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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key Note estimates the value of the UK market for industrial valves at £776.7m in 1998, after taking into account exports and imports. This was a rise of 3 percent on the previous year and an increase of 7.6 percent since 1994. During the period 1994 to 1998, the market peaked at £790.6m in 1996.
Industrial valves serve the need to shut off or control the flow of liquids and gases in industrial and similar processes and systems. The main markets arise in the oil, chemical, utility and building services sectors of the economy, and the market is thus dependent on investment trends in these sectors. Although there are around 150 to 200 suppliers of industrial valves selling their products in the UK, not all the products are manufactured in the UK.
Domestic demand for industrial valves has been frustrated recently by the lack of significant investment in plant expansion in the end-user industries. At the same time, imports have been encouraged and exports discouraged by the high value of sterling against many currencies.
This situation is expected to change slowly, beginning towards the end of the year 2000, and will thus encourage UK manufacturers' sales to rise. The value of the UK market should recover to near its 1998 value by 2003, after falling in 1999 and 2000. A more rapid fall in sterling exchange rates and any strong recovery in industrial investment in mainland Europe, or in the Far East, could significantly raise the level of UK exports, since UK manufacturers have a good reputation as suppliers of world-class products.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

VALVE FEATURES AND SELECTION

VALVE OPERATION

VALVE TYPES

MARKET POSITION

STANDARDS

Market Size

THE TOTAL MARKET

BY TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL VALVE

FOREIGN TRADE

A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

Table 1: The Apparent UK Market for Industrial Valves at Current Prices (£m), 1994-1998

Table 2: UK Manufacturers' Sales by Type of Valve, and Income from Parts and Repairs (£m), 1994-1998

Table 3: UK Manufacturers' Sales by Type of Valve, and Income from Parts and Repairs ( percent), 1994-1998

Table 4: UK Exports and Imports of Industrial Valves (£m), 1997 and 1998

Table 5: UK Exports of Industrial Valves by Country of Destination ( percent), 1998

Table 6: UK Imports of Industrial Valves by Country of Source ( percent), 1998

Table 7: The European Market for Industrial Valves by Country ( percent), 1999

Industry Background

RECENT HISTORY

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION

EMPLOYMENT

DISTRIBUTION

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 8: Number of VAT-Based Enterprises Involved in the Production of Taps and Valves by Turnover (£000), 1998

Table 9: Number of Manufacturing Units Involved in the Production of Taps and Valves by Number of Employees, 1998

Competitor Analysis

THE MARKETPLACE

MARKET LEADERS

SUPPLIERS OF VALVES AND THEIR PRODUCTS

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Table 10: Selected Leading Companies Engaged in the Supply of Valves by Turnover (£m), 1997/1998/1999

Table 11: Selected Suppliers of Valves to the UK Market by Type of Valve, 1999

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION

THE MANUFACTURE OF PETROCHEMICALS AND PHARMACEUTICALS

WATER SOURCING, TREATMENT AND SUPPLY

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SERVICES

FOOD AND DRINK PROCESSING

Buying Behaviour

INDUSTRIAL VALVE SELECTION

TYPE OF VALVE SELECTED

END-USER INDUSTRY INFLUENCE

TYPICAL CUSTOMERS

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

ACTUATORS

VALVE PACKINGS AND SEALS

AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

Table 12: Selected Suppliers of Actuator Equipment for Industrial Valves

Current Issues

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES

AUTOMATIC CONTROL

COMPETITION AND UK INVESTMENT TRENDS

INDUSTRY RATIONALISATION AND CONSOLIDATION

Forecasts

INVESTMENT TRENDS

FORECASTS 1999 TO 2003

Table 13: Expenditure and Forecast Expenditure on Process Plant at Constant 1995 Prices (£m), 1996-2002

Table 14: The Forecast UK Market for Industrial Valves at Constant 1998 Prices (£m), 1999-2003

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HOPPENSTEDT BONNIER INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

Text © 1999 Key Note

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