Vallorbs Jewel Company

The Vallorbs Jewel Company has specialized in custom precision machining for over 70 years. What started as a love for Swiss Watches has grown to envelop diverse industries including nuclear, agriculture, medical, and dental.

We pride ourselves on setting the standard for value through our on-time deliveries and rigorous quality control process. Vallorbs’ consistent performance has won us special distinction as the only three-time recipient of the Westinghouse Supplier Excellence Award.

We have the technical capabilities and experienced technicians necessary to produce complex shapes in any machinable material and up to 1.250″ in diameter. Our precision turned parts can be manufactured from the most exotic materials including stainless steel, titanium, zircaloy, or Kovar®. We are ISO 9001:2015 Certified and take great care to ensure top quality, tight tolerances, and on-time delivery.

Fritz Steudler

F. W. Steudler (known as Fritz) bought Vallorbs Jewel Company less than two years after graduating from Millersville State Teacher’s College in 1934. He had worked there after learning how to set jewel watch bearings from his father, Simon who worked at Hamilton Watch Company. After a few years of manufacturing watch bearings, he led the company into supplying precision aircraft instrumentation bearings.

After WWII, he manufactured Sapphire Phonograph needles as the popularity of the Victrola grew. In the early 1950’s he bought his first Swiss Automatic Screw Machine and Vallorbs has been a quality leader in screw machine manufactured components ever since.

• Sapphire phonograph needles (1940-50’s)
• Jeweled bearings for Swiss watches and the aircraft industry (1930-50’s)
• End plugs and special components for the nuclear industry (since 1970’s)
• Critical machined components for the medical industry (since the 1980’s)

What started with jeweled bearings in the early 1900’s has grown to encompass a broad range of industries served. Advancements in energy production, technologies, flight, and medicine have called for new precision parts made out of new kinds of metal.

We service the following industries:

• Nuclear
• Agricultural
• Medical
• Aircraft
• Electronics
• Instruments

Learn about our Core Values.

Vallorbs is a member of the VAL-CO family.

The VAL-CO Board and management are committed to guiding their businesses based on the following Core Values. These principles are non-negotiable, support everything that we do, and define our corporate culture. While we are imperfect people and may at times fail ourselves and others, we are committed to holding each other accountable so that our behavior reflects these Core Values.

Biblical Principles

Our core values are aligned with God’s Word and reflect Christ. God has temporarily entrusted His company to us and we should honor Him in all that we do.

Value People

VAL-CO recognizes the importance and value of our employees and their families, and our customers and vendors. Each of their contributions are an integral part of the company’s overall success.

Integrity

We act with honesty, not compromising the truth, in the face of all obstacles. While business results are critical, how results are achieved are as important as the results themselves.

Quality

VAL-CO will always strive to deliver the value that our customers, employees, shareholders and other business partners expect every time we interact with them.

Profitability

We have a responsibility to earn consistent and satisfactory profits for our shareholders, and to reinvest in our people, products and processes.

Stewardship

As temporary managers of God’s company, we will be good stewards of the profits that He has allowed us to earn, by sharing with those that are less fortunate.