Cover Story
2025 was a remarkable year for Orion Valves, the specialist manufacturer of severe service valves based in Trieste, Italy. In addition to celebrating the company’ s 75th anniversary, it also successfully entered the
Guinness World
Records by producing the largest Wedge Gate Valve ever manufactured. It was an astonishing achievement which highlights the exceptional level of technical expertise of the Orion team.
Orion Valves enters Guinness Book of Records with world’ s biggest wedge gate valve
By Joanne McIntyre, Valve World
Over the past 30 years, Orion’ s direction has been consistently driven by engineering advancement. It began developing its severe-service product range three decades ago, initially concentrating on downstream applications. From there, Orion expanded into midstream and, later, upstream services. The record-breaking project reflects Orion’ s strong and growing presence in the Middle East. Today the company employs approximately 300 people and operates two manufacturing plants in Italy and one in Saudi Arabia, with a further production facility currently under construction in Abu Dhabi. The company also maintains a regional office in the United Arab Emirates. Company President, Mr Farina explains:“ Orion Valves has been actively involved in Saudi Vision 2030 since its launch in 2016 by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which aims to diversify the Kingdom’ s economy beyond oil, drive social and industrial development, and position Saudi Arabia as a global investment hub. Under this programme, Orion’ saudi plant is now the largest valve manufacturer approved by Saudi Aramco in KSA.” In 2017, Orion established an international partnership with SPSV( Specialized Steel Valves) to support the growing demand for locally manufactured, worldclass valve solutions in Saudi Arabia and across the Gulf region. SPSV manufactures both forged and cast steel valves, including gate, globe, check, rising-stem ball, axial on-off, axial check, dual plate check and butterfly valves.“ The valves we produce in Saudi Arabia are not only supplied to Saudi Aramco, but are also used in water infrastructure and power generation projects. The new facility we are opening in Abu Dhabi, scheduled for mid-2026, will respond to ADNOC’ s requirement for locally manufactured HIPPS products.”
Focus on HIPPS
Orion maintains a strong focus on severe-service applications across a wide range of demanding
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