At a glance
History
- Founded in 1950
People
- Over 1,700 employees
Global network
- 13 production facilities
- 4 plants in North America
- 4 plants in Europe
- 5 plants in Asia
- 2 stocking distribution centers
- Hundreds of distributors worldwide
- Over 60 service shops worldwide
Focus
- Entirely focused on industrial valves
Product line
- A world-leading range of cast and forged steel gate, globe, check, ball, triple-offset, knife gate, highly engineered severe service valves, and steam traps offering superior performance across all major industrial applications.
Primary industries served
- Fossil, nuclear, and cogeneration power
- Oil and gas
- Refining and petrochemicals
- Chemicals and pharmaceutical
- LNG and cryogenics
- Marine
- HVAC
- Mining
- Water and wastewater
- Pulp and paper
- Subsea
Quality
- All major approvals
- ASME N stamp and NPT for nuclear valves (since 1970)
- ISO 9001 (since 1991), currently certified to ISO 9001:2008
- PED
- SIL certificates
- GOST (TR and RTN)
- API 6A and API 6D
- TA-Luft
- Quality programs fully compliant with ISO-9001, NCA 4000, ASME NQA-1 and 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, surveyed by ASME and audited by NUPIC, Northrop Grumman Newport News, DCMA, utilities, architect/engineers, and other organizations from around the world
- Total Process Improvement Program, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma
Engineering
- Leader in valve design with many first-to-market innovations
- Extensive engineering, R&D, cycle test facilities, and stress analysis
- Proven ability to satisfy special project requirements
- Field Engineering Services
Production capabilities
- Leader in automated production
- CNC machines
- Multi-station transfer machines
Velan value
- Strong management team, stable company
- Products proven to offer:
- Low emissions
- Easy maintenance
- Long and reliable service
- Low total cost of ownership
- Quality that lasts
