Flowserve expands at Raleigh

Tuesday, 12 October 2010 Valve manufacturer Flowserve is to add about 1500 square metres of manufacturing space to its facility at Raleigh, North Carolina. The space will be taken by new machine tools, it said, "to more efficiently manufacture large valve components as well as increase space for inspection assembly and test." The company noted that large valves for new reactors can weigh up to 30 tonnes and measure six metres in height. Storage space at Raleigh was expanded by 460 square metres last year and this latest upgrade should be complete by late 2011.