Apprentice to board of directors: the stuff of manufacturing dreams, surely? Not for the Fort Vale Group, at which three former trainees currently sit on the Lancashire-based manufacturer’s top table. Holding 80% of the global valve sector for tank containers doesn’t seem altogether bad news, either. Edward Machin reports.
Founded in 1967 by Edward Fort OBE to manufacture fuel oil delivery nozzles, the twenty-first century finds Fort Vale as an acknowledged leader in the manufacturer of components for the safe transport, storage and process of hazardous liquids, foodstuffs, powders and compressed liquefied gases — including manways and hatches, airline valves, safety relief devices, top…
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