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Shipham Valve wins Queen's Award ~ Thursday 21st April 2005
One of Britains longest established valve manufacturing businesses has been presented with the Queens Award for Enterprise in the International category after raising the level of exports by 275% over three years.

Shipham Valves manufacture a wide range of valves, gates, globes, ball check and hydrants from ½" to 42" in materials from bronze through to titanium and zirconium, producing a total of 34,000 specialty valves in the past year. International success has been being achieved with valve applications as diverse as those carrying seawater used in cooling and fire break applications, and those carrying aggressive acids in chemical plants. In the last three years, the company has been involved in almost all of the major oil and gas projects around the world and manufactures the most diverse range of valves, in the most diverse range of materials of any independent valve manufacturer in Europe.

Years of product development in terms of materials, design and reliability, has won us international recognition. said managing director John Wall. Our reputation for delivering large project requirements on time to the required quality is now, we believe, second to none. This award recognises the contribution of the whole workforce and their determined focus on time delivery and excellent quality.

Shiphams employ seventy staff and export a huge 75% of their total annual sales and has operated continuously in Yorkshire for over 200 years.
The company is a part of manufacturing group Flow Group, with sales approaching £20m and an international presence in sales and distribution.

John Wall managing director Shipham Valves 01482 323163
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