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AVK is delighted to announce the recent purchase of all the shares in Syddal Engineering Ltd (based in Denton, Manchester) with effect from 2 May 2012.
Syddal Engineering is a small manufacturer of repair fittings, tees and end caps principally...
The commitment of AVK UK and Fusion Group to reducing carbon emissions is CLEEAR - February 2012
Two major players in the UK utilities sector – AVK UK and Fusion Group - are showing their commitment to cutting CO2...
The project
AVK UK Ltd recently supplied a large number of valves to the Ashton Avenue site, one of Wessex Water’s largest Sewage Pumping stations in the South Bristol region. The contract was carried out by the Southamp...
With effect from 22 November 2011, the AVK Group has aquired a majority stake in Orbinox Valves International SA (Orbinox) with headquarters in San Sebastian, Spain.
Orbinox was founded in the 1960s and has manufacturing companies in Spain, Can...
AVK offers advice on how best to tackle the problem of leakage from its perspective as a leading manufacturer of valves, hydrants, pipe fittings and accessories.
The high cumulative cost of curing water leakage, whethe...
The recent civil unrest in a number of cities across the UK has brought to our television screens again the public safety dangers and destructive damage of arson. It has reminded us all of the important role that the Fire and Rescue service perfo...
Supplying the product is just the first of many ways in which a well-resourced manufacturer can help the customer, as AVK UK managing director Paul Jennings explains.
With the tec...
The Project AVK UK Ltd recently supplied a number of DN700 Rising stemmed Knife gate valve to the Wessex Water Radipole site. This was part of a refurbishment programme carried out by Southampton based Trant Co...
The latest addition to the AVK range of air valves makes it easier for design engineers to manage air accumulating in pipelines in a number of different circumstances.
The new Series 701/60 is high-flow and non-slam and combines the benefits of...
AVK-Donkin valves that meet the latest standards are helping to assure more than 100,000 gas users in the centre of Birmingham of a trouble-free supply.
National Grid’s Lord Street / Windsor Street gas rationalisation project, which is be...
Removing or fitting valves and similar equipment on an established flanged water main is a tricky business, and every bit of manoeuvring space helps to make the job easier.
That’s the idea behind the dismantling joint, which has a telesco...
Introducing the CLEARWAY Fire Hydrant - AVK UK Ltd have for over two decades been the market leaders and main innovators around the subject of fire hydrants.
In September 200...
There is always a lot of soul searching before putting pen to paper about such a sensitive issue as the one I have in mind because there is an element of “biting the hand that feeds you” in it, but I am so passionately conc...
Choosing the right product is not easy these days with such a vast range available in the market place, coupled with many other considerations like conformance to standards, true life cost, sustainability, protecting the asset and so on. So where do yo...
Paul Hubbard, chairman of valves and fittings manufacturer AVK UK, believes that by driving down prices today the UK water industry is piling up big problems for tomorrow.
Price must always be a consideration in any co...
On the eve of this year’s IWO conference, AVK UK Business Development Director, Kieran Fitzpatrick explains how the company addresses the twin themes of Global Issues and Local Solutions in a manner that enhances its ability...
When AMP 5 begins next month, the outcome of 2009’s Price Review negotiations will mean that water companies have "a tough package to deliver” (in the words of Water UK), and they will rightly expect their suppliers to be equal to the task ...
AVK has purchased the majority shareholding in Invicta Valves Ltd. AVK’s trading history with Invicta stretches back over 20 years, during which time they have become an important partner as a supplier of added value services.
Invicta are...
AVK UK Ltd have secured an order connected with one of Scotland’s biggest ever infrastructure improvement schemes with the majority of product supplied by Glenfield Valves. Valves from the Kilmarnock-based company are amongst those selected for S...
AVK: helping leakage prevention – an holistic approach.
The high cumulative cost of curing leakage, whether through equipment failure or a pipe-burst incident where the expense of interruption of supply to the consumer, r...
AVK UK : ENJOYING A FRAMEWORK PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTHERN WATER - AVK UK supporting Southern Water’s environmental improvement and water quality schemes across ...
AVK in the UK recently secured an order for the supply of Glenfield Valves that will help London make the best use of its scarce water resources.
The company supplied two DN1800 full bore metal seated Series 54 gate valves for Thames Water's Co...
As Severn Trent's biggest water treatment works charged with the task of supplying the UK's second biggest city, Frankley WTW has a big job to do - and AVK UK is giving it a big helping hand.
Well over £500,000-worth of AVK valves are now...
WORLD GAS in Buenos Aires - 5th to 9th October 2009 During early October, AVK UK Ltd attended the World Gas Conference 2009 at the La Rural Exhibition and Conference Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AVK UK Ltd exhibited as part of a joint mis...
“Major people-related initiatives made necessary by significant corporate/economic events….that demonstrate a positive impact on business performance.”
They’re the kind of achievements that top UK business organisation ...
The determination statements of the English and Welsh water companies make it clear that wastewater will be one of the main focuses of AMP5, the spending period that starts this year and runs until 2015.
In anticipation of the increased demand ...
National Grid has announced the award of its valves and fittings contract, which includes an increase in purchases from AVK.
Worth more than £3m annually, the contract is for two years in the first instance, with an option for two twelve-...
Since our initial report in last year’s Face to Face, AVK UK have been making great strides in turning its carbon reduction ‘to do’ list into reality.
AVK’s quality and environment manager Donna O&rs...
AVK Donkin has introduced new 25mm and 32mm (high capacity) sizes of its flow limitor (sometimes known as an emergency shut-off valve). It has also discontinued some sizes that are no longer ised and is actively considering adding others – all pa...
Essex & Suffolk Water is one of the utilities that appreciate the three unique attributes of AVK UK's Series 756 double eccentric butterfly valve; less weight, more strength and lower torque.
The company is installing three DN1400 valves on...
AVK UK's latest order for its unique Series 777 Baurer, Parallel Slide Valve for the gas industry is 'top of the range' in more ways than one.
At DN 900mm it is the second biggest size available and therefore a considerable investment, so the b...
AVK UK Ltd is pleased to announce the successful completion of the ISO14001 Accreditation for the remaining two UK manufacturing facilities - AVK Donkin in Chesterfield and AVK Manufacturing in Hyde. "This is a fantastic achievement and one that illustra...
Easing on down the carbon emissions road
Donna O’Brien, quality and systems manager at Aqua-Gas Manufacturing, explains how the company has taken a significant initial step forward in understanding its carbon emissions an...
Gas engineers and contractors across the UK have had practical input into AVK's new Donkin Series 158 under-pressure drilling valve, including extensive field trials in collaboration wit...
Valves and fittings supplier AVK UK has further enhanced its comprehensive product training programme to ensure that staff in all the customer-facing areas of the business have sufficient techni...
Donkin Series 594 non-return valves are helping to ensure a consistent 25 mbar gas supply throughout the new Wembley Stadium. ...
AVK is set to introduce a new IT platform across the Group - and the initial pilot is taking place here in the UK.
AVK UK was all set for Anglian cryptosporidium emergency
When Anglian Water encountered elevated levels of cryptosporidium at its Pitsford Water Treatment Works near Northampton at the end of June, valve manufacturer AVK UK had...
Wolseley UK has been distributing AVK's products in the UK for more than a decade now and both companies claim the Number One spot in their respective fields, so it's perhaps no surprise that, like its partner, Wolseley too has judged that the time is ...
A new outlet for AVK UK's Series 29/288 fire hydrant meets demands from the fire services and water utilities for an alternative to the traditional gunmetal type that is equally strong and durable.
With a high copper content of around 88%, gunm...
Donkin valves and mechanical fittings are the first products to be awarded the Gas Industry Standard (GIS) kitemark, confirming that they meet the new UK standards for gas utilities that have su...
Bryan Donkin Valves win the CBI Human Capital Award
AVK Donkin last night (21st October) scooped the award as best in class at "Managing Change" at the CBI/Real Business Human Capital awards dinner at the London Marriot Hotel i...