Pressure and Flow Control Industries, an export-oriented firm incorporated in India, which makes flame arresters, breather valves, and manhole covers with pressure-relieving emergency vents and safety hatches, expects to move closer to achieving export business of $1 million business within a year.

The company says its export target for the financial year 2008-09 is $800,000. It registered total sales including exports of $875,000 in 2006-07.
Overseas markets importing its products include the GCC states of Saudi Arabia and Oman. The company’s products also go to other Arab and Asian states from Egypt to the Philipinnes as well as to the US and Peru.
The flame arrester it manufactures is explosion-proof for gas group IIA/IIB and IIC and carries test certificates from the Central Mining and Research Institute (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research). The company has gained approval from the Chief Controller of Explosives of the Petroleum and Explosivs Safety Organisation of the Government of India.
The flame arresters come in sizes of half inch to 18 inches. The materials used are cast aluminium alloys, cast carbon steel ASTM A216 GR WCB, cast stainless steel ASTM A351 GR CF 8 and CF 8M or any other special materials that the client may request.
The applications for the product are oil and petroleum storage tanks, gas discharge lines, sewage treatment plants, the pharmaceutical sector, chemicals, boilers, heating systems, combustion and vapour and explosive gas vent lines and exhaust flare stags.
The breather valves come in the following categories: pressure and vacuum relief discharge to atmosphere Model No PFCI/BV/2046 and pressure and vacuum relief with side pipe away discharge, Model No PFCI/BV/2047. Another category is labeled vacuum relief model No PCFI/BV/2048. There are still other models.
The manhole covers are of the ‘hing’ type and pillar guide type. The company also makes gauge hatches and slot dipping dip hatches.
The company says that one of the products under development is a pilot-operated pressure vacuum relief valve.
The chairman and managing director is BM Pandya. The company is located at 822, GIDC Estate, Makarpura, Vadodara 390010, Gujarat.
The company’s Saudi distributor is Alruqee Industrial Marketing Company - PO Box 3657, AlKhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia Tel : +966 3 8576383. Fax : +966 3 8577494. Email: mailbox1@alruqee.com Web : www.alruqee.net