November, a month known for Remembrance Day, fireworks and recently moustaches.

A global charity event correctly named Movember has been running for the past eight years. This is an organised event created to raise awareness and funding for prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

If you could take a 12 cylinder World War II Rolls Royce Merlin engine going full blast, slow time down and examine just one second, what would you find?

If you’ve been following our blog, you will have seen a variety of posts featuring news and information about both our products, and ourselves. However, posting what we think you will find interesting, isn’t necessarily what you think is interesting.

Oliver Valvetek recently supplied over 400 ball valves for a prestigious North Sea project. Due to the unique arrangement required by the project, a series of further qualification tests had to be performed.

In the Oliver Companies, research and development is constantly being carried out. In addition to the dedicated “Research and Development” department, everyone who works here is on the lookout for new ways to develop, certify and improve our products.

The IT department at Oliver Valves, composed of brothers Kevin and Gary White, along with reluctant colleague Tim Walton, will be flying the Oliver flag as they attempt to change this perception by taking on the Tough Guy Challenge on January 31st next year in aid of The Forces Children’s Trust.

The heart of any machine is its engine. So meet the aircraft that lost its heart to a boat! And not just any boat, but the vessel that is set to become Britain’s next holder of the World Water Speed Record. The Oliver Valves-sponsored hydroplane, Quicksilver, is under construction at Nottingham East Midlands Airport, and with speeds of up to 350mph being envisaged, it’s not surprising that aerospace technology is being harnessed.

Oliver Valves Ltd is pleased to announce our support of the Pensby Sports College Go Kart Team as they participate in the Greenpower Formula 24 competition.

It isn’t easy to work on an engine that was designed to be hung on the side of an aircraft but is now installed deep in the hull of a boat. Easily accessible parts suddenly become inaccessible. So engineers working on the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine which powers the 350-mph Quicksilver water-speed contender set about finding solutions.

In the drive to create the world’s fastest boat, innovative engineering has created a special “new” version of the famous Rolls-Royce Spey engine. The 10,000-horsepower Spey turbofan that powers the Oliver Valves sponsored Quicksilver, Britain’s World Water Speed Record challenger, has now become unique among Spey engines worldwide, and historically, in that it has been tailored specifically for a water-speed bid.