Valmont Industries, Inc.
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Valmont Industries, Inc. Company Profile

Valmont Industries has pole position. Its founder, Robert Daugherty, helped develop the center pivot irrigation pipe that transformed farming. The company has four business units: engineered infrastructure products (EIP; metal poles and other structures for lighting, traffic, and wireless communications industries); irrigation (agricultural irrigation equipment sold under the Valley brand); utilities support structures (steel and concrete poles and other structures used by utilities); and coatings (galvanizing, anodizing, and powder coating). Other operations include the manufacture of tubular products and industrial fastener distribution. Products are sold worldwide; the US accounts for about 55% of sales.