The Fisher Story | 55
Last issue of The Governor
newsletter in the monthly,
eight-page format.
Type 1098-EGR district regulator, 128-PQ Series oil
dump valves, LS Series signal converters and the
RD221 and RD1111 recorders are introduced.
Series 1000 ac2 system
introduced.
First Marshalltown
Bulletin newsletter is
published.
1977 New plant opens in
Sao Jose dos Campos,
Brazil.
Terry Buzbee (who
later becomes
president) is hired as
a sales engineer.
Sales meeting utilizes
the theme “Movin’
On.” (Alladin Hotel in
Las Vegas, Nevada)
Waldo W. Wizard IV,
an animated character
created by Lenn Redman,
is used at the Movin’ On
sales meeting, 1977
Interior view of the machine shop at Fisher-Brazil, 1977
• Bacteria used in water
treatment was “trained” to eat
the vapors from paint thinners
and solvents, thereby helping to
purify the air.
• An ion exchange process
removed metal contaminant
from finishing process
wastewater.
• A below-ground vault
provided storage of machine
chemicals and waste oil.
• A coolant recycling process
reduced the volume of waste
coolant from 3,000 to 600
gallons per week.
Employees in McKinney,
Texas, received the Clean Texas
2000 award from Texas
Governor Ann Richards.
Sponsored by the Texas Water
Commission, the award
recognized the site’s efforts to
reduce waste generation and,
through recycling, to keep more
than seven tons of plastic and
rubber out of local landfills.
From 1987 to 1991,
employees in Sherman, Texas,
began to use recycled paper,
reduced landfill use by 85 tons
per year, and recycled 100% of
hazardous waste generated.
They received the state’s Altrusa
Award for recycling and waste
minimization.