Blog - Sofis valve operation

May 16

One month countdown to ILTA, Houston, 11-13 June

In exactly one month’s, we time take to floor at ILTA trade show (International Liquid Terminals Association). At stand 973, we will be showing how it is possible to bridge the gap between manual valve operations to full valve automation, using simple and cost effective and solutions. We recognise that... read more →

Apr 11

Vacancy – Business Development Manager – Tank Storage, America

About Sofis Sofis (120 employees) is a leading global valve safety products supplier and operates from 9 offices in 7 countries. Sofis is part of the Safety Sector of Halma Plc, a UK based leading global technology group with 50 subsidiaries and 5,400 employees worldwide. Sofis is a highly innovative... read more →

Apr 04

We all know the costs of contamination

One of the biggest challenges our tank terminal operators face, is the risks associated with their valve line-ups. It is not unusual to hear of terminals contending with 1 or 2 incidents annually. What are the costs? Direct costs to include product loss and cleaning up: Incorrect valve line-ups can... read more →

Mar 28

Vacancy – Business Development Manager – Tank Storage, Asia

Feb 21

Installation of a valve interlock on a manual valve

Vacancy – Service Engineer

Feb 20

Valve interlocks are used to secure safe ethylene cracking.

Vacancy – Document Controller (location Vadodara India)

Feb 19

Vacancy – Project Engineer

Feb 08

Vacancy – Area Sales Manager UK

Jan 16

How British Salt uses EasiDrive to operate their manual valves with ease

British Salt, the UK's leading manufacturer of pure dried vacuum salt products, recently approached Sofis partner Prosafe Engineering to help solve a problem with their manual valve operations. The problem British Salt has 2 steam turbines that each have 2 valves on the exhaust discharge. On each turbine there is a... read more →

Nov 13

How a leading tank storage company avoids product contamination during cargo loading

In the tank storage industry, product contamination resulting from product transfer is an obvious risk. Costs related to clean-up, product loss, waste disposal and reputational damage easily mount up to hundreds of thousands of euros. A cause of contamination is the incorrect line-up of valves between the storage tanks and the jetty, resulting in the loading... read more →