OPEN AND CLOSED SUCCESS EFFEBI is a European market leader in the design and manufacture of industrial brass valves. In a highly competitive market this long-established Italian company continues to set new standards. It is also perfectly placed to take advantage of a resurgence in the oil and gas exploration sectors, as Philip Yorke reports
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ith over forty years of experience in the production of industrial brass valves, EFFEBI has operated in all fields of civil and industrial engineering and offers a vast range of increasingly innovative and tested shut-off valves. Thanks to its totally integrated production processes, which includes carefully selected raw materials and hot-stamping by EFFEBI’S subsidiary company Pressytal, the company maintains its pole position in the industrial valve industry. All the company’s production processes are supported by a strictly controlled quality system and are certified according to ISO 9001:2008. EFFEBI has grown to become a leader in the Italian and international market and is a point of reference in its field. Recently the company extended its range by acquiring the design and coveted trademark “TOF Joint System”, endorsing its position as the leader in the valve production and of brass fittings for PE and steel pipes.
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Since then the company has further widened its product range by adding brass fittings for the connection of multilayer pipes as well as for a range of threaded fittings. During the last few years, the company’s industrial valve portfolio has increased progressively with many technical advances being contributed based on the research capabilities of its subsidiary company Binox, which produces industrial valves for a wide variety of different applications. In order to offer a more efficient service which aims at optimising client satisfaction, the company has also opened a new 7,000 square metre logistics centre nextt to its head office in Italy.
Flexible TOF system The company’s unique ‘TOF joint system’ is a clever and simple device, it is also flexible as well as being easy and quick to install. It
