe flanges and forgings. We are a trusted business partner for a variety of industries that demand stringent standards, including nuclear certification.

Depend on the meticulous work of an industry leader to meet your unique needs and critical requirements.

WHITLIEJO SPECIALTY COMPANY

Whitliejo Specialty was established in 2008 and a specialty flange manufacturing company and fastener supply distributor.  Our API 6A licensed facility consists of a total of over 80,000 sq feet and is located on 1311 Smede Highway in Broussard Louisiana.  Our facility contains 30,000 sq feet of climate controlled machining area and over 50,000 sq feet of office space and organized inventory storage.  Our Manufacturing areas consist of about 30 CNC Mills, lathes, Manual machines, and other specialized equipment.  We also have a Branch Location in Odessa, TX located on 3218 Kermit Highway.

WORLD WIDE PIPE

Since 1998, Worldwide Pipe & Supply has been a leading distributor for pipe, valves, flanges, and fittings for industries ranging from Oil & Gas to Construction and Mechanical. Our wide range of products includes seamless & welded pipe in stainless steel and carbon, high pressure tube fittings, industrial pipe flanges to ASME, ANSI, and API 6A, and much more.  

In addition to our full line PVF, we offer a wide range of services to tailor products to your specifications. Our services include threading, fabricating, coating, and logistics. As an industrial pipe and pipe fittings supplier, we feel confident our solutions can assist in all your project needs.

XANIK MANUFACTURING

Specialty Valve Group LLC was founded in 2010 with the sole mission to market and promote Xanik Brand Valves to the Oil/Gas, Petrochemical, and related Energy markets.
Our top-notch sales and support personnel allows us to provide a superior level of service to our customers. 

YVI

Our Legacy and Our Future

With over 40 years of quality manufacturing serving as our legacy, YVI Valve (YVI) presses forward into the future by providing unwavering commitment to developing and delivering superior quality cast industrial valves to the approved End User markets around the globe.  Headquartered in Houston, TX, YVI is a family-owned and managed company with unrivaled passion for quality manufacturing and high performance.  Dedicated to providing solutions that bring our customers a competitive advantage in an ever-evolving global marketplace, YVI is confident in their goal of being recognition as a preferred global manufacturer.  
 
Every Valve.  Our Foundry, Our Factory

YVI maintains a dedicated workforce focused on utilizing our integrated foundry and factory manufacturing processes to achieve highly reliable, and predictable quality products.  Our facilities consist of two professional casting foundries, multiple machining, assembly, and testing operations totaling approximately 1.9Mft2.  Placing top priority on quality ensures every YVI valve meet the strictest requirements for manufacturing as examined through our rigorous testing processes where all types of non-destructive testing, including mag-particle and radiography, are utilized every day to verify our products.
 
On-Time, Every Time

YVI considers performance to delivery assurance expectations a cornerstone to its reputation.  By controlling all aspects of the manufacturing process, from raw materials receipt to finished product, YVI maintains notable competence in providing world-class lead times.  No matter whether the opportunity is large or small, YVI will always meet its customers’ expectations.
 
Quality Guaranteed

YVI manufacturers and tests every valve for 100% compliance to the latest edition regulatory standards, therefore, YVI guarantees its valves will conform with the applicable API600, API623, API594, API598, API624, API6D, ISO15848-1, CE/PED, UK/CA, CRN standards.  Demanding a level of reliability and craftmanship unrivaled in the industry, it is YVI’s goal not only to meet but always exceed the need of its customer.  

In-House Competency: Our Foundries

Since its beginning, YVI has maintained the mission of being a premier valve manufacturer.  Challenging themselves every day, with the truth that to make a quality valve you first need to own your manufacturing facilities and processes, YVI utilizes its own professional foundries, capable of outputting over 30,000 metric tons of product annually, to meet the growing demand for quality cast industrial valves.  Casting solely from the highest-grade metals under the strictest chemical and mechanical controls and pouring practices, YVI valves exceed industry standards for quality and workmanship.

In-House Competency: Our Factory

At each step of the manufacturing process spanning 1.3M ft2 of advanced machining, assembly, and testing operations, YVI demands a high level of precise craftmanship discoverable in every part, details and finish.  Drawing on the talents of its craftspeople with tireless attention to quality and workmanship, our factory turns out a full range of highly predictable and reliable products ready for the toughest and most difficult requirements.  We are proud to proclaim; We Make Our Valves.  

ZENITH STEEL PIPES

Zenith Steel Pipes has been one of the largest suppliers of ERW Black and Galvanized pipe (1/2” – 20” to the USA from India. Additionally, we produce Square and Rectangular Tubing, Hollow Sections, and HSAW pipe.
We offer documented pipe inspection and photos prior to shipment, and we provide Mill Test Reports along with Shipping Documents once the material leaves port. Additionally, we provide regular updates during production and transit.

ZSPEC FLOW CONTROL, INC.

Zspec Flow Control, based in Houston, TX, is a leading supplier of valves, fittings and piping products. With decades of industry experience and knowledge, we invest in the inventory and support our customers with a high level of customer service. We are guided by a singular determination to do whatever it takes to be a reliable supplier for our customers with our ready to ship inventory. With knowledgeable stocking reps across the United States, Zspec helps reduce your operating costs by having our products in stock and ready to ship allowing you to spend more time and money focusing on your customer. Call us today for all your valve, fittings and piping product needs.

ZWICK VALVES N.A. LLC

More than 40 years experience in design and production of valves guarantee high standard products. ZWICK valves are produced state-of-the-art. The triple offset butterfly valves are specially designed for critical services where they are used as shut off and control valves. The in-house design enables offering customized solutions for individual applications like the global Industries of Oil and Gas, Chemical, Petrochemical, Energy, Offshore and Steel. TRI-CON valves incorporate a unique third offset design with a true cone-in-cone seating and a reliable zero-leakage performance and allow bi-directional tightness.
The ZWICK self-centering disc design that is keyed to the shaft accommodates differential thermal expansions of the disc and the shaft. The triple offset geometry assures friction free running without radial loading of the seal ring and break-away torque. The TRI-CON series reaches a superior unrivaled life time cycle. For critical services a patented sealed bearing solution is offered to prevent fouling of the bearing associated with line media. ZWICK’s zero-leakage bearing design assures that no line media will migrate into bearings cavity. TRI-CON’s standard graphite packing meets all requirements of TA-Luft for fugitive emissions from the shaft and packing arrangements. All triple offset valves are certified according to Fire-Safe to API and British Standard.

PO BOX 2352
Stafford, Tx 77497
Phone:  832-944-5930


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PVF Officers &
Board of Directors

OFFICERS

Sara Alford - President (Newmans Valve)

Eric Weimar - Vice President 
(Newman Flange and Fitting)

Kay Peters - Secretary/Treasurer (Edward L. Haile & Associates)


DIRECTORS

Joe Costanzo - Scholarship Chair
(Weldbend)

Frank Durham 
(Stainless Tubular Products)

Jamie Meade - Fundraising Chair
(Hawk Valve)

Joe Pro 
(Penn Machine)

Krystal Hatfield - Marketing Chair 
(OK Pipe & Fittings, Inc)

Margie Dalton
(IFC, Inc) 

Mike Jordan
(Ferguson Industrial)

Trace Scrivner
(ExxonMobil)

Robert Nunn
(GMI Group)

Ryan Ondrey
(JFLOW Controls)

Steve Letko 
(Weldbend)

Ben Hantz
(Valero)


DIRECTORS EMERITUS

Ray Bojarczuk (ExxonMobil Retired)

Max Casada (P66 Retired)

Robert (Bob) Hunter (TaChen Retired)


HALL OF FAME

Sidney Westbrook (Founder)

Morrie Beschloss (PVF Author/Analyst)

Ron Merrick (Fluor Retired)

Harold Armstrong (Armstrong Weatherly)

Sheryl Michalak (Welding Outlets Inc.)

Ginger Restovic (Newmans Valve Retired)