Ibor Valves

What Ibor Valves does

Ibor Valves S.L. is a privately held Spanish industrial valve manufacturer founded in 1970, headquartered in Castellar del Vallès (Barcelona). The company designs, manufactures, and supplies a comprehensive portfolio of industrial valves — including trunnion, floating, twin/DBB, HTF, cryogenic (-196°C), and pig ball valves, plus triple offset butterfly, gate, globe, and check valves, and custom special-valve equipment — for the oil & gas, petrochemical, LNG, mining, chemical, power, and municipal environmental sectors. Manufacturing is fully in-house, spanning CNC machining, forging through finished-valve assembly, in-house testing up to 2,500 lb, painting, and packing, with engineering supported by SolidWorks and SW Simulation for thermal, structural, and fluid/structure-interaction analysis. The company holds an extensive set of industry certifications including API 6D, API 6FA/607 and ISO 10497 fire safe, ISO 15848-1 Class A fugitive emissions, SIL 2, PED 2014/68/EU, ATEX, and Russian market approvals (GOST-R, RMRS, RTN, TR CU 032/2013).

Ibor Valves operates a project-based, engineered-to-order B2B revenue model with 92% of sales exported (as of 2015) to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Russia, Africa, and the United States. Manufacturing is located in Spain (HQ) and the United Arab Emirates, with sales offices in Spain, China, and the UAE. The company sells directly to engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors and to end users, supported by a worldwide representative network and active participation in major industry exhibitions (ADIPEC, Valve World Expo, OTD, MIOGE, ACHEMA, OGA). Documented reference customers include Yamal LNG, Técnicas Reunidas, Total Russia, Rosneft, Petrofac, Petronor, Repsol, Sacyr, Eurochem, and a major European car battery manufacturer. Pricing is custom and project-specific, with no public disclosure of unit pricing or revenue figures.

Name

Ibor Valves

Legal name

IBOR VALVES S.L.

Website

https://iborvalves.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ibor Valves is a privately held Spanish industrial valve manufacturer (founded 1970) that designs and produces certified ball, butterfly, gate, globe, and cryogenic valves for the oil & gas, petrochemical, LNG, mining, chemical, and power industries, selling directly to EPC contractors and end users globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Valves

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Valves & Cartridge Valves (Directional, Pressure, Flow Control) (IMAHAGAE)

Keywords

• Industrial ball valves
• Cryogenic valves
• Oil and gas valves
• Butterfly valves
• Flow control equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Valve Sales: B2B manufacturing and sales of industrial valves (ball valves, butterfly valves, gate valves, globe valves, check valves) to Oil & Gas, petrochemical, mining, chemical, and power industries. Valves are manufactured per client specifications with custom engineering.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Ibor Valves is a Spanish industrial valve manufacturer that designs, produces and tests a comprehensive range of ball valves (trunnion, floating, twin/DBB, HTF, cryogenic, pig), butterfly valves, gate valves, globe valves and check valves for the oil and gas, petrochemical, mining, chemical, and power industries. Valves are custom-manufactured to client specifications with in-house CNC machining, assembly, testing up to 2,500 lb, painting, and packing, and are delivered both to EPC contractors and direct end users worldwide.

Product overview

IBOR Valves is a European valve manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial valves primarily serving the oil and gas, petrochemical, LNG, mining, chemical, and power industries. The core product line centers on ball valves (including Trunnion, Floating, Twin Ball DBB, HTF, Cryogenic, and Pig Valves), complemented by butterfly valves, check valves, gate valves, globe valves, and custom special valve equipment. The company operates with over 40 years of experience and 92% export rate, providing both standard and customized valve solutions with in-house manufacturing capabilities including CNC machining, assembly, testing, painting, and packing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trunnion Ball Valves Trunnion-mounted ball valves designed for high-pressure and high-temperature applications in oil and gas, petrochemical and LNG services, available in side entry and top entry configurations with soft or metal seats.
• Floating Ball Valves Floating ball valves where the ball is not mechanically restrained, allowing it to seal against the downstream seat under pressure; suitable for general industrial applications.
• Twin Ball Valves (Double Block and Bleed) Double block and bleed (DBB) twin ball valves providing two isolation functions in a single valve body with a bleed port between seats.
• HTF Ball Valves Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) ball valves designed for thermal oil applications in power and industrial processing plants.
• Cryogenic Ball Valves Ball valves engineered for cryogenic service at -196°C, manufactured in trunnion or floating design with NACE MR0175 materials for LNG and natural gas applications.
• Pig Valves Specialized ball valves designed for pipeline pigging operations, offering compact design for installation-area reduction and high cleaning effectiveness.
• Butterfly Valves Triple offset butterfly valves for throttling and flow control, featuring a design that prevents metal seat and seal contact except at complete closure.
• Check Valves Non-return valves designed to prevent backflow in piping systems.
• Gate Valves Linear-motion valves for isolation applications, allowing straight-line fluid flow when open.
• Globe Valves Throttling valves with spherical disc for precise flow regulation, including jacketed versions for temperature control.
• Special Valves Equipment Custom-engineered valve solutions for specialized industrial applications, including injection equipment and custom configurations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ years of valve industry experience
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• José Luis López Romero (Sales Manager)coreOthers · 27 July 2020Key personnel addition: José Luis López Romero as Sales Manager, joining the IBOR team to strengthen sales operations.
• Saker Irsheid (International Sales Area Manager)coreOthers · 27 July 2020Key personnel addition: Saker Irsheid as International Sales Area Manager, expanding IBOR's international sales capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Flowserve Corporation: One of the world's largest industrial flow control companies with extensive ball, gate, globe, butterfly and control valve lines plus aftermarket service for oil & gas, power, chemical and water — sets the global benchmark Ibor competes against on large LNG and refinery projects.
• Baker Hughes (Cameron): Supplies industrial valves (Cameron, Consolidated, W-K-M brands) for upstream, midstream, LNG and refinery projects — relevant incumbent competitor with global project execution capability similar to the EPCs Ibor supplies.
• Craneww plc (Crane Valve Group): Global manufacturer of process valves (ball, gate, globe, check, butterfly) under brands such as Crane, Stockham, and DEPA for oil & gas, chemical, power and general industrial — much broader portfolio and global manufacturing footprint, competing with Ibor on larger EPC bids.
• Emerson Electric (Fisher / Pentair Valves & Controls heritage): Global industrial automation and valve portfolio including Fisher control valves, Vanessa triple-offset, and related severe-service valves — competes with Ibor on EPC and end-user bids across oil & gas, LNG and petrochemical.

Direct peers

• Kitz Corporation: Japanese manufacturer of industrial valves (ball, gate, globe, check, butterfly) for oil & gas, chemical, and power with strong export presence and comparable API 6D/ISO certifications — overlaps with Ibor on product mix, end markets, and global project-based sales model.
• Bonney Forge Corporation: Manufacturer of forged steel ball, gate, globe and check valves for oil & gas, petrochemical, power and LNG — comparable mid-sized industrial valve specialist with similar API/SIL certifications and EPC project sales motion.
• Orbinox (part of AVK Group): European-based manufacturer of knife gate, ball, butterfly and check valves for industrial, water, and energy applications — similar mid-sized European industrial valve manufacturer competing on similar end-user specifications in EMEA.
• Velan Inc. Canadian manufacturer of severe-service industrial valves including ball, gate, globe, and check valves for oil & gas, petrochemical, power and LNG — directly comparable product portfolio, customer base (including LNG/cryogenic), and API/SIL/Fire Safe certifications.

Emerging players

• Neway Valve (Suzhou Neway Valve Co.): Chinese valve manufacturer of ball, gate, globe and check valves with growing global presence in oil & gas and power — overlapping product portfolio and end markets, but with lower cost positioning that pressures European players like Ibor on price-sensitive tenders.

Regional players

• Severn Glocon Group: UK-based manufacturer of severe-service valves (gate, globe, check, ball) primarily for oil & gas — comparable mid-sized European/UK valve specialist with overlapping upstream and downstream project focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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