KUDOS
DEZURIK’S OLDEST KNOWN
VALVE IN SERVICE RETIRED
While recently upgrading its softening and
filtration systems, a water treatment facility
in St. Cloud, MN made a surprising
discovery: a 53-year-old DeZURIK valve in
exceptional condition. It was the first of six
DeZURIK eccentric plug valves removed
that had been in continual use since 1955.
In their service lives, such valves are
estimated to have processed over 69 billion
gallons of water.
The recently discovered valve was
originally developed by Matt DeZurik in
1928, and the original design has gone
relatively unchanged for more than 80
years. The actuator on the valve has been
updated for safety and ease of maintenance.
The 53-year-old valves were replaced with
DeZURIK’s PEF 100% Port Eccentric Plug
Valve.
SOLON MANUFACTURING
CELEBRATES 60TH
ANNIVERSARY
This year VMA associate member Solon
Manufacturing Co. is celebrating its 60th
anniversary. Based out of Chardon, OH,
Solon was started in 1949 by four engineers
(and fraternity brothers) from Case Western
Reserve University in Cleveland. The first
products marketed were a turbulator,
developed for auto parts cleaning, and a
conduit bender. In 1960, the company
developed Astronaut John Glenn’s relief
valves for the flight suit worn on his first
Earth orbit. The Industrial Controls product
line was added in the early 1960s and
included pressure switches for the Alaskan
Pipeline. The Solon Belleville Spring and
Solon Industrial Controls divisions currently
stocks over 2,000 sizes.
TYCO INTERNATIONAL CITED
FOR PURCHASING EXCELLENCE
Tyco International recently received the
Medal of Professional Excellence from
Purchasing magazine for the company’s
practice of giving purchasing a seat at the
table of every business unit.
According to the magazine, the company
blends decentralized and center-led
purchasing practices that boost earnings per
share. Its practices were featured in a series
of articles on the magazine’s website that
explain how the multi-faceted global
manufacturing company has been able to
get buy-in at every level for sound
purchasing practices. Purchasing also said it
awarded the medal to Tyco for its
Operational Excellence programs, which
include purchasing and supply chain
management.
VMA
MEMBERS
AMONG
WINNERS IN
READERS’
CHOICE
AWARDS
This year’s Readers’ Choice Awards
from Chemical Processing magazine had the highest number of
respondents and identified the greatest number of technology providers in the award's
six-year history. Among them was Emerson
Process Management, Flowserve and
Mueller.
Emerson had the best showing of any
company, coming in first in seven categories
and placing in three others. The company
also garnered the most comments when
respondents were asked to “identify one technology provider as the best and explain why.”
CALENDAR
2009-2010
NOVEMBER
17-19
Chem Show 09
New York, NY
www.chemshow.com
DECEMBER
8-10
Power-Gen 2009
Las Vegas, NV
www.powergen.com
JANUARY
25-26
Valve Industry
Leadership Forum*
New Orleans, LA
www.vma.org
25-27
AHR Expo
Orlando, FL
www.ahrexpo.com
MARCH
4-5
VMA Technical Seminar
San Antonio, TX
www.vma.org
APRIL
7-9
Manufacturers
Workshop & Tour*
Waterloo, IA
www.vma.org
20-22
INTERPHEX
New York, NY
www.interphex.com
MAY
3-6
Offshore Technology
Conference
Houston, TX
www.otcnet.org
*These meetings are open only to
VMA/VRC members. For more
information, go to VMA.org > Events.
