Zy-Tech Global Industries has acquired a majority stake in South Africa’s Valvestock Ltd, a valve distributor based in Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa. The new entity will be known as Zy-Tech Valvestock Africa Ltd, in keeping with the parent company’s strategic goal of expansion into the sub-Saharan African market. Zy-Tech’s product brands, DSI and Fairbanks gate, globe, and check valves, and PBV floating and trunnion ball valves, are specified and accepted by the end users for the petrochemical, industrial, and oil and gas production markets around the world. In addition, the new company will actively pursue expanding Zy-Tech’s business on the African continent, with special emphasis on the oil-producing nations on the West Coast.