Xomox Sanmar Limited, a joint venture of Sanmar Engineering Corporation (SEC), a leading supplier of engineered valves in India and Crane Co., USA, a diversified global manufacturer of engineered industrial products, inaugurated their power plant valve manufacturing facility in Viralimalai (near Tiruchirapalli), India, on 21 September 2009.
Massimo Amato, Managing Director, CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions, India, Rick Underwood, Global Supply Development, CRANE ENERGY-Pacific Valve, Vincent Buffa, President, CRANE Energy Flow Solutions, Vijay Sankar, Deputy Chairman, The Sanmar Group, M N Radhakrishnan, Chairman, SEC & SMC, Wolfgang Maar, VP-Sales, CRANE Energy Flow Solutions.
Sanmar Engineering Corporation and Crane Co., extended their existing 25 year old joint venture Xomox Sanmar Limited in 2008 to include the manufacture of Crane Energy’s Pacific brand of high pressure gate, globe and check valves.
A state-of-the-art 30,000 sq.ft. plant has been commissioned in Viralimalai, near Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. This plant manufactures both manual and motorised high pressure gate and globe valves, non return check valves for India’s power sector and process industries, apart from being a part of the global manufacturing network for Crane Energy. Xomox Sanmar Limited – Pacific Valves Division will offer an extensive range of high pressure, low pressure and forged valves for use in captive power plants and utility power plants.
Pacific Valves, a division of Crane Energy Flow Solutions based in Long Beach, California, USA, is the market leader in North America for supply of high pressure power plant valves. Pacific Valves has been supplying these valves globally to both sub-critical and super-critical power plants and has one of the largest installed base of C12A valves required for use in high pressure and high temperature applications.
Vijay Sankar cuts the ribbon at the inauguration.
“We are very happy to expand our existing joint venture with Crane. With this joint venture, India now has a world-class supplier for power plant valves,”
N Sankar
Chairman, The Sanmar Group.
Vincent Buffa, Crane Co., inaugurates the facility.
“The Pacific Valves Division facility is coming up at the right time to cater to the rapidly growing power sector in our country. India is going to be the biggest power market over the next two decades, and this plant is coming up at a perfect time.”
Vijay Sankar
Deputy Chairman, The Sanmar Group.
“We are excited to team up with Sanmar Engineering to offer our pressure seal valves to serve the growing demand for these products in India and is part of our initiative to have a global manufacturing footprint.”
Vincent Michael Buffa
President, Crane Energy Flow Solutions.