40 | The Fisher Story
Type 546 electropneumatic transducer,
Design BF valve body,
Design IC cryogenic
valve body, Design ZLA
lined angle body, and
Design V25 rotary ball
valves are introduced.
1965 New 30,000-square-foot plant opens in
Toluca, Mexico.
Design BF valve
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Materials management department organizes
in Marshalltown.
IBM 1460 computer, 1965
Toluca, Mexico,
Exports Parts
T
he factory in Toluca, Mexico,
was the first non-licensee
production facility Fisher
established in Latin America
(1965). Initially, the site
produced control valve
assemblies and exported trim
parts (since 1985) to North
America. In 1993, however,
Toluca shifted its focus to
exporting parts. Today, Toluca is
an important, high-volume
supplier of Fisher valve
components worldwide.
Ramon Sanchez, hired as a
materials manager (1984), has
witnessed two major facility
expansions (1994 and 2004).
Each expansion included the
transfer of CNC machines from
Marshalltown and Sherman as
well as the addition of more
than 100 new employees.
“Thanks in part to lean
manufacturing and product
rationalization initiatives (2000),
we were able to increase
capacity without new buildings,”
he said. “The expansions
doubled production and
enabled us to keep pace with
double-digit growth in sales.”
Ramon was promoted to
Toluca plant manager (1996).
“We have made safety and
on-time delivery improvements,
as well as earned ISO 9002
certification (1997),” he said.
“The site’s 254 employees will
continue to support the Fisher
worldwide manufacturing
strategy.”