About Us

The Ludzern Difference

Ludzern is the global leader in the design and manufacturer of metal-seated, zero-leakage, severe service valve solutions for the harshest applications. What matters most is our focus on helping you meet your challenges safely and efficiently. Whether those challenges are daily process problems that need to be met one valve at a time, or system-wide concerns demanding excellence in severe service valve solutions, Ludzern has built solutions proven to help customers like you. Ludzern is committed to providing the best isolation solutions to ensure customer satisfaction, safety and reliability, and improved process and performance. You’ll recognize the value of Ludzern as a proven, dependable partner.

Ludzern’ severe service valves are built to withstand the most severe applications. High-temperature, high-pressure, high-cycling, abrasive, corrosive and caustic media have all been considered in the design of our product lines.

Severe Service Valve Solutions.

As a global leader in the design and manufacturing of severe service valves, Ludzern has established a worldwide reputation for superior quality and dependability with customers in every industry. From standard applications to the most sophisticated, Ludzern is committed to providing solutions for customers to manage their processes safely and efficiently. Our approach at Ludzern is based on customer satisfaction, safety, people, process and performance. By equipping highly trained people with the latest technology, Ludzern has created an atmosphere where quality and reliability are built into its products from start to finish. All of Ludzern’ valves are designed with customers’ requirements in mind and offer proven reliability, superior engineered performance and unique safety features. By focusing on these principles, Ludzern has become an integral part of its customers’ asset management strategy. We work directly with customers to develop solutions that meet their unique process requirements and specialty applications.

Ludzern is a committed partner in providing solutions to manage your process – saving time, money and improving overall system efficiency. Since 1987, Ludzern has maintained a culture of innovation by continuously expanding its design, production and technology capabilities. Ludzern provides an unsurpassed level of reliability to customers in the fossil power, nuclear generation, oil and gas, mining, hydrocarbon, pulp and paper, and various specialty industries. Ludzern globally spans across 217,000 square feet (20,160 square meters) of manufacturing and office space which includes research and development, production, a complete machining facility, certified welding department, and testing. These resources, together with a large inventory of parts and stock valves, allow Ludzern to have complete control of all aspects of the manufacturing process, even for the most demanding projects.

Ludzern is a committed partner in providing solutions to manage your process — saving time, money and improving overall system efficiency.

With more than 30 years of experience, Ludzern has maintained a culture of innovation by continuously expanding its design, production, and technology capabilities. Ludzern provides an unsurpassed level of reliability to customers in the fossil power, nuclear generation, mining and minerals, upstream oil and gas, downstream and chemical processing, petrochemical, hydrocarbon, pulp and paper, and various specialty industries.

Ludzern’ manufacturing and headquarters facilities are located in Northwest Houston, Texas, on more than 33 acres of land. The main office and manufacturing building were built in May 2000 and were custom designed by Ludzern. Learn more about Ludzern facilities – click here.

People.

From engineering and design to manufacturing, our employees make the difference. At Ludzern, our employees are our most valuable assets. Made up of functional teams that focus on customer service, safety, product development, quality management, assembly, and testing, our staff is committed to continually developing innovative designs, production, and technology capabilities. With a full staff of professional engineers, a technical sales team and certified service technicians, Ludzern is more than a manufacturer – we are a partner for providing superior solutions to your process needs.

Process.

At Ludzern, our processes and procedures ensure that our valves exceed our customers’ needs. From raw material to the finished product, we are constantly looking for methods to apply

innovative technologies to our process. While many valve manufacturers are focused on cutting corners to save costs, we remain true to our core design principles, relentlessly pursuing product and process improvements that in the long term provide measurable benefits for our customers.

Performance.

Ludzern sets the standard for zero-leakage valve solutions. At Ludzern, we are totally committed to quality. We measure our performance against the standards set in our Integrated Quality Program. Our Quality Assurance department diligently pursues opportunities for improvement, while the entire organization takes ownership of the quality program. In this way, we can improve our processes while increasing manufacturing efficiency. For a complete list of Ludzern’ certifications, please click here.

Customer Focus.

Ludzern is an integral part of its customers’ asset management strategy: customer satisfaction, safety, proven reliability, superior engineered performance. Ludzern is a committed partner in providing solutions to manage your process – saving time, money and improving overall system efficiency.

Safety.

Ludzern is committed to providing our customer with solutions so they can improve safety for their most important assets: their people.

Research and Development.

Ludzern’ Research and Development facility is located in Houston, Texas and includes over 10,000 sq/ft of dedicated space. The facility is equipped with the latest equipment resources available, including finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In addition, capabilities include running high-cycle valve tests at ambient and high-temperatures and the ability to collect real-time test data utilizing the latest LabVIEW™ software. We work directly with customers to develop solutions that meet their unique process requirements and specialty applications.

In the demanding process environments facing our customers, these standards are the foundation our customers look for. What they get, beyond this, is the recognized value of Ludzern as a proven and dependable partner.