Valmont Industries

{{Short description|Nebraska-based manufacturer of center pivot irrigation systems and utility poles}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Valmont Industries, Inc.

| logo = Valmont.svg

| type = Public

| industry = Diversified Industrial

| fate =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| founded = {{start date and age|1946}} in Nebraska, United States

| founder = Robert B. Daugherty

| defunct =

| hq_location_city = 15000 Valmont Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska

| hq_location_country = United States

| area_served = International

| key_people = Avner M. Applbaum (president and CEO)

| products = Products for the infrastructure and agriculture markets

| brands = 31

| revenue = $4.3 billion net sales

| traded_as = {{nyse|VMI}}
S&P 400 Component

| assets = 84 manufacturing facilities

| owner =

| num_employees = 11,000 {{small|(2023)}}{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.valmont.com/about-us |website=Valmont}}

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| website = {{URL|https://www.valmont.com}}

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Valmont Industries, Inc. is a large, publicly held American manufacturer of Valley center pivot and linear irrigation equipment, windmill support structures, lighting and traffic poles and steel utility poles.

Their corporate office is in Omaha, Nebraska. Their plant and aviation department is in Valley, Nebraska. Valmont has many worldwide locations including Europe, China and India. The company name comes from a combination of the names of two nearby towns, Fremont and Valley.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

Mogens Bay was appointed Head Chairman and C.E.O. following the retirement of founder Robert B. Daugherty in 2004.

Valmont produces products for the agricultural industry.

The company was founded by Robert B. Daugherty.{{cite book | title=International Directory of Company Histories | publisher=St. James Press | series=Gale virtual reference library | issue=v. 19 | year=1997 | isbn=978-1-55862-353-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8lEkAQAAMAAJ | access-date=2025-01-03 | page=469}}

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