APV was the name of a company making process equipment, and remains as a brand name.

History

It was founded in 1910 as the Aluminium Plant & Vessel Company Limited, fabricating equipment for breweries and vegetable oil in

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and expanded considerably, under the name A.P.V. Co. Ltd. In 1967 it acquired Kestner Evaporator and Engineering Co, another major process plant manufacturer. Continuing expansion led to a works of 1600 employees under the name APV International, supplying equipment services to the dairy, food and chemical industries by 1984. In addition a foundry employing 350 people named APV Paramount made high alloy steels and Vent-Axia a subsidiary company making fans, were near by. In 1987 it merged with

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to become APV Baker, later shortened to APV.www.westwoodworks.net
The Merger with APV The two manufacturing arms remained physically separate and the APV section was acquired by

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in 1997. After the merger of Siebe with

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, APV was acquired by

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in 2007 where it remains as a brand name for pumps, valves,

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s, mixers and

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s in the process industries.

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