Tosaca

What Tosaca does

Tosaca (legal entity TOSACA, S.A.) is a privately held Spanish manufacturer of industrial safety relief valves, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Badalona, Barcelona. The company designs, manufactures, tests, and inspects a complete range of direct spring-loaded safety relief valves across six product families (Models 1216, 1216 B, 1216 C, 1216 HPHydrogen, 1400, and 1415), covering sizes from ½" to 20" and pressure ratings up to ANSI 2500. Materials span carbon and stainless steel through exotic alloys including Inconel, Duplex, and SuperDuplex, with an in-house specialty coatings division offering ECTFE/Halar (Niflon) and custom corrosion/temperature protection. The company is certified to ISO 9001:2015, CE under Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU (Category IV), ATEX 2014/34/EU, and holds the ASME UV Stamp, enabling market access across the EU, explosive-atmosphere applications, and ASME-recognizing jurisdictions. Tosaca serves five primary verticals: Energy (oil and gas, power), Chemicals, Water, Food, and Cryogenic (including LNG and liquefied gases), with a high-pressure hydrogen-specific valve (Model 1216 HPHydrogen, up to 344 barg) addressing emerging clean-energy applications.

The business operates a direct-sales model from its Spanish headquarters with pricing quoted EXW Badalona under Incoterms 2000, supplemented by approved stock and workshop partners in more than 54 countries. A web-based 'Build Your Valve' configurator enables customers to self-specify connection type, dimensions, materials, pressure class, seat type, and cap style, generating technical specifications and quote requests. The company employs 11-50 people and is led by CEO Pedro Cánovas under long-tenured independent ownership, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, mergers, acquisitions, or parent-company relationships. Revenue is generated through one-time sales of customized certified valves, with no subscription, licensing, or recurring revenue streams identified. Customer-specific pricing is provided on quotation rather than publicly listed, and the company operates both as a manufacturer and as an indirect distributor via its international stock and workshop network.

Name

Tosaca

Legal name

TOSACA, S.A.

Website

https://tosaca-valves.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tosaca is a Spanish manufacturer of certified safety relief valves (½" to 20", up to ANSI 2500), founded 1989 in Badalona, exporting to 54+ countries across Energy, Chemicals, Water, Food, and Cryogenic industrial customers under ISO 9001, CE, ATEX, and ASME certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Safety Relief Valves

NAICS

Metal Valve Manufacturing (33291), Industrial Valve Manufacturing (332911)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Pressure Management & Overpressure Protection (Regulators, Relief Valves, OPS) (EUAJADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seals, Valves & Auxiliary Components (for Pumps/Compressors) (IMAHANAH)

Keywords

• Safety relief valves
• Pressure relief valves
• Spring-loaded valves
• Industrial valve manufacturing
• Cryogenic hydrogen valves

Headquarters

HQ city

Badalona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Safety Relief Valve Sales: TOSACA generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of safety relief valves. The company sells directly to customers globally, offering customized valves configured through their online tool. Pricing is provided as EXW Badalona (Incoterms 2000) according to their terms of sale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tosaca designs, manufactures, tests, and sells direct spring-loaded safety relief valves for gas, liquid, and steam service. Valves range from 1/2" to 20" up to ANSI 2500 in materials from carbon and stainless steel to Inconel, Duplex, and SuperDuplex, with an online 'Build Your Valve' configurator for customization.

Product overview

Tosaca is a manufacturer of safety relief valves offering a complete product line of direct spring-loaded valves. The product portfolio consists of six distinct models: Model 1216 (threaded, up to PN-40), Model 1216 B (flanged, up to ANSI300), Model 1216 C (clamp-style, PN-10), Model 1216 HPHydrogen (high-pressure hydrogen service, up to PN-400), Model 1400 (large flanged, up to PN-100), and Model 1415 (heavy-duty flanged, up to ANSI2500). Sizes range from 1/2" to 20" with pressure ratings up to ANSI 2500. Materials include nodular, carbon steel, low temperature carbon steel, stainless steel, Inconel, Duplex, SuperDuplex, and special coatings in ECTFE/Halar. The company also provides a Build Your Valve online configuration tool allowing customers to specify connection type, dimensions, material, pressure class, seat type, and cap style.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Model 1216 Threaded safety relief valve for gas, liquid, and steam service with metal-metal, PTFE, or Viton seats. Dimensions from 1/2" x 3/4" to 2" x 2", rated up to PN-40. For industrial overpressure protection.
• Model 1216 B Flanged safety relief valve supporting PN-16, PN-40, ANSI150 and ANSI300 ratings in sizes 15, 20, 25, 1/2", 3/4" and 1". Metal-metal, PTFE, or Viton seats with 10% overpressure tolerance for steam/gas and 25% for liquids.
• Model 1216 C Clamp-style safety relief valve conforming to CLAMP ISO 2852 PN-10 for steam, gases, vapour, and liquids. Dimensions from 15 x 25 to 40 x 40 with metal-metal, PTFE, or Viton seats and minimum set pressure 0.2 barg.
• Model 1216 HPHydrogen High-pressure hydrogen-specific safety relief valve in stainless steel 316L. Threaded BSP/NPT connections rated PN-400 (up to 344 barg maximum), sizes from 1/2" x 3/4" to 1" x 1" with metal-metal seat. For hydrogen service applications.
• Model 1400 Full-lift direct spring-loaded safety relief valve with flanged connections rated PN-16 to PN-100. Dimensions from 15 x 25 to 400 x 500 in carbon steel, stainless steel, LCC and SuperDuplex with metal-metal, PTFE, Viton, or 17-4PH seats.
• Model 1415 Large-scale/heavy-duty safety relief valve with flanged connections rated ANSI150 to ANSI2500. Dimensions from 1/2" x 1" to 16" x 20" in Carbon steel A216 WCB, A217 WC6, S.S. A351 CF3M, LCC and SuperDuplex. Suitable for steam, gases, vapour, liquids and cryogenic service.
• Build Your Valve Configurator Online configuration tool allowing customers to specify connection type, dimensions, material, pressure class, seat type, cap style, and process fluid to generate technical specifications and request a quote for a customized valve.
• Specialty Coatings Finishing paint and special coatings division providing external corrosion, internal corrosion, or temperature-resistant coatings (including ECTFE/Halar/Niflon) for valves in demanding service conditions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplies to more than 54 countries globally

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LESER GmbH & Co. KG: LESER is a German specialist manufacturer of safety relief valves with global sales, the closest direct comparable to Tosaca in product scope (spring-loaded safety/relief valves), certification footprint, and target customer verticals (chemicals, oil & gas, petrochemical).
• Velan Inc. Velan manufactures industrial valves including safety relief valves for severe-service applications (oil & gas, nuclear, cryogenic), making it a direct product-category peer to Tosaca with overlapping certifications (ASME, API) and customer verticals.
• Bopp & Reuther (CIRCOR International): Bopp & Reuther, part of CIRCOR, specializes in safety valves and pressure-protection devices for industrial markets, overlapping directly with Tosaca's product scope and customer base (refining, chemicals, power).
• Bonetti & C. S.p.A. Bonetti is a niche European safety/relief valve specialist serving chemical, petrochemical, and oil & gas customers with comparable size and product focus to Tosaca, making it a closely analogous small specialty manufacturer in the same category.

Broad incumbents

• Crosby Valve (Emerson): Crosby is a heritage brand of spring-loaded safety relief valves now part of Emerson's final control portfolio; it competes with Tosaca in the same ASME/API safety-valve category at much larger scale and with deeper EPC relationships.
• Anderson Greenwood (Pentair): Anderson Greenwood, part of Pentair's flow and filtration business, is a direct safety/relief valve brand competing head-to-head with Tosaca in oil & gas and chemical service, though Pentair's portfolio is much broader than Tosaca's.
• Flowserve Corporation: Flowserve is a global industrial flow-control player offering pumps, valves, and seals including safety relief valves; it competes with Tosaca on large energy and chemical projects but at significantly larger scale and with broader portfolio.
• Curtiss-Wright (Target Rock / Enertech): Curtiss-Wright's Enertech/Target Rock brands supply safety and relief valves, including nuclear-qualified and high-pressure models, competing directly with Tosaca in energy and cryogenic applications through a much larger defense/industrial parent.
• KSB SE & Co. KGaA: KSB is a European-based manufacturer of pumps, valves, and related service with safety valve offerings, making it a regional incumbent peer to Tosaca in industrial safety/relief valves across chemical and water applications.
• Weir Group (ESCO / Delta): Weir's pressure-control and valve businesses serve oil & gas and industrial markets with safety relief valves, positioning it as a comparable, much larger European-origin competitor to Tosaca in upstream and process-industry applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tosacasa
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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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