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New turret lathe, drill and
milling machine installed
in Marshalltown factory.
Sales top $53 million.
Metropolitan Opera Studio presents
a one-act opera at the 85th
anniversary sales meeting, which
utilizes the theme “The Curtain
Rises.” (Tallcorn Hotel in
Marshalltown).
“Getting to know Fisher”
corporate advertisement
series begins.
The Fisher Foundation
adds four paintings and
four new statues (The
Four Seasons) to the
Marshalltown
Community Center’s art
collection.
Company’s guiding philosophy is Quality People,
Quality Products and Quality Profits.
Dick Brewer operates a new solid state
controlled automatic turret lathe
(with electronic logic circuits) in the
Marshalltown shop, 1965
rom the original Fisher
Governor Company sprang a
host of separate product and
business segments that now
operate as divisions within the
global scope of Emerson Process
Management.
• Fisher regulators serve
industrial and natural gas
applications.
• Instrument & Valve Services
focuses on valve and instrument
repair, diagnostic capabilities,
and startup services, as well as
the sales of ENCORE ® valves.
• Flow Computer Division
(created in 2000) focuses on
flow computers and remote
terminal units to measure and
control flow in gas fields and
pipelines.
The Fisher valve division,
which represents the core
strengths and capabilities of the
Fisher Governor Company, also
expanded its product line
through acquisitions. Today, the
Fisher line includes POSI-SEAL
butterfly valves, Baumann
sanitary valves, and
steam conditioners and
de-superheaters. The valve
division is comprised of six
business units: sliding-stem
valves; rotary valves; parts;
instruments; engineered
products; and Baumann
products.
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