Velan

Velan Inc., headquartered in Montreal, is a world leader in forged steel valves for the most severe service conditions in power generation, oil and gas, petrochemical and defense. Founded in 1950, the company pioneered many gate, globe and check valve designs and remains family-controlled across three generations. Velan manufactures forged and cast gate, globe, check, ball and butterfly valves in pressure classes up to ASME Class 4500, with special expertise in cryogenic service down to -269 C and high-temperature steam applications. The company is a dominant supplier to nuclear power plants, holding qualifications for both conventional island and safety-related nuclear duty in North America, Europe and Asia. Velan operates manufacturing plants in Canada, the United States, France and Portugal, and backs its products with documented nuclear-grade quality programs. Its cast and forged gate valves are routinely specified for supercritical and ultra-supercritical steam systems where reliability over decades of thermal cycling is the deciding factor.