The Fisher Story | 43
1967 Governor Road plant opens in Marshalltown. It
measures 360,000 square feet and is one of the most
advanced machine shops of its kind in the world.
Design E valve body
introduced.
Sales meeting utilizes the
theme “Keep the Faith Baby,
There is a Solution.” (Park
Sheraton in Montreal,
Quebec, Canada)
Fisher Governor Company
appears on the American
Stock Exchange, symbol FG.
Ad campaign begins with the
theme “It’s Hard to Get
Beyond the Reach of the Fisher Man and
Fisher Experience.”
A line in this advertisement reads: Wherever you are, you’ll find
the Fisher Man, with his knowledge of the newest products
and latest techniques, can solve your control problem
valve was an innovation in 1967
that brought cage-guiding
technology, superior control and
versatility to the industry. Its
valve body is a platform on
which one can customize the
assembly to fit any application.
A choice of trim sizes and styles
enables users to maximize
control as well as minimize their
investment.
To date, an estimated 1.5
million e-bodies have been sold
worldwide. The rugged,
field-proven easy-e valve
continues to set the industry
standard for dependability and
longevity. Fisher has repeated
the easy-e valve’s success with
products like the 546
transducer, the 3582 pneumatic
positioner, and the 657 Series
actuator—each of which have
sold more than one-million
units. The Fisher valve division
designs and builds products that
become Cadillacs ® of the
process control industry.
The easy-e Sets Standard
T
he Fisher easy-e ® control
valve, introduced in 1967 and
still selling today, is the largest
and most successful control
valve product line within
Emerson Process Management
and quite possibly, within the
process control industry. How
does one measure a product’s
success? For one thing,
customers often use the name
e-body as a generic term for
control valve.
The sliding-stem, globe-style