NEWS RELEASE                                   OCTOBER 2007

Top 10 Companies Supply 20 Percent of the World’s Valves

The world market for industrial valves in 2006 was $43 billion.  The top 10 companies accounted for 20 percent of the total.  The rankings of 159 valve companies have been compiled by the McIlvaine Company and included in Industrial Valves: World Markets, an online continually updated 40,000 page report.

Tyco is the largest supplier and with sales of $2.4 billion (6 percent market share).

                                                   2006 Valve Sales                 Company Ranking

Company                          ($ Millions)                              By Sales_____

Tyco                                        2,442                                       1

Emerson                                  1,050                                       2

Flowserve                                   995                                       3

Kitz                                            842                                       4

Cameron                                     778                                       5

Crane Company                         750                                       6

Circor                                         485                                       7

AVK Group                               450                                       8

Curtiss-Wright                            420                                       9

IMI plc                                       410                                     10

Asian valve suppliers are rising in the rankings. Many new Chinese companies have entered the market in recent years.  They are meeting the rapidly growing demand for industrial valves within the country.

The power plant flue gas desulfurization market is a good example.  Outside China the market for the large limestone slurry valves is served primarily by Crane, ITT, Larox, Red Valve and Tyco.  However, the demand in China in 2006 was much larger than the rest of the world combined. Demand exceeded the capacity of the international companies and was served by domestic valve companies.

The world market according to McIlvaine will grow to $52 billion in 2010.  Contributing to this growth will be purchases in China for municipal wastewater treatment, drinking water, chemical, iron and steel manufacturing.

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