The Fisher Story | 61
First butterfly units
ship from
Marshalltown.
Fisher Controls and Fahd Altobaishi and Company
form a joint venture for a manufacturing and service
center near the Dammam/Dhahran oil gathering
center of Saudi Arabia. Plans for this facility were
later abandoned.
First
telecommunications
line for the new
order processing
system (OPS)
begins operating.
New 732-page OPS
price book is mailed.
James Matherly, right, assembled
the Type 7600 butterfly valve and
Kirk Starr, left, mounted the 352
electrohydraulic actuator
Sheik Fahd Altobaishi, seated left, and Ed Bauer, president,
seated right. Standing from left, Isa Kazmi, Dennis Green,
Tom Shive, Jim Loveridge and Don Lambert, 1981
Type 585-CE-3611 corrosive service control valve
package is introduced.
Stockroom employees collating
public. Over two nights, 4000
visitors enjoyed the aquarium, a
seafood buffet and a jazz band.
In the fall of 1993, thousands
attended three global
tradeshows that launched the
company’s new corporate
image. The theme for the new
exhibit was Fisher-Rosemount:
Managing The Process Better.
The key shows were ISA in
Chicago, Illinois; Chem-Asia in
Singapore; and BIAS in
Milan, Italy.
The 2001 ISA show in
Houston featured an interactive
display introducing FOUNDATION ™
fieldbus technology.
The only thing better than
going to customers is getting
them to come to you. In 2003,
Emerson Process Management
began hosting a private
conference called the Emerson
Exchange.
“In this forum, the focus is on
us,” says Bruce Johnson of the
Process Systems & Solutions
division in Austin, Texas. “The
Exchange provides face-to-face
time with actual users of our
products and technology as well
as an unequaled opportunity to
share best practices and
application successes.”
In 2004, more than 1,500
people from 42 countries
attended the Emerson Exchange
in Grapevine, Texas.