Valve engineering specialist Severn Glocon Group has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, International Trade for the second time in four years. The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise celebrate outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of Innovation, International Trade and Sustainable Development. The award recognises the British manufacturer’s three-year trajectory of continuous growth in overseas sales. Between 2010 and 2012, international trade increased by 120% and now represents 68% of their total turnover.
Growth was accelerated by strategic acquisitions of UK firms specialising in subsea and butterfly valves within the three-year timeframe. This diversification enhances the scope of the group’s British engineering and manufacturing capabilities for the global oil and gas industry. New developments in Australia, China, Brazil, India and Iraq played an important role in the award win. Established markets such as the Middle East also played a major role in overall international sales uplift.
The Group has continued to invest in its facilities and infrastructure. Noteworthy advancements include the relocation of established plant division Severn Unival to purpose-built GBP 2.5M premises in Brighouse, significant expansion of manufacturing facilities in India and installation of sophisticated high-capacity cryogenic testing at Gloucester.
