The Fisher Story | 71
7,100 Fisher employees worldwide, 50 manufacturing
and service centers in 22 countries, and 180 sales
offices in 75 countries.
Medway plant in England receives ISO 9000
accreditation to international quality standards.
ENCORE re-manufactured valves program introduced.
Fisher Service Company facilities open in Montreal,
Canada; Worcester, Massachusetts; and Benicia,
California.
North America
sales meeting
utilizes the theme
“Fisher Goes
Hollywood.”
(Disneyland Hotel
in Anaheim,
California)
V150 valve, V200 valve, V300 valve and
Accu-Pressure ® gas tank blanketing regulators
are introduced.
Fisher-Marshalltown’s
environmental stewardship
led to waste reduction and
community awareness, 1992
Fisher mobile van is the
computer communications
center for Iowa State University’s
solar car, 1990
asty substances flow
through Fisher valves: oil
mixed with tar and sand; molten
polymers; wood pulp; corrosive
seawater; and sulfuric acid, just
to name a few. Valve plugging,
leaks or failures in these
applications can have expensive
and hazardous consequences.
Fisher severe service
engineers work with local sales
personnel on the specifications,
and then the engineered
products team in Marshalltown
builds the valve to meet those
tough application requirements.
The assemblies often include
specialized components and
trim options to address a host
of problems. Dirty service trim
(DST), for example, minimizes
valve plugging from entrained
parti