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LVSA Group achieves API-600 certification - a first in Africa A100% black-owned, Level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment company has achieved its vision of manufacturing its own range of valves, becoming the first company in Africa to be granted an API-600 licence and certification. Starting out as an importer and distributor of industrial valves, pipes and fittings, LVSA Group has long been recognised as the largest stockists in Africa and has now added local manufacture to its portfolio.
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oil and gas and allows the industry to operate in an environmentally safe manner.”
“Each day, the oil and natural gas industry depends on equipment to produce, refine and distribute its products.”
“Designed for manufacturers of production, drilling, and refinery equipment, the API, or American Petroleum Institute 2022, Monogram Program verifies that manufacturers are operating in compliance with industry standards,” says LVSA CEO Sagren Pillay.
“The equipment used is some of the most technologically advanced available in the search for
In addition to API-600, LVSA is also SABS, or South African Bureau of Standards; MSS, or Manufacturers
Pipes, Pumps and Valves Africa - Jan/Feb 2022