TPi May 2014

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New research and development facility Val-Matic has built a new 7,000ft 2 research and development facility in its second manufacturing plant located in Addison, Illinois, USA. technical hands-on training of industry professionals.

served in various roles that include vice president of sales and marketing, and most recently executive vice president and chief operating officer. John V Ballun, who previously served as vice president of engineering, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mr Ballun has been with Val-Matic for 18 years and has worked in the waterworks and power industries for over 30 years. He has also held leadership roles for the Manufacturers Standardization Society, serving as president. Val-Matic manufactures air valves, check valves and quarter turn shut- off valves for water/wastewater, power, industrial, fire protection and HVAC applications. Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corp – USA valves@valmatic.com www.valmatic.com

Val-Matic has also made a number of personnel changes and promotions, which became effective on 1 January. Patricia A Nuter, previously president and chief executive officer, will assume the role of chairman of the board of directors, where she will continue to play an active role in daily operations. Ted Makowan was appointed president and chief executive officer. Mr Makowan has been with Val-Matic from its inception in 1966 as co-founder. During his career with the company he has

The R&D facility includes a materials lab with equipment for testing elastomers and metals. A flow lab equipped with a battery of water pumps was also constructed, to perform dynamic check valve tests and water flow tests to determine flow and torque characteristics of various valves. In addition, a 5,000-gallon air tank allows full-scale air flow testing of large air valves. The facility is available for

A flow lab is part of Val- Matic’s new R&D facility New premises and automatic storage system

The company is the first in the Netherlands to store its tubes using the Honeycomb automatic storage system from Swiss company Fehr. Around 1,800m 2 of tubes are stored in the 11-metre-high cartridge system. The system automatically checks whether the correct amount of tubes are picked or stored. The robot operating within the system saves warehouse employees a large amount of work and ensures that errors are reduced to zero.

Paul Meijering Metalen bv has moved to a new business location in Zaltbommel, Netherlands. With 11,000m 2 of ware- house capacity and an office of 1,000m 2 the company is able to offer its customers more quality and service. Paul Meijering Metalen is using Fehr’s Honeycomb automatic storage system

Paul Meijering Metalen bv – Netherlands

info@paulmeijering.nl www.paulmeijering.nl

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