Flat Knife Gate Valves  Manufacturers, Traders, Suppliers

AKO Armaturen & Separationstechnik GmbH is a German company founded in 1984 by Antoine Kopp. We are a manufacturer of pinch valves and have successfully placed our products in the market for more than two decades. In addition to pneumatic and mechanical pinch valves (also known as manual or control pinch valves), our product portfolio includes various gate valve models such as flat slide valves, flat slide gates, knife gate valves, slides for bulk materials and guillotine valves, but also inline diaphragm seals, overflow valves, sleeves for pinch valves, and pinch valve accessories. Together with our agencies, we cooperate with various companies worldwide from different industrial sectors such as chemicals, foodstuffs, paper, power plant and recycling technology, waste water treatment and in particular in the minerals handling, cement, sand and silo engineering sectors. High inventory levels and short response times make for a rapid, comprehensive and customer-friendly service. The success of our company is reflected in very good and efficient customer relations over many years.

EBRO ARMATUREN, headquartered in Hagen, Germany, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial valves, actuators and automation technology. With our international network of production plants, subsidiaries and representatives we are always close to the customer. Excellent expertise combined with high-quality products makes us an internationally acknowledged partner of the machine and plant engineering sector.
As an owner-managed family business we stand for quick decision-making, high individual responsibility, continuity and sustainable investments in research and development. We offer customized solutions for almost every individual application. By developing and producing our own actuators, we can guarantee an optimal matching with the valves. Furthermore, we are able to react flexibly and quickly to special market requirements for offering individually developed solutions to our clients. Under the umbrella of the Bröer Group our product range is broadened by high-class knife gate valves produced by our Swedish subsidiary Stafsjö Valves AB, one of the leading suppliers in this sector.
Worldwide more than 1000 employees in 28 countries stand behind the Bröer Group. In the 2019 financial year a turnover of 177 million euros was generated.