The OMB Valves Group headquartered in Cenate Sotto, Bergamo, Italy acquired the assets of and 100% ownership interest in Vogt valves, a brand of Flowserve Corporation. Vogt will operate as a wholly owned, independent member of the group with its manufacturing center based in Texas.
The history of Vogt Valve Company traces the development of high quality valve manufacture to meet the growing needs of the chemical, petro-chemical, process and petroleum industries. In the late 1890s, Vogt Valve Company pioneered the early development of ammonia absorption refrigeration systems that made artificial ice. This business plus Vogt’s fledgling boiler business created an internal need for quality valves which initiated Vogt’s entry into valve manufacturing. Vogt’s early reputation for quality valves and the rapidly growing petroleum processing industry created an outside demand that would firmly establish Vogt in mass production of high quality forged steel valves.
