Valve Manufacturing

Eric B. Luftig, Victaulic to Receive Spirit of Volunteerism Award

The Valley Youth House (VYH) announced that Eric B. Luftig, Victaulic’s vice president head of marketing, and Victaulic will receive a 2018 Spirit of Volunteerism Award from the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley. The Volunteer Center's Annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards honor local businesses, individuals or teams who have demonstrated excellence in community service and workplace volunteerism.

Eric B. Luftig serves on the VYH Board of Directors, as chair of the marketing committee and as a member of the development committee. Victaulic team members have organized several drives around the holidays to benefit VYH Programs to brighten the holidays for young people served by the agency. Additionally, Victaulic refurbishes and donates Victaulic laptops to clients of VYH.

Weir Moves Delta Industrial Valve Manufacturing to St. Louis

The Weir Group has integrated its Delta Industrial valves manufacturing operations into its facility in St. Louis. Before the integration, the St. Louis facility solely manufactured Lewis pumps and valves. Along with expanding manufacturing operations, Weir added a team of 24 valve specialists around the globe.

The strategic decision was made to relocate the manufacturing of Delta Industrial valves to help accelerate the growth of both brands, increase production and streamline processes.

Emerson Awards 2018 ASCO Engineering Scholarships

Emerson awarded the 2018 recipients of the annual ASCO Engineering Scholarships to two students who will receive $5,000 from Emerson to support their pursuit of a bachelor's degree in engineering. The recipients were awarded the scholarship at PMMI’s annual Amazing Packaging Race at PACKEXPO International 2018 in Chicago.

The ASCO Engineering Scholarship program, now in its 11th year, has awarded a total of $110,000 in merit-based scholarships to 22 students, based on their potential for leadership and for making a significant contribution to the industrial automation engineering profession, particularly as it relates to the application of fluid control and pneumatic technologies. The company has provided an additional $22,000 in grants to 20 schools of engineering.

Advanced Valve and Instrument Joins VMA

This week the Valve Manufacturers Association of America (VMA) welcomes Advanced Valve & Instrument, Inc. as its newest distributor/channel partner associate member. Overall, this is the association’s sixth new member of 2018.

Advanced Valve and Instrument began in 1994 with a focus on being a short turnaround supplier of automated quarter turn valves. Now that’s expanded to include instrumentation and valve application seminars, classes, and valve application consulting.

Weir Valves & Controls USA Renews Certificates

Weir Valves & Controls USA (WVC USA) has renewed its ISO 9001 Certificate to the 2015 Standard. The Quality Policy Manual and all related procedures have been reviewed for compliance and all employees have been trained on the updated Quality Management System.

Additionally, WVC USA’s ISO 14001 Certificate was updated from the 2004 to 2015 Standard. The notified body, Advanced Waste Management Systems Inc., evaluated WVC USA for the design, manufacture, assembly and test of valves and flow control equipment and determined the company to be in conformance with all provisions of the Environmental Management System.