Vortex Valves Wins Exporter Award

Vortex Valves has been awarded the 2008 Governor’s Exporter of the Year Award by Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius. The award is presented annually to a single Kansas company that has demonstrated excellence in export sales and international marketing. The award recognizes Vortex as a company committed to expanding sales in international markets and showcases it as a role model to other Kansas companies seeking similar success.

Vortex supplies material-handling valves to a global network of original equipment manufacturers, Fortune 500 companies, and process engineering firms. Its valves are used in the production of a range of products, from Pringles potato chips to the solid rocket fuel used in NASA space shuttles.

Vortex increased its export sales by 148% from 2004-07 and remains committed to transforming itself to compete in the global marketplace. This commitment is demonstrated by the company’s investment in technology, product development, overseas offices, and a new world-class facility in Salina, Kansas.

For more information, visit www.vortexvalveseurope.com.