Within the LNG market, Parker Bestobell Marine is one of the leading manufacturers of globe and check valves for cryogenic applications. Its stature has grown considerably through the years as its proven expertise in cryogenic valves has been allied with mounting expertise in the specific requirements of the LNG business.
The company is synonymous with LNG valves, but it was not so long ago that this market was not even on the agenda for the UK-based manufacturer. The original company that later became known as Bestobell started life as WN Baines in Glasgow in 1857, a brass founders that would go on to open a foundry in Rotherham, South Yorkshire less than 20 years later (1875). It was not until decades later, in 1962, that the company developed its first cryogenic valves and laid the footings for an illustrious history in name of Bestobell Valves, a guise it would assume in 1967.
Thirty years later and Bestobell had made the short relocation across South Yorkshire to a purpose built factory in Sheffield (1997) as it sought to embark upon a new wave of growth. This included its first order to South Korea, its acquisition by the Flow Group in 2001 and the establishment of Bestobell Valves inc. in Pittsburgh, US in the same year. By 2010, Bestobell and its sister company Conflow were the subject of a management buyout that would see them become part of the President Engineering Group Ltd (PEGL) and, in more recent times (July 2015), a further acquisition by Parker Hannifin. At the time of our interview, Parker Bestobell is now fully integrated within the Parker business.
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