United Valve announces the acquisition of the assets of Global Service & Repair (GSR) of Sulphur, LA
Houston, TX, January, 2022– United Valve announces the acquisition of the assets of Global Service & Repair (GSR) of Sulphur, LA. GSR was a provider of repair and modification services on rising/rotating metallic plug valves and other tapered plug valve … Continue reading
United Valve announces agreement with HP Valves
HP Valves and United Valve have formally “hand-shaked” their agreement for Service Representation as well as the local inventory of spare-parts during their meeting in Houston (TX). The actual agreement was signed by both companies in fall 2017. With this … Continue reading
Valve Standards in The Petrochemical & Refining Industry
Originally published in the summer 1996 issue of Valve Magazine Valves in petrochemical and refining installations are subject to numerous standards and specifications issued by many supporting organizations. Today’s valve standards are dynamic documents that reflect sound engineering practice, changes in … Continue reading
Industrial Valve Repair in the 21st Century
Once upon a time, most large refineries and chemical plants had their own valve shops, complete with a full compliment of experienced valve repair technicians. These service departments took care of most of the plants repair needs, although oftentimes valves … Continue reading
Valve Owner’s Survival Kit
It’s a jungle out there, so the saying goes. Unfortunately, that jungle extends to and includes your work environment. And if you are responsible for some part of a chemical processing facility, the vines and beasts of that jungle wrap … Continue reading
Valve Modification
In a perfect world of valve supply and demand, an end-user would be able to purchase any combination of valve configurations from the distributor with only a few days notice. The commonly-stocked ‘standard trim’ valves would share shelf space with … Continue reading
Industrial Valve Repair, a Changing & Challenging Business
Who Moved my Cheese? The heck with who moved my cheese, who moved my valve repair customers! Those of us in the industrial valve repair business can certainly relate to Dr. Spencer Johnson’s book, “Who Moved My Cheese”, which deals … Continue reading
The Gate Valve’s Long History
The ubiquitous gate valve has a long history of serving the flow control industry in the United States. From its humble beginnings during the middle of the 19th century, to its universal usage today, the gate valve has soldiered on … Continue reading
The Ever-Popular Gate Valve
This low-tech valve may not have changed much in the last 100 years, but the gate valve plays a major role in virtually every refinery, chemical plant and industrial facility in the world. The most popular style of valve in … Continue reading
Why Valve Qualification Programs?
As the valve world continues to turn and tilt its production towards new countries and their untested manufacturing plants, the potential backlash is a rise in quality issues. In decades past, when bottom-dollar pricing was not the chief procurement driver, … Continue reading
