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Control valve noise abatement research program
initiated in Marshalltown.
Bill Fisher announces plans to divest his family
holdings in Fisher Governor Company and relinquish
day-to-day operating responsibilities.
Strain gauges test pressure rating of products.
Marshalltown engineering gets a new
computerized calculator.
Woodstock plant builds three 52-inch butterfly valves
for a power plant in Nova Scotia.
Brochure, 1968
Fisher in Marshalltown. He
follows in the footsteps of his
great-grandfather (John Eige 1900 to 1955), his maternal
grandfather (Norman Eige 1939 to 1979), his paternal
grandfather (Jack Rundall 1950 to 1965), and his father
(John Rundall - 1961 to 2000).
From the late 1940s to the
mid-1980s, seven brothers from
the Case family all worked for
Fisher-Marshalltown in the
factory. Together, Calvin,
Donald, Floyd, Larry, Mainard,
Marvin and Bernard contributed
a total of 215 years of service. In
2005, Kevin Case, maintains the
family tradition as a janitor, 1st
shift, at the Governor Road
plant.
The Case brothers make Fisher a family tradition, 1980