VMA’s 75th Annual Meeting: Elections, Honors and Celebration
By: Judy Tibbs, Editorial Consultant, VALVE Magazine
At its 75th Annual Meeting, held Oct. 3-5 at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL, members of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America elected Ivan Velan, executive vice president of Velan to serve as 2013-14 chairman of the VMA Board of Directors, filling the slot held by 2012-13 chairman Mark Cordell of Cameron Valves & Measurement.
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Valve Basics Online Training Program Set to Launch
By: Judy Tibbs, Editorial Consultant, VALVE Magazine
Although VMA’s entry-level basics seminars have been extremely popular since introduced to the industry in 2009, the association has worked toward a broader way to reach people hungry for knowledge.
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Valves & Actuators 101 Course Set for Valve World Americas Event
The second Valve World Americas 2013 Expo & Conference begins at Houston’s George R.
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Emerson Integrates Valve Position Transmitter and HART 7 Communications Within its Digital Valve Controller
Emerson’s Fisher FIELDVUE DVC6200 digital valve controller series now incorporates a 4-20mA position transmitter that can also be configured as a discrete switch.
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Fertilizer Plants Likely to be Delayed
April’s explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant may result in delays of $22 billion worth of North American fertilizer production projects.
Oil spills bring added scrutiny to pipeline issues
Hundreds of gallons of hydraulic fluid spilled from a Lansing power plant on Sunday, March 31, leaving a sheen on the Grand River running through Michigan.
Cooperation between groups helps set standards for shale gas development
In a departure from the often contentious positioning taken by energy firms involved in hydraulic fracturing and the environment groups normally opposed to fossil fuel development, agreement has been reached to create a mechanism to establish standards for shale gas development.
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Simple Valve Could Have Saved a Life
Hours before a natural gas explosion destroyed a popular Kansas City restaurant on February 19th, witnesses reported a strong smell of gas.
Valve Industry Growth to Continue in 2013
According to figures released by the Valve Manufacturers Association (VMA) as part of its annual market forecast, the U.S. industrial valve industry is expected to grow by 3% in 2013 with total shipments nearly $4.3 billion.
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2013 Technical Seminar Highlights Power Industry Changes and Challenges
While technological advances, like those developed for the fracing industry, have made possible many processes previously thought near impossible, there is still much work to be done by valve, actuator and control manufacturers and their suppliers to meet the continually changing needs of the power industry.
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VMA Member News
Meet the Chairman: Rob Velan
Velan shares his background and talks about his future goals for the coming year as Chairman of the Board of Directors of VMA.
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Reflecting on 2025 and Charting a Strong Path Forward
One of my favorite times of year for VMA is the Annual Membership Meeting.
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Standards Spotlight: American Foundry Society
With the impacts of U.S. policy on reshoring manufacturing and tariffs, Ben Yates, VP of business development for American Foundry Society, recently spoke at the 2025 VMA Annual Meeting to provide an overview of the foundry industry in the U.S. and discuss the opportunities and trends.
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