Articles relating to BVAA Comment

Dr Bill Whiteley

Our hearty congratulations to BVAA Chairman, Bill Whiteley, on having a Doctorate of Engineering conferred upon him by the University of Bath on the ...
Valveuser Issue 12

More Hats

The summer season has led to a large number of submissions of ‘hat photos’. Photographed below are a team of golfers from Aberdeen Valve Supplies / ...
Valveuser Issue 12

Mad Hatters: How far can you go wearing a BVAA Hat?

Right back to 1939 it seems, the year of BVAA’s birth. Photographed is International Procurement’s MD Colin Wilson, standing next to a wartime icon ...
Valveuser Issue 12

Who’s This?

Well frankly we don’t know what to call him, but you might! This cheeky chappie tap dances his way across the home page of valveuser.com, but has yet ...
Valveuser Issue 12

Let’s Celebrate!

There are a number of reasons to celebrate this month! BVAA has completed 70 years of service to the British Valve and Actuator industry, and Valve ...
Valveuser Issue 12

New BVAA Chairman

BVAA has a new Chairman. We bid a fond farewell at the BVAA AGM in November 2007 to our outgoing Chairman, Mr David Caines. David has been deeply ...
Valveuser Issue 5

‘Barmy’ ‘Brollies’

Neil Kirkbride (BEL Valves) is photographed sporting a BVAA brolly at the Le Mans 24 hour race. There’s a similar prize if you’re the first to ...
Valveuser Issue 11

Mad Hatters

In this issue, Abi Collins and friends – plus the hat – have travelled to the Caribbean. In this photo, the girls are pictured with a unique ‘Co Co’ ...
Valveuser Issue 11

BVAA at 70 - Stronger than ever!: Hello and welcome to the eleventh issue of Valve User magazine!

Is it really autumn already? Time is certainly marching on this year, but 2009 is also a celebratory year for the BVAA, as it marks our 70th ...
Valveuser Issue 11

New Name, New Emphasis: Welcome by BVAA Director, Rob Bartlett

It is with great pleasure that I welcome all readers to ‘VALVE user’, the new name for BVAA’s flagship publication, BVAA News During its twelve ...
Valveuser Issue 1

Technical Update - ASME and European Material Testing Requirements BVAA Technical Consultant Peter Churm reports...

A CEN Workshop on "EU - US Material Standards" was held on May 15th 2007 to discuss a report on the "Comparison between ASME Specifications and ...
Valveuser Issue 2

Training - Simply Not An Option

By BVAA Director, Rob Bartlett Welcome to Issue 2 of BVAA’s Valve User magazine. As I write, BVAA have just completed one of our most successful ...
Valveuser Issue 2

Big issue – bigger issues!

Welcome to Issue 3 of BVAA’s Valve User magazine, which we believe to be our industry’s fastest growing journal. We are providing our readers with a ...
Valveuser Issue 3

BVAA’s New DVD!

Welcome to Issue 4 of BVAA’s Valve User magazine! The special treat in this issue is a free copy of the latest version of the BVAA DVD - possibly the ...
Valveuser Issue 4

European Directives Confusion: By BVAA Technical Consultant, Peter Churm

Compliance with the Essential Safety Requirements of both the Pressure Equipment Directive 97/23/EC and the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC has been a ...
Valveuser Issue 5

BVAA‘Mad Hatters’

How far can you go wearing a BVAA Hat? Quite a long way it would seem! Readers are stilling sending in photos of themselves wearing the free BVAA ...
Valveuser Issue 5

BVAA at Ratcliffe Power Station

The BVAA Marketing Committee recently met at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station. The day included discussions on BVAA marketing initiatives and a very ...
Valveuser Issue 5

Dinner Dance Success!

The November AGM at Wood Hall, Wetherby, also heralded the best attended BVAA Dinner Dance for many years, with a veritable ‘who’s who’ of the ...
Valveuser Issue 5

Filling the UK Energy Gap: BVAA an ‘Exceptional Example of Good Practice’

Welcome to Issue 5 of BVAA’s Valve User magazine! It is my great pleasure to announce that BVAA has recently been selected for inclusion in the ...
Valveuser Issue 5

BVAA an ‘Exceptional Example of Good Practice’

Welcome to Issue 5 of BVAA’s Valve User magazine! It is my great pleasure to announce that BVAA has recently been selected for inclusion in the ...
Valveuser Issue 5