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Oliver Valves

Latest turnover: 31,590,000
Three-year compound growth rate (%): 37.46
Latest EBITDA: 6,428,068

Oliver Valves is a manufacturer of high-performance oil and gas valves, whose global strategy earned it the title Export Champion at our Growing Business Awards in 2013.

The company has been established for 30 years and offers an extensive product range.

Oliver Valves is now the largest privately-owned valve maker in Europe. Based in Cheshire, it supplies top energy companies across the globe, with the lion’s share of its revenues generated overseas.

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