The Fisher Story | 59
Fisher Controls attends the first U.S./China trade event
in Beijing.
Sales meeting utilizes the
theme “Staking Our Claim.”
(Hyatt Regency in
San Francisco, California)
McKinney plant completes
a $4.3 million expansion.
1981 Process instrumentation (PI) group in
Marshalltown starts move to Austin, Texas.
Toluca, Mexico, plant
doubles in size.
Annual sales are $650 million.
This advertisement’s headline reads: “Out here it’s always Fisher time”
1990 - An oil company in the
Middle East ordered $28 million
worth of Fisher equipment to
control gas-oil separation
processes (GOSP), seawater
treatment, water injection and
water pumping stations.
1991 - Marshalltown supplied an
SS-250 valve with two-stage
trim for the Stratfjord B, an oil
platform in the North Sea, off
the coast of Norway.
1992 - Fisher-Marshalltown
designed and built a series of
critical service valves for the
Alaska pipeline. The order
included some giants: a 2500pound Design EHT antisurge
valve, four 30-inch Design FBGT
globe valves and a 60-inch
butterfly valve (made in North
Stonington).
2002 - The first $1M fabricated
body valve resists corrosion in a
chemical plant in Zhuhai, China.
2004 - Fisher supplies general
and severe service control valves
for a new oil-from-tarsands
project in Alberta.
2005 - A series of large
compressor antisurge valves
serve natural gas projects in
Brunei and Qatar.