Customer-oriented solutions at the highest levels of technology and competence

HORA control valves are versatile, modular valves for use in power plants under demanding conditions. Our control valves are suited for the regulation of gas, steam or liquid media flows in all industrial areas of application. They are designed especially for water and steam at high pressures and temperatures in power plants.

Due to close cooperation with plant engineers and technical project management, HORA is able to recognise problems and provide optimum solutions based on many years of experience in the design and manufacture of control valves.

Careful material selection and tested designs prevent typical problems such as erosion, corrosion, cavitation, vibration, noise and insufficient control. The combination of optimized design with cost-effectiveness has proven our products to be an excellent choice for demanding operating conditions.

Find out more about products and areas of application in the division Power Technology and click directly on the area that may interest you.

• 2 control valves in 1 – the HORA combined feed water control valve
• Multi-stage injection coolers
• Low-cavitation up to 500 bar Δp
• The service-friendly pump protection valve
• The optimum steam conditioning valve
• Technical bulletin for high-pressure valves
• Product catalogue Power Technology
• Pneumatic linear actuators

Our customers benefit from what makes us better

Read more about the added value of working together with HORA Power Technology

Keyword: Focussed product range

We concentrate almost exclusively on the engineering, manufacture, and sales of special control valves for the water and steam cycle of fossil fuel-fired power plants. That sets us apart from the competition – and benefits our customers. No frittering away of our resources and know-how, but rather a focus on our core competency, ensuring that our customers benefit from innovative developments, high-quality products and capable consultation.

Keyword: Global focus

The global appetite for energy is growing. Particularly in countries such as Russia, India, and China, where large power plant construction schemes are underway and large capital investments are being made in building new power plants and modernizing older power plants. We began our participation in these growth markets at an early stage, and we set up a global sales and service network in Europe, North America, and Asia together with our local partners. This makes us a preferred partner for large, globally-operating power plant builders such as Siemens, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. and General Electric as well as the Russian Power Machines or Shanghai Boiler Works.

Keyword: In-house development

We develop our key core products ourselves. In this context, it means motivating bright minds to design exceptional products and thereby solve our customer requirements. Our ability to safely master complexity is a result of the combination of excellently-trained employees, modern CAD and simulation tools as well as professional methods. The result is products that open new perspectives for future power plant generations and also contribute in increasing the efficiency of existing power plants.

Keyword: High vertical range of manufacturing

In-house vertical manufacturing levels of up to 90% are the main reason why we produce our final control elements at a very high level of quality and with excellent value for money. We develop our expertise and core competence in important fields like welding, annealing and large body machining in-house. This benefits our customers on the excellent quality of our products. A key indicator of this fact is the very low complaint rate. It is significantly below the industry average.

Keyword: Competent customer service

The more complex the tasks with which we are confronted, the greater the need for sales and consulting competence. We meet this challenge with a team of the most excellently trained engineers. They provide expert advice -  but also listen attentively to what our customers have to say. This allows us to observe the market and to implement that which makes us what we are: Customer-focused order processing to achieve a globally leading position in the high-end sector in control valves for water and steam applications.

Keyword: Highly qualified employees

Excellence is a bold claim. Employees must have comprehensive qualifications in order to achieve it. Constant learning and building on what we know is our path to excellent performance. We work together with renowned institutions like the Kraftwerkschule Essen and the University of Applied Sciences Aachen (Fachhochschule Aachen) in training and providing continued education for our engineers. Internal and external programmes for employee development accompany such initiatives. These measures are intended to provide a high level of quality for reliable final control elements and actuators, ensure competent consultation for our customers, and offer the services required along the entire product lifecycle.