CRANE PROCESS FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LTD
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Executive summary
CRANE PROCESS FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LTD occupies a premium, highly defensible niche within the UK valve manufacturing sector, leveraging the legendary "Saunders" diaphragm valve heritage to serve lucrative hygienic and biopharmaceutical markets. While it faces the same macroeconomic headwinds as broader UK manufacturing—namely high energy costs and input inflation—its structural integration as a subsidiary of Crane Limited provides significant financial resilience and global distribution scale that standalone competitors simply cannot match. The recent shifts in its American-directed board signal ongoing corporate realignment, but the underlying brand equity and specialized product focus ensure its continued dominance in sterile process flow applications.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1947-12-30
- Registered office
- Grange Road, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 3XX
- Postcode
- NP44 3XX
- Capital
- 3,500,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-13
- Next due by
- 2027-03-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28140 Manufacture of taps and valves
Officers 3 current · 27 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CRANE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7066196 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ALFA LAVAL SAUNDERS LIMITED | 2001-04-03 |
| SAUNDERS VALVE COMPANY LIMITED | 1996-02-14 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 16 GREAT GEORGE STREET, BRISTOL, BS1 5RH | 1987-11-02 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 50 similar companies in NP — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1947
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-09-07
- Where
- Torfaen
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM852710 | Torfaen | Leasehold | 2022-09-07 | — |
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