Alco Valves Wins Queen’s Award for International Trade

Published: 13th May 2014 | Issue 29 Share article:

Team effort: Alco staff outside their Brighouse Facility

Team effort: Alco staff outside their Brighouse Facility

Alco Valves Group, the West Yorkshire based valve manufacturer, is proud to announce it has been awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise. The Group has received the award in the International Trade category for 2014 which recognises outstanding export performance and demonstrates the sustainable growth achieved over the past three years.

Alco Valves Group, with its head office based in Brighouse UK, is the largest privately owned valve manufacturing business in the surrounding area and one of the biggest in the UK with well over 100 employees. The Group has been in business for over 35 years and comprises five operating companies; Alco Valves, Alco Process Valves, Alco Hi-Tek, Alco Sub-Tek and Alco Components. Through these five companies Alco is able to provide an extensive range of high performance isolation valves, double block and bleed valves (DBB’s), a large range of manifold valves for varied applications including topside, subsea, critical service, severe service, low temperature, high and super high pressures as well as low, medium and high pressure instrumentation valves and pipeline interface solutions.

The Group operates sales offices, manufacturing plants, technical support offices and warehouses in five UK locations and via its overseas locations in Houston Texas USA, Toronto and Calgary in Canada, the Middle East and Singapore in South East Asia.

In addition to its own facilities and locations this British manufacturer has a comprehensive and wide distribution network of partners and agents around the world. Alco’s products have become synonymous with quality and reliability and as such the Group has become a trusted partner for many in the oil, gas and subsea industries throughout the World.

Stuart Lomax, Alco Group’s Managing Director & Chairman said:-

‘On behalf of all at Alco Valves Group, we are very proud to win such a highly prestigious award; it is a real honour and well-deserved recognition of our team’s abilities and ongoing efforts.

We thank all of the participators in Alco’s growth, past and present, for their contributions in making Alco Group the success story it is today. Deep gratitude is extended to our diverse range of customers working in so many industries and countries around the World and appreciation and thanks also go to our dedicated and loyal suppliers.

We look forward to building on this achievement and continuing to provide customers with the best-in-class products they demand though our World-wide service network.’

If you would like to know more about Alco Group or perhaps even seek a career with us visit our website for more details.

Alco Valves
Tel: 01484 710511
www.alco-valves.com

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