Tyco opens new branch

June 2008 News

Tyco Valves & Controls Distribution has announced the opening of its new branch in Cape Town, with a view to providing better support to customers in the Western Cape and growing the installed base of valves and actuators.

Tyco Valves & Controls’ core business is the sales, support and distribution of valves and control products. The company currently services clients in markets such as mining, food and beverage, pulp and paper, power, iron and steel, petrochemical and heating, ventilation and cooling. The product ranges include: ball, butterfly knife-gate, gate, globe, check, zero leakage rotary process, safety relief valves as well as specialty valves for steam and power, actuators, positioners and process instruments.

Tyco Valves & Controls Distribution is a subsidiary of the Tyco International Group representing brands such as: Anderson Greenwood, AVID, Biffi, Clarkson, Crosby, Descote, Keystone, KTM, L&M Valve, MCF, Morin, NeoTecha, Rovalve, Vanessa, Varec and Yarway.

Branch manager, Hannes Oberholzer, says that the new office is committed to the company motto – ‘Big enough to deliver small enough to care.’

For more information contact Maureen Burrows, Tyco Valves & Controls, +27 (0)11 454 4801, mburrows@tyco-valves.com, www.tycovalves.com

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