Velcon Process

About Us

Originally named En fab, Inc., Velcon Filters, LLC was founded in 1953 by Harold Higbee, a Tooling Engineer, and L.W. (Lu) Taylor, an Industrial Engineer. Both had extensive experience in the fiberglass industry. The first products were fabricated fiberglass components for the 2.75 Rocket sold to the United States government. Imaginative R&D led to the creation of a proprietary fiberglass filter coalescer in 1957. This revolutionary product was initially introduced to both military and commercial aviation fuel markets and subsequently to pipelines and refineries. Velcon now supplies more replacement cartridges to purify jet fuel than any other company in the world. In 1991, Lu Taylor became Chairman of the Board and his son David C. Taylor assumed the position of President. Dave Taylor brought with him a broad range of technical and management experience. Velcon¿s commitment to quality has been recognized through its achievement of the ISO 9001 Certification of Registration in 2000. Most recently Velcon has re-qualified for ISO 9001, proving its continuing achievement of quality standards. Velcon is also the first filter manufacturer to receive qualifications for all three categories of the API/EI 1581 5th Edition Specification.