Everest Valve Company

What Everest Valve Company does

Everest Valve Company is a Houston, Texas-based custom manufacturer of industrial valves and pipeline equipment, founded in 1978. The company designs and fabricates a broad portfolio that includes butterfly valves (control, cryogenic, damper, high-performance, J-seal, refractory-lined, resilient seat), check valves (horizontal swing, combination, wafer, tilting disc), gate valves (wedge, slide/guillotine, knife, pipeline), atmospheric relief valves, decoking valves, tank bottom/ram valves, lever linkage/cam valves, strainers, line blinds, and pig launchers/receivers. All materials are 100% sourced and manufactured in the USA at the company's Houston facility, with size ranges from 1" to 144" and pressure ratings up to 2500# ANSI.

Technical differentiation centers on a patented double wedge seal design for decoking valves that consolidates what is traditionally a two-valve block-and-bleed system into a single unit, plus in-house testing capability covering hydrotest to 2500# ANSI at 9000 PSIG, heat testing to +1800°F, and cryogenic testing to -320°F, with PMI, magnetic particle, dye penetrant, and valve signature testing available. Products are built to ASME Section VIII, ANSI B16.5, MSS-SP-44, API 6D, and API-600 specifications and serve demanding process conditions in chemical, petrochemical, refining, power generation, and pipeline applications.

Commercially, Everest is a private, founder-owned business (Phillip Blest and Braja Das as founders, Braja Das as President, Jeremy Blest as Vice President) that sells exclusively through direct, consultation-based B2B contact via phone and email with no e-commerce or third-party distribution. Pricing is custom quotation per specification with no public tiers, and revenue is generated on a one-time product-sale basis. No external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, partnerships, funding rounds, or active digital marketing channels are documented, and the company's geographic footprint is concentrated in North America.

Name

Everest Valve Company

Legal name

Everest Valve Company

Website

https://everestvalveusa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Everest Valve Company is a Houston, Texas-based custom manufacturer of industrial butterfly, check, gate, and relief valves plus pipeline equipment. Founded in 1978, the privately held, founder-owned firm serves chemical, petrochemical, power generation, and refining customers with 100% USA-made, engineered-to-spec products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Valves and Strainers

NAICS

Industrial Valve Manufacturing (332911), Metal Valve Manufacturing (33291), Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332919)

SIC

Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Industrial valves
• Butterfly valves
• Check valves
• Gate valves
• Pipeline strainers

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Valve Sales: Custom-designed and manufactured industrial valves and strainers sold as finished products. Revenue generated from one-time product sales with pricing based on specifications, materials, size, and pressure/temperature ratings. Products include butterfly valves, check valves, gate valves, relief valves, and specialized valves.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Everest Valve Company manufactures and sells custom-engineered industrial valves and strainers from its Houston, Texas facility. The product portfolio spans butterfly valves (control, cryogenic, damper, high performance, J-seal, refractory lined, resilient seat), check valves (horizontal swing, combination, wafer, tilting disc), gate valves (wedge, slide/guillotine, knife gate, pipeline), atmospheric relief valves, decoking valves, tank bottom/ram valves, lever linkage/cam valves, pipeline strainers, line blinds/bleed rings, and pig launchers/receivers. All products use 100% USA-made materials and are custom-designed to customer specifications by in-house chemical and mechanical engineers.

Product overview

Everest Valve Company is an industrial valve and strainer manufacturer established in 1978, offering a comprehensive portfolio of engineered valves and pipeline protection products. The company produces butterfly valves (including control, cryogenic, damper, high performance, J-seal, refractory lined, and resilient seat variants), check valves (horizontal swing, combination, wafer, and tilting disc), gate valves (wedge, slide/guillotine, knife gate, and pipeline), relief valves (atmospheric), and complementary products including decoking valves, tank bottom/ram valves, lever linkage/cam valves, strainers, line blinds/bleed rings, and pig launchers/receivers. All products are 100% made in the USA at the Houston, Texas facility. The company serves the chemical, petrochemical, refining, power generation, pulp and paper, and general industrial sectors with custom-designed solutions. Founded in 1978, the company is led by founders Phillip Blest and Braja Das (President) with Jeremy Blest as Vice President.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Control Valves Butterfly-type control valves sized 2" to 144" with ANSI ratings from 150# to 2500# and temperature ratings from -325°F to 1800°F. Available in wafer body, lug body, flanged end, or weld end connections with precision machined sealing areas using Stellite or other overlay materials, supporting electric or pneumatic actuators with positioners for chemical, petrochemical, and power generation process control applications.
• Cryogenic Butterfly Valves Cryogenic service butterfly valves sized 3" to 60" with ANSI 150# to 600# ratings for temperatures from -325°F to 450°F. Feature high-strength elongated stainless shafts with Nitronic bearings and spacers, Kel-F laminated disc seal for bubble tight sealing, with metal-to-metal seating option available for LNG and low-temperature process service.
• Damper Valves Heavy duty dampers sized 12" thru 144" (up to 14 feet) for controlling or shutting off process gas, air, flue gas, or liquids at low pressure (0 thru 25 PSIG) and temperatures from 50°F thru 1800°F. Available with swing thru, metal step seat, tadpole step seat, or resilient soft seat arrangements for chemical, petrochemical, heat recovery, pollution control, and water treatment applications.
• High Performance Valves High performance butterfly valves sized 3" thru 96" with ANSI ratings from 150# to 1500# and operating temperatures from -325°F to +1600°F. Feature laminated disc seals (Teflon, Gylon, Grafoil, Kel-F), extra deep stuffing box with double packing and lantern ring, oversized valve shafts with internal and external bearings, fire-safe design, and leakage specifications Class IV, V, VI or bubble tight.
• J-Seal Valves Butterfly valves with J-seal design sized 24" thru 144", rated for full vacuum pressure to 50 PSIG and temperatures from -50°F to 450°F. Feature bubble tight leakage in both directions, wafer, lug, flanged, or weld end connections, with optional double packing and lantern ring stem seal.
• Refractory Lined Valves Refractory lined butterfly valves sized 6" thru 144" rated for temperatures up to 1800°F. Feature seat purge ports with manual purging capability, available with manual, pneumatic, or electric actuators for high-temperature isolation service.
• Resilient Seat Valves Resilient seat butterfly valves sized 12" thru 144" rated for full vacuum to PSIG and temperatures from -50°F to 450°F. Available in stainless steel, alloy 20, duplex SS, carbon and alloy steel, Hastelloy, and Inconel with metal-to-metal seating or laminated disc sealing and bubble tight leakage in both directions.
• Horizontal Swing Check Valves Horizontal swing check valves sized 12" thru 60" conforming to ANSI B16.5, MSS-SP-44, and API Spec 6D. Full bore through conduit design fabricated from wrought and forged steel components, with precision machined seating for metal-to-metal, metal-to-elastomer, or metal-to-Teflon sealing. Optional features include clapper position indicator, slam retarder, and manual override.
• Combination Check Valves Combination check valves sized 6" to 96" for bidirectional flow control applications in pipeline and process service.
• Wafer Check Valves Wafer-style check valves sized 6" to 60" for installation between flanges with minimal pressure drop.
• Tilting Disc Check Valve Tilting disc check valves sized 3" to 48" rated for temperatures from 50°F to 1800°F. Body and disc materials include stainless steel 316, 304, Alloy 20, Duplex SS, Ferralium, Carbon and Alloy steel, Monel, Hastelloy, Inconel. Available with metal-to-metal, Teflon, Viton, or EPDM disc seals and wafer body, lug body, or flanged end connections.
• Wedge Gate Valves Wedge gate valves sized 12" to 72" available in solid wedge, flexible wedge, and double disc wedge designs. Pressure ratings from 150# ANSI to 900# ANSI with temperature range from -50°F to 1200°F for industrial isolation service.
• Slide / Guillotine Gate Valves Slide/guillotine gate valves sized 12" to 144" (up to 14 feet, square or rectangle) for low pressure flue gas or airflow service. Available in bonneted or bonnetless design with single or double seat arrangement, rated to 1450°F temperature and 5 PSI pressure. Three seat arrangements available: metal-to-metal single seat, tadpole seat, or double seat with purging for zero leakage.
• Knife Gate Valves Knife gate valves sized 4" to 96" for positive, non-clogging shut off in paper pulp, slurry, and suspended solid service. Available in bonnetless (150 PSI) and bonneted (up to 300# ANSI) designs with temperature range from 50°F to 1800°F. Support handwheel manual gear, hydraulic, or electric motor operators.
• Pipeline Gate Valves Pipeline gate valves sized 12" to 60" available in thru-conduit and slab gate designs with double block and bleed floating seat arrangement. Manufactured to API 6D and API-600 specifications, full bore to facilitate pipeline pigging operations. Pressure ratings from 150# ANSI thru 900# ANSI with temperature range from 20°F to 450°F.
• Atmospheric Relief Valves Atmospheric relief valves sized 6" to 60" (EARV, EARA type 1 & 2, and EARH models) providing automatic protection for turbine condenser equipment in power generation facilities. Feature water seal around the seat with overflow port, side mounted handwheel for manual lift, and automatic operation with special O-ring seals providing zero leakage in full vacuum conditions.
• Decoking Valves Block and bleed decoking valves sized 6" to 48" featuring a patented double wedge seal design with double stellited discs and stellited body seats. Built-in pressure purge chamber with removable bottom flange for coke fines removal. Pressure ratings 150# and 300#, temperature ratings 850°F (Carbon Steel) and 1500°F (High Alloy). The single valve replaces two traditional valves with piping connections in coker service.
• Tank Bottom / Ram Valves Tank bottom and ram valves sized 1" to 18" made in various materials including Stainless Steel 316, 304, Alloy 20, Duplex SS, Ferralium, Carbon and Alloy Steel, Monel, Hastelloy, Inconel. Rated for temperatures 50°F to 500°F, with metal-to-metal, Teflon, Viton, or EPDM disc seals. Feature bubble tight Class VI leakage specification with manual, pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric actuators.
• Lever Linkage / Cam Valves Lever linkage, cam actuated, and lever guided valves sized 12" to 60" (or 12" to 96" lever guided) for tight shut off and flow control at high temperatures and low pressures. Pressure range from 0 to 50 psi with temperature range from -50°F to 1200°F (intermittent). Feature metal-to-metal or resilient seat arrangements with single or double seal options.
• Strainers Pipeline strainers available in Type F (Flush), Type H (Horizontal), Type S (Vertical), and Type T (Tee) configurations. Installed in crude, product, and gas pipelines ahead of valves, meters, and pumps to protect equipment against solid material intrusion. Built in accordance with ASME Section VIII Div I & II, ANSI B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8 standards.
• Line Blinds / Bleed Rings Line blinds and bleed rings sized 1" to 24" (larger sizes available) available in Figure 8 or Paddle Blind configurations. Materials include Carbon Steel, Low Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel, or High Alloys with serrated, smooth, or Ring Joint facing options for positive pipeline isolation.
• Pig Launchers / Receivers Pig launchers and receivers sized 4" thru 24" with ANSI or API 150# thru 900# flanges. Feature Quick Open Closures (Tube Turn, Unibolt, or Huber Yale), with larger sizes available upon request for pipeline pigging operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Each valve or strainer is inspected and tested to meet or exceed rated pressure, temperature, leakage and first class workmanship requirements

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Direct peers

• Velan Inc. Velan is a global manufacturer of industrial valves including gate, globe, check, ball, butterfly, and severe-service valves for power, oil & gas, chemical, and pulp & paper. Directly comparable to Everest as a focused industrial valve specialist serving similar severe-service applications and end markets.
• KITZ Corporation: KITZ is a Japanese manufacturer of industrial valves including ball, gate, globe, check, butterfly, and stainless steel sanitary valves for chemical, petrochemical, and power industries. Comparable as a focused valve specialist with overlapping product families and severe-service capabilities.
• Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corp. Val-Matic is a U.S.-based manufacturer of butterfly valves, check valves, air valves, and gate valves for water, wastewater, and industrial applications. Directly comparable as a mid-sized custom-engineered valve specialist with similar butterfly and check valve product families.
• Neway Valve (Suzhou Neway Valve Co.): Neway Valve is a Chinese manufacturer of industrial valves including ball, gate, globe, check, butterfly, and severe-service valves for oil & gas, chemical, power, and LNG applications. Comparable to Everest in severe-service and cryogenic valve offerings and overlapping end markets, though primarily serving global EPC customers.
• Bonney Forge Corporation: Bonney Forge manufactures forged steel gate, globe, and check valves for oil & gas, petrochemical, and power generation. Comparable to Everest's forged/machined severe-service valve offering, particularly for refinery and power plant applications.

Broad incumbents

• Mueller Industries: Mueller Industries manufactures copper, brass, aluminum, and steel products including valves and fittings for plumbing, HVAC, and industrial markets. Comparable as a U.S.-based valve manufacturer serving industrial and infrastructure markets, though broader in product scope than Everest.
• Watts Water Technologies: Watts Water Technologies manufactures valves, flow control, and water safety products for plumbing, heating, and industrial applications. Comparable as an established valve manufacturer with engineering-driven product portfolio, though with greater focus on water and plumbing than Everest's process-industry base.
• Crane Co. (Crane ChemPharma & Energy): Crane ChemPharma & Energy is a division of Crane Co. producing severe-service valves, sight glasses, and pipeline equipment for chemical, petrochemical, refining, and power generation. Overlaps Everest in severe-service check and gate valves for process industries but operates at significantly larger scale.
• SPX FLOW (now part of Indutrade): SPX FLOW designs and manufactures process equipment including valves, pumps, and heat exchangers for food, beverage, chemical, and industrial markets. Overlaps Everest in specialty valve and flow control equipment, though SPX operates at much broader scale across multiple process equipment categories.
• Flowserve Corporation: Flowserve is one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial pumps, valves, seals, and related flow control equipment for oil & gas, chemical, power, and water industries. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same process industries as Everest with overlapping butterfly, gate, check, and severe-service valve portfolios.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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