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“ We also supply a lot of equipment for the rail transportation market in the US , primarily for crude oil . Putting down a pipeline can be prohibitively expensive , so rail cars are a more viable option . The rail wagon market is a highly diverse sector , both in terms of customer specifications and geographical operating conditions . Our many years of experience in designing valve solutions for liquid and gas transportation has enabled us to produce a range of robust valves and access equipment , with versions that suit the requirements of the European and American markets . Our equipment has also been widely used on tanks transporting and storing chemicals , fuel , acids , and waste cargoes in the offshore drilling industry ,” he explains . “ We have recently developed a range of valves to meet the requirements of the European rail car industry and have been successful in winning a significant proportion of this market .”
Fort Vale is synonymous with excellence in engineering and the company takes pride in being at the cutting edge of technology . With its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility , the company has total control over all processes from research and development , design , investment casting , pressing , forging , plasma , and laser cutting to assembly , testing and certification . Multiple in-house test facilities are suitable for the full range of products from impact testing , air and liquid flow tests to high pressure testing for gas valves .
“ We design all our own products and continually develop new products and improve on the design of existing ones . We also have very sophisticated test
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the heart of plastic manufacturing and sealing solutions , our precision-engineered components set the standard across all industries and as proud members of the British Valve and Actuator Association , we celebrate Fort Vale ’ s continued growth .
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