Valves & Fittings, Inc.

What Valves & Fittings, Inc. does

Valves & Fittings, Inc. (legal entity: Ohio Pipe Valves & Fittings Inc.; doing business as Automated Valve & Equipment Co. and ValvePros) is a Cleveland, Ohio-based industrial valve distributor and valve-automation services provider serving the Northern Ohio region. The firm distributes ball, butterfly, knife gate, gate, globe, check, and control valves, plus basket strainers, sourced from more than 45 manufacturers including ORBINOX, Mueller Steam Specialty (Watts), VALVCON, VALVSYS, Elliott, BelGas, Crane, Spirax/Sarco, Apollo, and Habonim. Its customers are industrial end users across power, process, steel, oil and gas, water/wastewater, and food processing, together with OEMs and contractors requiring valve assemblies and automation components for incorporation into equipment or construction projects.

The technical core of the business is an in-house actuation shop that assembles and configures customized electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic valve automation solutions — covering rack-and-pinion and scotch-yoke pneumatic designs, hydraulic actuators, and electric actuators in 115VAC, 230VAC, 12VDC, and 24VDC variants with spring-return or battery-backup options. Capabilities extend to low-pressure air (down to 10 psig), high-cycle, high-speed (up to 100 ms), high-temperature, submerged, water-powered, sanitary, and chemical-resistant applications. Networking support includes AS-Interface, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, DeviceNet, Modbus, and HART, and the firm tracks each assembly with a unique number and archived bill of materials to support re-orders.

Revenue is generated through one-time product sales (industrial valves, actuators, and strainers), professional services for valve automation assembly and configuration, and custom machining and fabrication (boring, milling, turning, CNC work, pipe cut, thread, and grooved services). Pricing is quote-based across all product and service lines with no public list pricing; customer acquisition runs through direct phone sales, an online quote-request workflow on valvepros.com, Thomasnet.com listings, and a LinkedIn/Facebook presence. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investment, operates from a single Cleveland headquarters, and holds exclusive Northern Ohio distribution rights for Mueller Steam Specialty (Watts, since 2015) and ORBINOX Knife Gate Valves (since 2014).

Name

Valves & Fittings, Inc.

Legal name

Ohio Pipe Valves & Fittings Inc.

Website

https://valvepros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Valves & Fittings, Inc. (dba Automated Valve & Equipment Co. / ValvePros) is a Cleveland, Ohio-based industrial distributor and value-added valve automation services provider serving power, process, steel, oil and gas, water/wastewater, food processing, OEM, and contractor customers across Northern Ohio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Valves & Actuators

NAICS

Metal Valve Manufacturing (33291), Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (332912), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Pipe Fittings, Couplings & Connectors (IMADALAD), Plumbing Valves & Controls (Shutoff, Mixing, Backflow) (IMADALAB)

Keywords

• Industrial valve distribution
• Valve automation services
• Pneumatic electric actuators
• Knife gate valves
• Industrial flow control

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Valve Product Sales: Distribution and sale of industrial valves including ball valves, butterfly valves, gate valves, knife gate valves, control valves, and strainers from multiple brand manufacturers.
2. Valve Automation Services: Custom valve automation solutions including pneumatic, electric, and hydraulic actuator installation and configuration. Value-added services including pipe insulation, pipe fabricating and machining, valve actuation and mounting, and special configurations.
3. Custom Machining & Fabrication: Production and short run jobs including boring, milling, turning, CNC work, pipe cut, thread and grooved services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Valves & Fittings, Inc. (operating as Automated Valve & Equipment Co. / ValvePros) distributes industrial valves, valve actuators, and strainers from multiple manufacturers and provides customized valve automation solutions through an in-house actuation shop. The company sells ball, butterfly, knife gate, gate, globe, check, and control valves along with electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic actuators, and offers value-added services including pipe fabrication, machining, actuation, mounting, and special configurations.

Product overview

Automated Valve & Equipment Co. (Valvepros.com) operates as a full-service valve automation company offering customized automation solutions for industrial valves. The core offering centers on valve automation services using electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic actuators, supported by an in-house actuation shop. The product portfolio includes VALVCON electric actuator series (V Series, ADC Series, ESR Series), VALVSYS electric actuators, Elliott's Uniflex-Stow remote mechanical valve operators, and Hermetix zero leak steam seals. The company also distributes industrial valves including ORBINOX knife gate valves (Series 10, 20, 21, 61) and Mueller Steam Specialty basket strainers (simplex and duplex configurations). Supporting services include custom machining, pipe fabrication, and valve actuation and mounting with networking capabilities for industrial control systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Valve Automation Services Customized automation solutions for electric, hydraulic, and pneumatic valve actuators using rack-and-pinion and scotch yoke pneumatic designs, hydraulic, and electric actuators (115VAC, 230VAC, 12VDC, 24VDC, spring return, battery operated) for industrial end users.
• Actuation Shop Services In-house value-added services including pipe insulation solutions, pipe fabricating and machining, valve actuation and mounting, and special configurations for industrial valve and piping projects.
• VALVCON V Series Electric Actuators Compact, rugged, reliable quarter-turn electric actuator for valve and damper applications, available in NEMA 4/4X and NEMA 4/4X/7&9 configurations with hardened steel spur gears and ISO 5211 mounting.
• VALVCON ADC Series Electric Actuators Electric actuators providing up to 3000 inch pounds of torque with optional internal back-up power for safe system shutdown during power loss, supporting up to 10 complete cycles under internal power.
• VALVCON ESR Series Electric Actuators Failsafe electric actuators with internal super-capacitor power storage for two-position operation using true two-wire control; drives to one position when energized and powers itself to the other when de-energized.
• VALVSYS EV Series Electric Actuator Compact and reliable electric actuator with ISO mounting for direct mount of ball valves, featuring ball bearings and optional modulating control cards.
• Elliott's Uniflex-Stow System Remote mechanical valve operator system offering flexible shaft and rigid rod configurations for safe actuation of hard-to-reach valves in hazardous areas, with maximum operating torque of 200 ft-lbs.
• ORBINOX Knife Gate Valves ORBINOX knife gate, sluicegate and slidegate valves (Series 10, 20, 21, 61) for bulk handling, cement, gypsum/lime, mining, dredging, steel, paper, pulp and paper recycling, power plants, chemical, wastewater, and food and beverage applications in sizes up to 96 inches.
• Mueller Steam Specialty Basket Strainers Single and dual basket strainers (Simplex and Duplex/Ball-Plex configurations) for pipeline protection in continuous flow applications, available in cast iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum bronze, and ductile iron.
• AVE Balancing Valve Manual control balancing valve with indicating scale and locking plate for critical accuracy requirements in high temperature, corrosive service, air, liquid, slurry and steam applications.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mueller Steam Specialty (Watts)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 July 2015Exclusive Northern Ohio manufacturer's representative for Mueller Steam Specialty division of Watts, acquired through TechniQuip Inc. acquisition on July 1, 2015. Offers complete line of Mueller pipe strainers including simplex and duplex basket strainers.
• ORBINOXcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 April 2014Exclusive Northern Ohio distributor for ORBINOX Knife Gate Valves. Production facilities in Amory, Miss. and Anueta, Spain. Offers knife gate, sluicegate and slidegates in sizes up to 96 inches for bulk handling, cement, gypsum/lime, mining, dredging, steel, paper and paper recycling applications.
• BelGascoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNorthern Ohio industrial distributor for BelGas products.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Crane Co. Crane Co. is a diversified industrial manufacturer with significant industrial valve, process flow, and engineered materials businesses (Crane ChemPharma & Energy, Crane Supply). Valves & Fittings already carries Crane and Crane Duo-Chek brands, indicating direct product portfolio overlap.
• Powell Industries: Powell is a manufacturer of engineered valve products (Powell Valves) and integrated electrical/instrumentation solutions for power and process industries. It is also a brand Valves & Fittings distributes, putting it in the same vertical with overlapping product lines.
• Spirax-Sarco Engineering: Spirax-Sarco is a global leader in steam specialties, control valves, and peristaltic pumps. Valves & Fittings carries Spirax/Sarco products and serves overlapping power, process, and food processing customers with comparable steam-and-flow-control solutions.
• Flowserve Corporation: Flowserve is a major global manufacturer of industrial valves, pumps, and seal/automation services. It is a broad incumbent serving power, oil & gas, chemical, and water end markets that overlap with Valves & Fittings' customer base, though at vastly greater scale and scope.
• Mueller Steam Specialty (Watts Water Technologies): Watts Water's Mueller Steam Specialty division manufactures strainers and steam specialties. It is the principal supplier for Valves & Fittings under an exclusive Northern Ohio master rep agreement, making it both a key partner and the most direct upstream comparable supplier of products the company distributes.
• Emerson Electric (Fisher Controls): Emerson, through its Fisher Controls and Bettis actuator brands, is a leading global supplier of industrial control valves, regulating valves, and valve actuators. It competes head-to-head with the brands Valves & Fittings distributes (VALVCON, etc.) and serves the same power, process, and oil & gas verticals.

Direct peers

• Bonney Forge Corporation: Bonney Forge manufactures forged steel valves, fittings, and piping components for oil & gas, power, and chemical end markets. Bonney Forge is among the brands Valves & Fittings distributes, providing direct product overlap with forged valve and fitting lines.
• Apollo Valves (Aalberts Hydronic Flow Control): Apollo Valves is a manufacturer of industrial and commercial valves (ball, butterfly, gate, check) used in plumbing, HVAC, and industrial applications. Valves & Fittings is an Apollo distributor, making it a direct brand-peering competitor at the product line level.
• ORBINOX: ORBINOX is a manufacturer of knife gate valves, sluice gates, and slide gates used in bulk handling, mining, pulp and paper, and wastewater. Valves & Fittings is the exclusive Northern Ohio distributor; the product portfolios overlap directly at the knife gate valve category.

Regional players

• Industrial Controls Distributors LLC: Industrial Controls Distributors is an independent industrial valve and automation distributor serving the Midwest with similar direct-sales, custom-actuation, and project-services capabilities. It is a regional playbook-comparable peer competing for similar customers in neighboring Ohio/Pennsylvania markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AutomatedValveEquipment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ohio-pipe-valves-&-fittings-inc-

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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