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PCC Purchases English Valve Maker.


Precision Castparts Corp (PCC PCC prothrombin complex concentrate. ), Portland, Oregon Oregon, city, United States
Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products.
, has acquired the assets of Reiss Valves from The Reiss Engineering Co., Ltd., in a deal valued at $3 million.

Reiss, located in Peterborough, England, manufactures knife gate valves A Gate Valve, or Sluice Valve, as it is sometimes known, is a valve that opens by lifting a round or rectangular gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid. The distinct feature of a gate valve is the sealing surfaces between the gate and seats are planar.  and serves the pulp and paper, water/wastewater, power, cement cement, binding material used in construction and engineering, often called hydraulic cement, typically made by heating a mixture of limestone and clay until it almost fuses and then grinding it to a fine powder.  manufacturing, and new construction industries. PCC Flow Technologies, a subsidiary of PCC, plans to expand Reiss' penetration of the U.K. market and to introduce Reiss valves to the European and U.S. markets through its growing number of distribution channels.

PCC Flow Technologies, one of six PCC subsidiaries, manufactures valves, pumps and fluid measurement equipment for a wide range of markets, including energy, water/wastewater, chemical and construction. PCC is a worldwide manufacturer of complex metal components and products.
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Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2000
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