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Flow Control Products Support Diverse Markets

Defense Market: For over 50 years, Flow Control has provided highly engineered products in support of the United States Nuclear Navy, a customer demanding excellence in delivery, performance and reliability. Our products are in mission-critical applications at the very heart of the United States Navy’s current and future technologies for submarines, aircraft carriers and surface ships.

Flow Control has extended this tradition of excellence, customer focus and loyalty to a broader and more diverse range of applications and markets, supplying the highest quality products to the commercial power generation, oil and gas processing markets.

Commercial Power Market: Our products are helping to ensure reliable and safe operation of nuclear power plants worldwide. Today, nuclear power supplies electricity at an operating cost among the lowest in the industry, has minimal impact on the environment and reduces reliance on non-renewable fossil fuels. We are committed to providing advanced technologies and innovative solutions that support installed equipment worldwide, and providing plant performance enhancements. In addition, we are developing state-of-the art technologies for emerging markets in nuclear power, including new construction in Asia, Europe and other parts of the world.

Oil and Gas Market: In a typical oil refinery, our valves and control systems regulate the flow of liquids, gases, solids and vapors, providing assurance of critical plant systems’ integrity and personnel safety, while promoting reliable and efficient plant operation. By working with refineries to improve plant performance, our products are helping to reduce dependence on foreign oil.