Comité Européen de l'Industrie de la Robinetterie

Comité Européen de l'Industrie de la Robinetterie
Abbreviation CEIR
Formation 1959
Type Trade association
Legal status Non-profit company
Purpose/focus The (industrial) valve industry in Europe
Headquarters Diamant Building
Location Boulevard Auguste Reyers 80, B-1030 Brussels
Region served Europe
Membership 14 national trade associations
Main organ CEIR General Assembly
Website CEIR

The Comité Européen de l'Industrie de la Robinetterie, mostly known as the CEIR or the European Committee for the Valve Industry, is the European trade association for the industrial valve industry.

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History

It was formed in 1959. The valve industry is currently worth €19 billion.

Structure

Within the 14 member national trade associations it has 340 member companies - 95 for sanitary valves, 60 for building valves (gas, water and fire-fighting valves), and 185 in industrial valves (including valve actuators). It is located in the same building as Pneurop.

These industries cover products such as relief valves, pressure-reducing valves, central heating thermostatic valves, taps and cocks.

The constituent organisations include:

Function

It holds its annual meeting every year in April/May. The next edition will take place near Paris, in Chantilly from 2 to 5 May 2012. It is organised by Profluid, the French association [1]

Taps and valves

CEIR deals with building valves, sanitary valves and industrial valves.

Sanitary valves include:

Basin taps
Kitchen taps
Bath taps
Faucets
Single control mixing valves
2 handle mixing valves
Thermostatic mixing valves
Pillar taps
Self closing valves
Electronic taps
Showerheads
Headshowers
Handshowers
Shower columns
Shower panels
Shower systems

Building valves include:

Angle valves
Radiator valves
Thermostatic valves
Thermostatic heads
Disconnectors
Safety groups
Air gaps
Vacuum breakers

Industrial valves include:

Screw-down stop valves
Check valves
Gate valves
Safety valves
Diaphragm valves
Plug and ball plug valves
Butterfly valves
Pressure reducing valves
Radiator valves
Unions
Draw-off taps and stop valves
Float operated and flushing valves
Air valves
Axial control valves
Hydrants
Hydraulic control valves

See also

References

  1. ^ "PROFLUID". PROFLUID CEIR Annual Assembly. http://www.profluid.org/fr/index.html. 

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