Educational Opportunities Abound at New VMA Knowledge Forum
From technical to manufacturing to human resources, attendees of the Valve Industry Knowledge Forum will benefit from the best of three different VMA meetings in one education-packed event open to the industry.
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Nahorski is New Chairman; Pecora and Sandler Receive Awards
At VMA’s 2017 Annual Meeting, Oct. 13-15 at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in Florida, members elected a new slate of officers, while several individuals were recognized for their service to the valve industry and the association.
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Adapt and Thrive, Say Annual Meeting Speakers
The theme of adapting to change was set very early for the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) and Valve Repair Council (VRC) 79th Annual Meeting.
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Market Outlook 2018: A Sunnier Mood with a Few Caveats
The atmosphere at VMA’s 2018 Market Outlook Workshop was much more positive than what’s occurred the last two years, with many members reporting bidding and orders up.
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Young Valve Professionals: Megan Johnston
In 2014, VMA's leadership created the Valve Careers Initiative to inform and educate young people about the valve industry and its lucrative job opportunities.
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VMA’s 2018 Market Outlook: Some Optimism, But Issues Remain
The attendees of VMA’s 2017 Market Outlook Workshop in Boston, Aug. 3-4, came away with a generally more positive outlook than they have for the last couple of years.
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Valves in Oxygen Service
In his presentation at VMA’s 2017 Technical Seminar, Kurt Larson, a process control engineer for Air Products, spoke about the inherent danger of the oxygen production business and how it is particularly important for end users and valve manufacturers to work closely together.
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Sharing Knowledge at 2017 Valve World Americas Conference
VMA and VALVE Magazine staff were on hand for the recently completed Valve World Americas Expo & Conference, June 20-21.
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Valve World Americas Event Set for June 20-21
By: Judy Tibbs, Editorial Consultant, VALVE Magazine
End users, distributors, EPC/AEC personnel, valve makers and a host of other flow control professionals will gather June 20-21, 2017 at the George R.
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What We Learned at VMA’s 2017 Leadership Forum
By: Judy Tibbs, Editorial Consultant, VALVE Magazine
The positive forecast Alan Beaulieu of ITR Economics shared was welcome news at VMA’s 2017 Leadership Forum. “You’re going to like 2017 and 2018,” he said. “Consumers are in great shape, retail sales are at a record high level, housing starts are positive, interest rates remain favorable, employment and wages are rising, and banks are lending.” However, it is not all smooth sailing.
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The Many Layers of Valve Qualification
While there has been much rhetoric from the new U.S. administration over the past two months about “deregulation,” Cameron’s Alberto Daglio pointed out in his presentation at VMA’s 2017 Technical Seminar there is much more to achieving approved status for valves than meeting governmental regulations.
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VMA Technical Event: Engineering Valves in the Extreme
While much the 2017 VMA Technical Seminar, held March 2-3 in Nashville, focused on numbers, statistics and specifications, attendees were reminded in a highly charged, emotional presentation by safety awareness speaker Brad Livingston just why it is important to be so vigilant when engineering valves in the extreme.
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VMA Sees Limited Valve Shipment Growth for 2017
After a year of little growth in 2016, U.S. valve shipments for 2017 are forecast to gain ground: about 2% for the year.
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The Valve Industry’s Role in Climate Change
The world may not agree on all the causes of climate change, but most people realize our actions over the last 150 years have directly contributed to greenhouse gas (GHG) buildup, most notably accumulation of carbon dioxide and methane.
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The 2017 Energy Outlook: Exports and the Demand for Valves
The recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) from The Energy Information Administration (EIA) provides modeled projections of domestic energy markets through 2050.
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Is Your Favorite a 2016 Top 10 Article?
Since VALVEMagazine.com was inaugurated many years ago, valve professionals have increasingly taken advantage of the valuable information and insights provided in content created exclusively for and by our readers.
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HR Professionals Gather at VMA Workshop
Human resources managers, executives representing their companies and YVPs (young valve professionals) from VMA companies gathered Nov. 14-15 at the Valve Manufacturers Association’s Human Resources Workshop in Houston.
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Market Outlook for 2017: Sluggish Growth with a Focus on New Realities
While the current uptick in the economy is good news to all industries, continued low oil prices and political unpredictability are making it difficult to get financing for projects, according to speakers at the 2016 VMA Market Outlook workshop in San Diego last August.
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New Valve Business Realities Highlighted At Annual Meeting
In 2016, there is no “business as usual”, and speakers at VMA’s Annual Meeting offered sound advice to navigate the new reality of 21st century commerce.
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Global Economic Outlook 2017
While there are obvious differences from country to country, one could reasonably generalize by saying that what we have today is a combination of low growth, low inflation, increasingly ineffective economic policies, and increasingly destructive politics.
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