Month: July 2022

We’re very excited to announce that Process Control Equipment Ltd Netherlands, is our new distribution partner for the Benelux Region of Europe for Oliver Valves, Oliver Twinsafe, and Oliver Hydcovalves.

Strategically located for distribution, in the town of Ridderkerk, close to Rotterdam, PCE operates from 10,000 sq/ft purpose-built warehousing facilities, where they’ll house dedicated stock holding of the Oliver valve range. PCE also has a sales office near Antwerp, perfectly placed to service and support the Belgian market.

Oliver Valves and PCE, two family-owned businesses, have been working together in the UK for more than 20 years, forming a very close relationship in that time. We’re really excited to be taking our successful partnership to the Benelux region and are confident that we’ll continue and strengthen our ongoing support to existing customers and welcome new ones.

Pictured is Andy Hole, Oliver Valves Territory Manager for Europe and Africa with PCE Benelux General Manager, Arno van Bekkum.

For valve sales and enquiries contact:
PCE Benelux, Schillingstraat 17, 2988 Ridderkerk, Netherlands
sales@pce-bv.nl
www.pce-bv.nl

Oliver Valves – Andy Hole, Sales Manager (Projects & Distribution)
ahole@valves.co.uk
www.valves.co.uk

Phil Davies, our trusted Double Block & Bleed Valve Supervisor, takes semi-retirement after working at Oliver Valves for 17 years and 4 months (precisely). Phil is highly regarded and respected throughout the business and good friends with his co-workers.

Phil has many fond memories of his time working here, playing an integral part in the company’s success over the years and recent high growth. He said “Over the years, I’ve worked overseas and represented Oliver Valves many times, the trust and support given to me by the company is what I’ll always be grateful for, the people I have worked with past and present are the reason why my time here has been so enjoyable.”

Since joining us having worked in the pharmaceutical industry and as a mechanic, he utilised his skills and progressed along the factory floor to become supervisor, overseeing the manufacturing of our DBB division and taking on a wide range of important roles and responsibilities. Works Manager Jim Dalzell praises Phil saying “you need great people in your team that you can rely on and to be supportive, Phil has these attributes in abundance and its always been appreciated, we wish him all the very best”.

Determined to make the most of his retirement, he already plans to spend more time with his wife Diane, grandchildren, and family to travel Britain’s Waterways on his beloved Boat Home.

We want to say a huge THANK YOU to Phil for his dedication, loyalty and hard work, and we wish him, Diane and the family the very best of happiness in his retirement.

If you’re interested in a career at Oliver Valves and in engineering, please visit our careers page on the website https://lnkd.in/ebZYNjXv

We’re very excited to announce that Process Control Equipment Ltd Netherlands, is our new distribution partner for the Benelux Region of Europe for Oliver Valves, Oliver Twinsafe, and Oliver Hydcovalves.

Strategically located for distribution, in the town of Ridderkerk, close to Rotterdam, PCE operates from 10,000 sq/ft purpose-built warehousing facilities, where they’ll house dedicated stock holding of the Oliver valve range. PCE also has a sales office near Antwerp, perfectly placed to service and support the Belgian market.

Oliver Valves and PCE, two family-owned businesses, have been working together in the UK for more than 20 years, forming a very close relationship in that time. We’re really excited to be taking our successful partnership to the Benelux region and are confident that we’ll continue and strengthen our ongoing support to existing customers and welcome new ones.

Pictured is Andy Hole, Oliver Valves Territory Manager for Europe and Africa with PCE Benelux General Manager, Arno van Bekkum.

For valve sales and enquiries contact:
PCE Benelux, Schillingstraat 17, 2988 Ridderkerk, Netherlands  sales@pce-bv.nl  |  www.pce-bv.nl

Oliver Valves – Andy Hole, Sales Manager (Projects & Distribution)
ahole@valves.co.uk
www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Valves Middle East distributor, GAS (Gas Arabian Services), won a half million-pound order but the sales value wasn’t the only significant highlight – it was Oliver’s Solution-Driven approach and distributor support that helped secure a second order in as many months.

Oliver’s strong working relationship between the end-user and engineering consultants meant that we were able to quickly advise on using a Double Block and Bleed Valve suitable for their application, and not a traditional tubing design.

When GAS received the second enquiry for 150 x Double Block and Bleed Valves, they contacted Oliver Valves and together we looked at ways to further reduce the cost to the end-user, Saudi Aramco.

With state-of-the-art Research & Development facilities in the UK, our engineering team soon jumped at the challenge. The brief to R&D was simple – save the customer money, even if it meant re-designing a DBB valve. In just 2 days, Oliver’s engineers found the perfect cost-saving solution; to reduce the face-to-face dimensions of the valve by as much as 17%. This equated to saving the customer an additional 10% – hugely significant for this size of order.

The ingenuity of the Oliver engineering team and our strong sales distributor relationship with GAS led to securing both orders from Saudi Aramco. We’ve been providing valve solutions to the global energy sector for over 40 years, investing heavily in R&D, and our distributor network. Project Sales Engineer Eon Morrison, who worked with Haridas Embanath, Business Development Manager, to find the solutions, said “We’re well placed to provide world-class support to our distributors, and can react quickly to the needs of our customers with great products and the very best valve solutions”.

Valve distributors across the world rely on the support, knowledge and expertise of valve manufacturers, and Oliver Valves are testament to this. For more information on distribution and valve solutions, visit our website at www.valves.co.uk.

Oliver Twinsafe have been working with their sister companies: Oliver Hydcovalves, and Oliver R&D, to prepare their 2” Metal Seated Trunnion ball valve ready for hydrogen applications. Rigorous testing using helium which is the best substitute to hydrogen has been carried out by R&D technician John Whitehead who said “in order for the Trunnion valve to pass testing it had to meet with stringent ISO 15848-1:2015 Tightness class B certification including ISO 5208:2015 zero seat leakage rate A. We’ve achieved this with precision engineering and by providing a high-quality seal face finish.

“This has been my first involvement on the Hydcovalves project and as with all of our test standards its tough-going and meticulous work is required to underpin the safety and certification which is paramount to the team. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the hydrogen testing process, and to be involved in close collaboration with the Oliver group of companies at a very exciting time within the energy industry.”

For more information on Twinsafe’s range of Hydrogen valves or to discover Oliver R&D’s capabilities and service, please contact Ian Bryant or Nick Howard on 01565 632 636 | sales@valves.co.uk | www.valves.co.uk

Oliver Twinsafe’s in-house paint shop has been busy applying the finishing paint to an order of several hundred double block and bleed valves that are bound for Saudi Arabia. The customer has requested to have a number of valves custom painted, either fully or partially, with identification markings across the casing and flange; a request that Twinsafe have become experts fulfilling.

The paint shop is fully equipped with the latest shot blast and spray paint booths, curing rooms, and has the capacity of 100’s of valves per day. A wide range of stove cured wet paint systems are available to choose from, they include: zinc rich epoxies, inorganic zinc silicates, epoxy mastics, high temperature silicone, epoxy phenolics, acrylics, and polyurethanes. Also offered are specialist painting techniques such as Thermally Sprayed Aluminium – this is an application of molten metal, usually aluminium, which gives a very high corrosion resistance for use at very high operating temperatures. NACE inspection is available on request and supplied with full paint certification and reports.

To get a high standard paint finish, the valves complete a thorough process, that include, degreasing and masking the valve to prevent ingress of shot in the bore, shot blasting, priming, intermediate coats applied, and then finished with a top coat in your chosen RAL or BS colours. Identification markings painted on the valve are always an option too and these can be fully customised to include application of a multi-layer painting process to conform to your own specification.

For your next custom painted valves, contact Oliver Twinsafe Valves on 01565 632 636, email sales@valves.co.uk or visit the website www.valves.co.uk