Leading UK-based valves manufacturer Hattersley Newman Hender conducted a series of seminars in the Gulf recently which covered Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait.

The seminars attracted 45 delegates in Bahrain, 50 in Muscat and around 20 consultants in Kuwait. The seminars also included specific training sessions on the correct way to achieve a proportional valve balance in a building.

''The response in all three states was excellent and credit is due to our local companies - Mohammed Fakhroo & Bros in Bahrain, Galfar in Oman and Fawaz in Kuwait - for the excellent organisation put in place,'' said Kevin Boulter, regional sales manager.

Hattersley's road show for its valves had earlier taken the firm elsewhere in the Middle East to Jordan, UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and Saudi Arabia (Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam).

Hattersley Newman Hender - which has its Middle East office in Abu Dhabi - has more than 100 years of experience quality valve production for the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) and general processing industries.

Part of the Tomkins group of companies, the company offers an extensive range of quality valves for a wide range of applications including flow control and bi-directional shut-off. These include: bronze, cast iron, ductile iron, and knife gate valves; bronze, cast iron, ductile iron, and steel globe valves; bronze, cast iron, and ductile iron check valves; bronze radiator valves; bronze ball valves; bronze plug and gland cocks; commissioning valves; autoflow bronze and ductile iron automatic balancing valves, cast iron lubricated plug valves, cast iron non-lubricated three-way plug valves; butterfly valves; pop safety valves; diaphragm valves, equilibrium ball valves and groovEnd ductile iron valves.

Among the numerous projects where Hattersley valves are in operation are the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, UAE and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.