Instrument manufacturer expands undeterred by the pandemic
Wednesday, 23rd June 2021
Leading oceanographic and hydrographic instrument manufacturer, Valeport has continued to innovate and expand by launching a new company dedicated to providing highly accurate, innovative instruments to the Water industry.
The new company, Valeport Water Ltd, will leverage the expertise and manufacturing capabilities of its sister company, Valeport.
Although this expansion of the Valeport brand was born out of the pandemic, the marine tech firm, which has served the subsea market for decades, also has a long history of serving the hydrometry and hydrology markets. Indeed, the first Valeport product was a Braystoke Impeller Flow Metre, which was used for the Thames Barrier project in 1969.
“No doubt 2020 was one of the strangest years ever, but it has also been one of our busiest. We had planned to expand the company brand to serve the water market before the pandemic, ” Matt Quartley, Valeport Group managing director, commented.
“Although Valeport has worked in the Water industry for many years, it has been pretty much under the radar. We do have a long-standing relationship with an international water cycle management company, developing insertion flow technology for water distribution networks and acoustic Doppler technology for sewer flow.
“However, as our marine product portfolio grew with our expertise in optical measurements and environmental monitoring, we saw opportunities for using this technology with the inland water sectors. Hydrometry and hydrology, where we already had a presence and the drinking water and water treatment sectors. The pandemic has allowed us to push ahead with this expansion and launch a dedicated new offer”, added Matt.
The launch of Valeport Water, which will sit alongside the original marine instrument business and a third company, Valeport Service, is part of the firm’s ambitious growth strategy as it targets market leadership in the environmental sensors sector.
The company is drawing on the manufacturing capabilities of the original Valeport company, and the firm has restructured and expanded its HQ base to facilitate the growth of Valeport Water.
Products in the Valeport Water portfolio, including flow metres, fluorometers and turbidity sensors, loggers and telemetry systems, are designed and manufactured at the firm’s riverside HQ in Devon, UK. All of our Water products, like marine technology, come with a three-year limited warranty, extendable perpetually with regular servicing.
“Valeport Water will bring highly accurate, reliable and easily accessible data to new audiences in the drinking water, surface water, wastewater, irrigation water and industrial water industries, as well as strengthen our presence in the hydrological and hydrogeological communities”, concluded Matt.
