Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets check valves, quarter turn shut-off valves, air valves, and foot valves for water/wastewater, industrial, and building markets. It also offers butterfly valves; control systems, such as electric control panels, hydraulic control panels, oil accumulator systems, and hand control valves; freeze protection dampers; inflow preventers; plug valves; valve actuation products, including traveling nut manual actuators, worm gear manual actuators, cylinder actuators, and electric motor actuation systems; and vent pipe security cage. The company was founded in 1966 and is based in Elmhurst, Illinois.