History

SchuF was established in 1911 by Josef Frank and Ludwig Schwärzel in Frankfurt, Germany
In 1914 SchuF received a patent for the original Lift Valve

The Original Lift Plug Valve Founder: Josef Frank

Patents for Ram Piston Bottom Outlet Valve and Disc Raising or Lowering Bottom Outlet Valves were received in the period between 1923 and 1926
After the war SchuF specialized in process control valves and obtained significant success in the Petrochemical, Refining, Plastics & Polymer, Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries
SchuF expanded both its sales offices and manufacturing plants abroad, first in Europe, followed by the USA, South America and Asia over the next 20 years
SchuF Ireland was established in 1991, enabling SchuF to double production and design capacity
SchuF Specialty Valves India was established in 2000, bringing SchuF closer to the Asian market
The leading US polymer valve specialist “Fetterolf” joined the SchuF Group in 2004
In the year 2005 SchuF China Valves ltd. was established
More expansions were established in 2010. SchuF built a new production site in the UK (SchuF UK Ltd.) as well as a new sales office in Singapore (SchuF South East Asia Pte Ltd.)
In 2015 SchuF Middle East was established, located at Dubai, UAE
Today the SchuF Group serves customers in 65 countries and provides the most reliable process control valves available.