on- & offshore

E&P
subsea

Your consultant: Maarten Nouwens

maarten.nouwens@ava-alms.nl
+31 6 23791414
+31 226 319999

AVA Alms Valve Agency B.V.

Schuit 1
1724 BD OUDKARSPEL
The Netherlands

Armaturen Vertrieb Alms (AVA) is one of Europe's

largest distributors of industrial and process valves
established in 1972 in Germany by Klaus Alms.
Outside Germany, AVA also stands for Alms Valve
Agency.
We have warehouses in Germany, the Netherlands,
United Kingdom and Hungary and foreign
representatives throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Our added value is in
Portfolio, we have an extensive delivery program
Large stocks consisting of 220.000 valves and
accessories
Valve experience, all our employees are
experienced people from the valve business
Service, we fulfil service requirements rapidly and
flexible. If needed, we can call in our sister
company Armaturen Service Alms
Relations, we have long term major partnerships
with leading companies in the oil & gas industry
Expediting, we have expediters in the countries
we are located and one full time expediter for our
factories in Italy
Exceptional broad QA/QC system to discharge
and unburden our customers

We deliver, modify, repair & overhaul, customize and inspect carbon steel, stainless steel and alloy steel valves.

Our API monogram licensed manufacturers

API 6D
API 6DSS

API 602

API 6A
API 594

API 600

Type range

Ball valves
Check valves
Gate valves
Globe valves
Modular valves
Plug valves
Special valves

Material range

Carbon steel
Low temperature carbon steel
Low temperature alloy steel
High temperature ferritic steel
Stainless austenitic and super
austenitic steel
Duplex and super Duplex
Nickel super alloys
Titanium
Zirconium

Operators

Direct gas actuator

Electric motor
Gas over oil actuator
Handwheel / lever
Hydraulic actuator
Manual gear
Pneumatic actuator
Subsea actuator

Ends

Butt weld ends

Compact flange NORSOK L005
Flanges ANSI B6.5 / B16.47 (MSS-SP-44) / API 6A
Hub ends
Integral flanges
Threaded ends

Certificates & approvals

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AD 2000
API 6D / ISO 14313 monogram
API 6DSS / ISO 14723 monogram
API 6A / ISO 10423 monogram
API 6FA / ISO 10497
API 600 monogram
API 602 monogram
API 607
ATEX
BS 6755
GOST-R
ISO 9001
PED 97/23/EC

Testing
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Cryogenic
Cycle
Fire
Fugitive emission
Hardness
High pressure gas
Hydrostatic
PMI (Positive material identification, with Niton)
Radiographic
Surface crack testing / liquid penetrant examination
Surface thickness of coatings and roughness of
facings
Third party inspection (customer and/or notified body)
Ultrasonic examination
Visual examination

Ball valves

Features
Actuated MOV / ESD / HIPPS
Blowout proof
Bolted body and fully welded body
Double block and double isolation bleed valve
Cryogenic design
Fire safe
Forged and cast material
Full and reduced bore
High temperature
Trunnion mounted and floating ball
Side entry and top entry
Single and double piston effect
Soft and metal seated
Two and three piece body
Underground installation / buried

Standards
ANSI B16.34
API 6A / ISO 10423
API 6D / ISO 14313
API 6DSS / ISO 14723
API 6FA / ISO 10497 / BS 6755
ISO 17292
NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156

Gate valves

Features
Actuated MOV
Backseat
Bellows sealed
Blowout proof
Bolted bonnet and pressure seal
Cryogenic design
Forged and cast material
Fire safe
High temperature
Mud service
Straight and y-type

Types
Parallel gate valve
Wedge gate valve
Through conduit gate valve (Slab &
Expanding)

Standards
ANSI B16.34
API 600
API 602
API 6A / ISO 10423
API 6D / ISO 14313
API 6FA / ISO 10497 / BS 6755
ISO 17292
NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156

Subsea ball valves

Features

Blowout proof
Bolted body with double body closure sealing
and fully welded body
Double block and double isolation bleed valve
Forged and cast material
Full and reduced bore
Gland packing wit chevron packing and O-ring
Operation with subsea hydraulic actuator or
subsea gear for diver or ROV
Side entry and top entry
Single and double piston effect
Soft and metal seated

Own factory hyperbaric chamber

Standards
ANSI B16.34
API 6A / ISO 10423
API 6DSS / ISO 14723
NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156
NORSOK M630

Positive isolation block & bleed valves

Features
Blowout proof
Bolted body and fully welded body
Double block and double isolation bleed valve
Fire safe
Full and reduced bore
High temperature
Trunnion mounted and floating ball
Soft and metal seated

Range
Quarter turn ball valve
OS&Y globe valve
Needle valve
Modular
Monoflange
Root

Standards
ANSI B16.34
API 6A / ISO 10423
API 6D / ISO 14313
API 6DSS / ISO 14723
API 6FA / ISO 10497 / BS 6755
ISO 17292
NACE MR 0175 / ISO 150156

Summary of benefits to our customers

Looking forward to serve you.

Extensive range of valves in types, sizes,

pressure classes and materials

Prompt deliveries

High quality supplier with quality products

Flexible

Own service shop

Proven experience

Many years of exclusive sales and

technology partnerships with leading
global manufacturers

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