Anglo-U.S. Link-up for Valve Production
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A N Anglo-American production and marketing agreement for a new range of hydraulic control valves has been concluded between Dowty Hydraulic Units, Ltd., Ashchurch, Glos, Rubery Owen and Co., Ltd., Darlaston, Staffs, and the Hydraulic Units Specialties Co.. of Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Under the agreement, the full range of Husco valves, at present manufactured in America by the Hydraulic Units Specialties Co., will be produced in this country by Rubery Owen. They will be marketed in Britain and throughout Europe by Dowty, as the Dowty-Husco range.
One hundred and twenty combinations of the valve will be available in sizes up to 158 Imperial gallons per minute. Dowty-Husco valves, together with the hydraulic control valves already manufactured by Dowty Hydraulic Units, Ltd., will provide one of the most comprehensive ranges on the European market. Principal applications of the new valves are in the earth-moving, mechanical handling, agricultural machinery and process-control fields.
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