38 | The Fisher Story
1964 Marshalltown plant
employees vote for United
Auto Workers
representation by a count of
453 to 435.
UAW newsletter
Type 3100 Lev-Al-Con capacity level detector
introduced.
Tradeshow features seven identical Fisher control
valves manufactured in seven countries.
In-House Resources
B
eginning with the pattern
shop in 1915, the company
established in-house
departments to support its core
development, sales and
manufacturing activities. Today,
these departments enter and
process orders, develop product
drawings (drafting), handle
imports and exports, maintain
equipment and facilities, control
inventory, generate advertising,
recruit new employees, and
many other activities too
numerous to mention.
As the company grew,
managing information became
especially critical. Several groups
now focus on this task. These
teams include the information
centers (providing library and
Web-based services), technical
documentation (producing
product manuals and bulletins),
mail rooms (handling inter-office
and general post deliveries) and
publication stockrooms (storing
and distributing product and
promotional literature).
Employees within these
departments deal with
tremendous volumes of
company-generated material
and receive requests from
Emerson and customer facilities
all over the world.
Photographers (George
Porter and Dave Anderson) and
graphic design employees were
responsible for many of the
photos, documents and print
ads that appear in this book.