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Pegler’s Mini MVS mini modular valve solution.

Pegler registers solid growth in Mideast

01 April 2020

Pegler, a leading UK-headquartered plumbing and heating manufacturing company, says its UAE unit has registered solid growth over the last decade with its turnover in the Middle East growing sixfold to £30 million ($38.3 million).

A member of the global Aalberts organisation, Pegler has a major presence in the Middle East region with a full-fledged office in Dubai that offers a wide range of products to the local and global market.

The company attributes its steady growth in the region to the leadership of Paul Reasbeck, the export director, who has announced his retirement. He will be succeeded by his son Will, who has worked with his father for the last three years, gaining knowledge of the business, the wide range of products that the company manufacturers across all its brands and the export requirements across the globe.

Pegler says it has earned a worldwide reputation for its quality brassware products, and its integrated piping systems – which are setting new standards within the industry for connecting and controlling flow for heating and plumbing installations.

Some of the major products include renowned brands such as VSH Tectite, VSH PowerPress, VSH Shurjoint and VSH XPress.

Earlier this year, following the launch of its hugely successful bespoke valve configuration service, Pegler unveiled a mini modular valve solution to support contractor efficiencies within fan coil units.

“Since launching our seven-day bespoke valve service, we have noticed a demand for more compact valves that support easier and speedier installation and servicing without losing any of the key attributes such as performance and reliability,” says Shaun Burrows, Technical Product Manager at Pegler. “This new valve solution offers a smaller pipe centre of 40 mm and has been reduced in size to ensure direct connection to fan coil units is possible while ensuring the products sits within the confines of a drip tray.”

The mini MVS is part of a standard range by Pegler and has 12 configurations. It is available as left or right handed, with strainer or without, and comes in the standard three flow variants - low, standard and high. Also included is a choice of indicators either for heating or cooling. In addition, and because Pegler offers an integrated piping system solution, there are convertor kits available with the mini MVS for solder, compression male thread or push and press connections.

The mini MVS range is manufactured from DZR brass with union joints to allow valve orientation to be changed onsite with a built-in test point to allow flow rates and signals to be measured to ensure system design flows can be set. The complete mini unit still allows connection, regulation, isolation, flushing and draining for fan coils.

“The new mini MVS is an additional suite of valves to our Pegler Proflow valve range that has been developed to address key issues found by contractors. With the bypass pipe centre at 40 mm, the product is now more in line with standard pipe centres on fan coil units ensuring that the valves’ compact nature allows for a better performing system due to the mitigation of leaks outside of the drip tray confines,” Burrows explains.