Paladon PV Bought out by AKO UK

Paladon Valves are now AKO UK Years ago, Paladon PV were previous distributors of AKO Pinch Valves. This means that the AKO Pinch Valves were being sold under a different name (Paladon PV). In 2000, the company Paladon PV was bought out by AKO GmbH in Germany (AKO head office), and renamed as AKO UK Ltd. Since this time, AKO UK have continued to supply Pinch Valve products under a new name/brand change, into a wide range of industrial sectors, and former Paladon customers naturally changed over to AKO UK products. AKO is a family run company with it’s head office based in Germany. AKO Armaturen & Separationstecnik in Germany already had their reliable pinch valve brand on the market, and so expanded their distribution into the UK, forming AKO UK. The AKO Pinch Valves replaced the Paladon version of pinch valves imminently. It is quite rare, but some sites across the UK are still using the older Paladon pinch valves as they are currently still installed and working, even 15+ years later. Paladon Valves – Sleeves still available AKO UK supply the spare and replaceable rubber sleeves for Paladon valves. However if a new complete valve is required, the old Paladon type was made obsolete in 2000, therefore a new complete pinch valve from AKO UK will replace the Paladon type. Nowadays, when 50mm or 65mm Paladon valves that are still in use are concerned, there is sometimes a slight confusion over the sleeve size. The AKO 65mm rubber sleeve used to fit both Pinch Valve sizes 50mm & 65mm with the old Paladon bulbous body shape, but now to clear things up and to make it simpler, with the new AKO Pinch Valves, the 50mm sleeve only fits the 50mm valve body and the 65mm sleeve will only fit the 65mm valve body.