Tianjin Tanggu Valve Plant.established in 1956. The Plant is located at No.5 Yong Tai Road Tanggu District. Tianjin,near where the Haihe River empties into the Bohai Sea. It is only 3.2 kilometers away from Tianjin Xingang Port. It covers an area of 80,000 square meters including 53,000 square meter construction. It is very convenient for land,sea and air transportation. Tianjin Tanggu Valve Plant has 860 employees among whom 117 are technicians and engineers and 15 senior engineers; fixed assets worth 126 million Yuan (approximately 15 million US dollars equivalent); 400 sets of machines and equipment among which 50 sets are heavy equipment; and the largest valve performance testing center in North China which makes the plant capable of developing, designing and manufacturing various medium and low pressure valves. It was granted Class B enterprise of State in 1987 and passed ISO9001 international quality system certification in 1993.The Plant produces valves in 540 sizes of 40 serials in 8 categories. The main products include Wafer and Lug butterfly valve, flanged butterfly valve, metal to metal sealing butterfly valve, wafer check valve, gate valve and air regulating valve. The wafer butterfly valve was awarded the Silver Medal in l988 for its prime quality by the State and has been selling well in various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China and exporting to countries in Europe. America and Oceania. The plant has established close partnership with specialized manufacturers in USA. German, Australia, Taiwan and HongKong.