OPC sub at W&O's Mobile valve shop

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - W&O, a global supplier to the marine and upstream oil and gas markets for pipe, valves, and fittings, valve automation, and engineered solutions, announced May 24 that it had been awarded a subcontract from Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) of Panama City, Fla., for the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC). W&O was selected as the major supplier of valves for the new ship class. The OPC is the Coast Guard's largest shipbuilding program. The current contract calls for ESG to build up to nine OPCs. “This project represents years of development our team has put into this product line. This project will be handled by our Mobile, Ala., branch, where the state-of-the-art valve automation facility has successfully delivered thousands of motor operated valves to the shipbuilding industry over the last 10 years," said Debbie Garner, W&O’s Gulf Coast Regional Manager. (Source: PR Newswire 05/24/19)