Stainless steel control valves are primarily used in fluid systems to control volume, pressure, and flow rate. They can open up partially or 100%, and are operated through signals received from controllers.

The driving forces behind the market for stainless steel control valves are:

• Fast growth application of small-scale fluid handling systems in semiconductor & electronic manufacturing industries.
• Increasing significance of wastewater management globally.
• A rise in applications in chemical industries of APAC.

Also, many waste management facilities are being upgraded, and the need for consumer electronics is sharply increasing every year. The need for industrial automation has never been higher along with the demand for stainless steel control valves.

The biggest players in the stainless steel control valve market include: Emerson Electric, Co. (U.S.), Flowserve Corporation (U.S.), IMI Plc (U.K.), Metso Corporation (Finland), Pentair, Plc (U.K.), General Electric, Co. (U.S.), MIL Controls Limited (India), Samson AG (Germany), SVF Flow Controls, Inc (U.S.), Crane & Co. (U.S.), Velan Inc. (Canada), Armstrong International, Inc.(U.S.), Kimray Inc. (U.S.), Christian Burkert GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Swagelok Co. (U.S.), Cameron International Corporation (U.S.), CIRCOR International, Inc. (U.S.) and Richards Industries, Inc. (U.S.) among others.

The market is segmented into technology type. Some of the more common categories are electronic control valves, hydraulic control valves, pneumatic control valves and manual control valves. They can also be categorized by application: power generation, oil & gas, chemical industry, semiconductor & electronics manufacturing, and wastewater management.

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