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He has an intimate knowledge of the daily challenges that maintenance and engineering teams face at major industrial facilities . When the opportunity became available for Ruffin to join TEADIT as their North American Technical Director , it was an immediate success . “ It was obvious Mark was the man for the job . Having him on the team has already had such a huge impact in such a short time ,” said Day . TEADIT did not stop there . It continued to look for opportunities to strengthen its team . “ We knew if we were serious about selling low-leak solutions that would address the environmental concerns of our customers , we needed an environmental expert on our team ,” Day continued . Bronson Pate was therefore the next individual TEADIT sought to improve its processes . In 2021 , Pate was providing LDAR compliance consulting for the majority of the US refineries . Prior to that , he held positions as the VP of Compliance at RFS , Global Environmental Consulting Manager at AW Chesterton , and Client Consultant with Sage Environmental . He had amassed a lot of experience in LDAR and Method 21 , environmental compliance , and consent decrees . These were all qualities that Riggs and TEADIT were interested in learning more about . “ For my part , I want to bring awareness and expertise to the challenges of solving fugitive emissions problems , and I believe TEADIT has the team , the products , and the desire to really make an impact ,” said Pate . “ TEADIT has put its proverbial ‘ money where its mouth is ,’ by investing
TEADIT 2848 is a new low-emission valve packing that performs unprecedentedly well in testing ( 1-2ppm ) and features TEADIT TAGS™ for complete traceability .
in R & D projects to develop new and better technologies .” Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent to quality test products to ensure that they perform as certified low-leak technology once in the field . “ I used to overhear the people say , “ at TEADIT , premium performance comes standard .” At first , I thought it was catchy marketing , but now I see it is truly a commitment to providing the highest quality and best performing engineered solutions to the market ; it is not done with the goal of increasing profits , but with the goal of meeting customer needs .”
Quality guarantees
TEADIT carefully controls the specifications and rigorously tests its standard spiral wound gaskets to make sure that they meet ASME B16.20 performance standards , which are based on low-e technology thresholds . They developed TEADIT 2848 , a brand new patented low-emission valve packing that performs unprecedentedly well in testing ( 1-2ppm ) and features TEADIT TAGS™ for complete traceability . “ I get to see first-hand TEADIT ’ s commitment to being an industry leader in the environmental space . At this year ’ s sales meeting , the finer points of compliance were discussed , such as the differences between fugitive emissions , greenhouse gases , and criteria pollutants ,” relayed Pate . “ My longtime friend and colleague , Tim Goedeker ( retired environmental SME for Phillips 66 ) even presented as a guest speaker . I do not think other manufacturers are having these conversations .”
Committed to being an industry leader in the environmental space , the TEADIT teams have open discussions on compliance issues . Here Tim Goedeker ( retired environmental SME for Phillips 66 ) addresses the team during an annual sales meeting .
Geared for the future
Chris Day began his investigation with the notion that TEADIT could be doing a better job of developing a holistic approach to meeting customer needs . He saw signs of the “ silo mentality ” and knew that it existed in the companies and industries TEADIT served . He had the foresight to understand that if TEADIT North America was going to reach the goals he had set for the company , it would take a unified effort of sales , marketing , engineering , operations , and even environmental to get there . www . valve-world . net Valve World April 2023
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