Valco Business Strategy 

Our Business Markets

French fabricant for over a 100 years, SNRI designs and makes valves for Oil, Gas and diverses industrial processus under their Malbranque and SNRI brand names.

Our Design dept. elaborates and creates new products using latest computer-aided technologies that optimize and adapt the designing of Globe, Gate and Check valves according to customer needs.

A range of Security equipment ( Safety valve, Relief valve et Fire-Clap for tank storage ) makes SNRI a choice partner to assure your installations top conformity that’s needed.

Fabrication carried-out in our Ruffec (France) plant, along with the support of European foundries, allows combining excellent quality and responsiveness.

Our range includes all pressures up to very high level (class 2500), compatible to very low temperatures (-196°C) and also to very high  (+650°C) that covers all needs for the following applications:

  • Oil, Gas and corrosive liquids
  • Cryogenic
  • Steam

Oil & Gas applications

Malbranque brand, recognized and approved by the most important refining companies and engineering centres ; designs and fabricates valves for the harshest environmental conditions in exploration operations, refining and petrochemical. These products are particularily adapted for gas treatment and corrosive fluids.

Offering a dedicated service, continued active support is proposed for Malbranque products in service since 40 years installed world-wide. On-site maintenance, repair and renewal can be executed by our ‘’Valco Valves Services’’ teams to guarantee all of the products’ initial performance levels no matter whatever the date of their being put into service.

SNRI brand supplys security type valves well adapted for fuel storage :  our ‘’Fireclap’’ valve assures positive security against risks of fire menaced by the stocking of flammable products. Relief valves, due to the excellent sealing capacity at moment of closing, minimizes stocked product loss.

Cryogenic applications

With SNRI & Malbranque brand names, Valco Group is a leader on many markets concerning cryogenic fluids.

SNRI is therefore an evident world-leader since 50 years for on-board methane carriers. It’s range covers up to High Pressure valves for floating terminals and Off-shore LNG units. Their expertise has enabled SNRI to be partners to the naval industry for the development of valves for propulsion systems using LNG.

Malbranque, due to their industrial expertise of cryogenic applications type Cold box, is an acknowledged partner of air liquid units and industrial gas treatment designers and engineers, also including for LNG terminals.

Steam & Industry applications

Mastery of material structure and their optimal concept confirms SNRI to stand out as a prevailing fabricant specialist of Steam applications, for all types of industry.

SNRI is an active partner in Nuclear industry since the beginning, at the end of the 1960’s. The whole range offers a line of casted and forged valves relevant to different quality levels and standards as well as specific product such as Free Flow Reverse Current valve for turbine protection.

Our products are also present on many conventional type Boilers or cogenerations, as well as many various steam networks.

Other than steam applications, SNRI also develops products according to severe industry standards such as for the industrial processes of juices and pulp.

Our history

Successors of companies founded respectively in 1829 and 1949 , VALCO Group via its’ brand names SNRI and Malbranque, have actively participated in the evolution of industrial growth and progress over the last 180 years.

Starting with the development for Steam applications in the 19th century up to recent great LNG adventures and latest nuclear valve applications, SNRI & Malbranque product ranges have been acclaimed continuously by many, many users world-wide.

Expertise acquired within SCHLUMBERGER Group in the 1980’s permitted optimization of the Malbranque ‘’Oil & Gas’’ valve product range  according to technical requirements for refining processes  and the harshest applications in upstream oil operations.

With support from shareholder ARGOS SODITIC, the group continues to strengthen their global know-how, skills and presence near customers to insure efficient and long lasting support.

With a strong technical environment base and French fabrication along with European industrial partners, VALCO Group is proud to actively participate in widely innovating international projects and to be a world leader within the LNG market.