If you look at a dentist or dental hygienist’s patient workspace, you will find various components and tools. From HVEs with suction tubes to hand held scrapers and probes. Most of what you see relies on some form of valve to control the flow of...
Keep Media Flow on Track With the Right Check Valve Mechanism
Across industries, check valves play an essential role in preventing reversal flow of a media. Check valves remain open when media is flowing in the proper direction, and close when the flow reverses. The most common flow control mechanisms within...
Valves for Food Handling
In the food and beverage industry, all process and automation components must be built to withstand continuous use and stress in a variety of conditions. This is especially true for Valves. Typically, valves are needed to control the flow of media....
Looking Back: Specialty Mfg. Co. Celebrates 120 Years of Manufacturing in the Custom Valve Industry
Saint. Paul, MN, September 2020: With a host of achievements to look back on, The Specialty Mfg. Co. is adding one more to the list by celebrating 120 years of service this September of 2020. A top manufacturer of custom and customized miniature...
A Century of Success Breed Superior Value
As one of North America’s oldest and most respected manufacturers of valves and couplers, The Specialty Manufacturing Company has a unique and valuable set of resources to offer its customers. Value begins with products which are manufactured to...
Value Added Engineering for Manufacturability
With a long history of design engineering expertise and value-added services for functional design solutions, Specialty Manufacturing is committed to establishing a successful design partnership with every customer. Through ‘value added...
Manufacturing Know How: Design for Both Function and Manufacturability
Specialty Manufacturing is one of North America’s oldest and most respected manufacturers, providing standard ISO certified products, collaborating with customers to solve unique manufacturing problems, and working with businesses to convert ideas...
The Specialty Manufacturing Company: One Of The World’s Greatest Valve Manufacturers
Featured on the popular ION television network’s World’s Greatest series, The Specialty Manufacturing Company is profiled as one of the world’s greatest valve manufacturers. The presentation showcases why the company is a trusted source of products...
Try Our New Check Valve Tutorial
Specialty Mfg. is a trusted source for standard check valves, for custom work involving basic valve modifications, and for fully custom fluid-control solutions. Check valves, also known as back-flow valves, are used in an endless number of...
Industry’s Most Popular Suction Strainer Sizes Available as Fast as Next Day
The Specialty Manufacturing Company, a worldwide leader in custom metal and plastic valves, has announced their entire offering of suction strainers are available immediately, with all orders shipping in just two weeks and many popular sizes as...
Star Tribune Names The Specialty Manufacturing Company a Top Workplace for 2019
The Specialty Manufacturing Company Captures Another Prestigious Top Workplace Award. White Bear Lake, MN, August 22, 2019 —The Specialty Manufacturing Company, a leading manufacturer in custom valve solutions, today announced that for the 3rd year...
A Case for Valve Customization
When Holiday House Distributing, the largest distributor of OCS, water and vending parts in North America, needed a modification to a ball valve design, there was no question that it would ask The Specialty Manufacturing Co. (SMC) to create it....
Your Ideas Made Real – The Value of Vertically Integrated Design
The Specialty Manufacturing Company is one of North America’s oldest and most respected valve manufacturers. Family owned for over a century, Specialty Mfg. leverages expertise across all areas of its business by providing valuable and interrelated...
In-House Capabilities Streamline Lead Times for Custom Valves
Because the lead time of a product affects how quickly a customer can solve their issue, manufacturers strive to limit this window of time as much as possible. One way to do this is by bringing all engineering, prototyping, manufacturing and...
The Material Importance of Fit, Form and Function
Today’s smaller and lighter automotive engines achieve greater speed than their predecessors while consuming less fuel. The simultaneous reduction of emissions and increased miles per gallon (MPG) figures testify to how truly efficient these...




