The valve brand is POVE,
whereas the company logo is POVE-us.
P is the first letter in Pedro, our founder, O
is the last letter in PedrO
and FrancO, our founder and co-founder.
VE is the first letter and
last letter of the word ValvE.
us stands for United States, both founder and co-founder are born in United
States, born of immigrant parents, hence have a higher than average Pride of
being American.
www.pove-us.com
The founder is Pedro
Garcia. Co-founder is Franco
Martinez. Both Pedro and Franco have
been Valve and Piping Engineers for the last 2 decades, having served in valve
companies such as Powell, and oil and gas companies such as Chevron and
Haliburton. Founder and co-founder
started the company after the US
recession in 2007. Getting laid off,
they decided to make use of their valves design and technical knowledge, and
cooperation of Powell’s vendors to start off their own brand of valves: POVE.
Operations started in 2008 with 3 CNC machines placed in Pedro’s garage,
producing forged steel valves. Pedro and
Franco sourced the forgings from the vendors and did the valves machining at
the garage.
(Although the cast steel valves currently generate much more profit for the Company,
Pedro and Franco are always deeply passionate about the forged steel
valves. That was how POVE was started:
the forged steel valves.)
Albert Ginsberg joined the Company in 2011 as investor and our 3rd
partner. As the Company grew in sales
turnover, Pedro and Franco could not cope with the required working
capital. Albert pumped in a large amount
of money enabling the Company to grow by leaps and bounds. Albert also proved to be a great negotiator
and business developer. He negotiated big
deals with valve stockists, piping stockings, casting vendors, and valve
manufacturing vendors.
In 2012, Albert brought in his friend, Simon Chong, as the 4th
partner. Simon is the Money Man and the
Strategist. Business continues to
flourish with this strategic partnership:
2 persons in Technical aspect of Valves, 1 person with Deep Pocket and
excellent Negotiator, and 1 person managing Money matters and implementing
Strategies.
In 2014, we aim to start online selling the more popular valves.
http://www.pove-us.com/
