| Cash
Valve, Inc. opens doors to Chamber of Commerce tour |
||
| Cash Valve,
Inc., a company specializing in pressure regulation valves,
temperature and pressure relief valves and backflow prevention devices,
hosted a tour of its Cullman facility through the Chamber of Commerce
recently, giving tour members a look at not only the processes involved in
valve production but also a glimpse inside one of the area's most
successful companies. Cash Valve was founded in Decatur, Illinois, in 1912 as the A.W. Cash Valve Manufacturing Company. Officially incorporated in 1923, the company was bought out by the British industrial engineering giant IMI in 1991. Six years later, the company moved its entire operation to Cullman, Alabama, purchasing the 50,000 square foot Speculative Building #2 and expanding it to over 80,000 square feet to accommodate the manufacture and shipping of their massive product line. |
|
|
| Cash Valve has a mostly local workforce of approximately 150 persons, ranging from valve assemblers and machinists to clerical employees and salespeople. With over 11,000 differentiated flow regulation products and a 80-year history behind their Cash Acme trade name, it's no wonder the company -- along with the other companies comprising IMI's Safety Systems Group -- recently sold to Tyco International for $77 million. | ||
|
|
"I
believe we have been successful, and aim to continue to be so, and I am
very, very proud of this company, and all it encompasses, as I believe are
most of the people who work here," said Cash Valve President and CEO
Richard Edge. "Randy Graves, Jim Delahunty, Larry Dyer, Mark Hamm,
Doyle Lamb, Larry Luckenbill, Myra McKinney, Beth Lee, John Disney,
Jennifer Clarke, John Brill, Oscar Perez, John Williams, Ross Yearwood, John Grenaway, and Doug Franklin, all of whom are Cullman residents ... deserve
recognition. Cash Acme is what it is today, and will be what we aspire it
to be in the future because of these managers and because of the work
force we have in place now." "We're very happy about our future [with Tyco]," said Vice President of Manufacturing Oscar Perez. "Tyco is an American-based company: a $40 billion corporation with interests in the medical and pharmaceutical fields as well as flow control." |
|
| Perez lead the tour group through the 60,000
square foot plant area, highlighting the innovative automated production
lines, packaging, shipping and testing areas, and an area dedicated to the
production of specialized valves for the cryogenics industry. According to Perez, every product that is shipped from Cash Valve's Cullman plant is "100-percent tested for quality", a dedication that no doubt plays a part in the manufacturer's claim to the prestigious ISO 9001 industry standard. |
||
|
Cash Valve's products range from large pressure valves weighing over 800
pounds to the comparatively small valves that appear on oxygen tanks and
water heaters. Perez said Cash Valve produces some 4.5 million water
heater valves alone each year. |
 Bobby Brown, B.J. Williams, Jerry Scott of Bryan Business Solutions, Rich Bunis of Wallace State College, Pete Nasetta of the City of Cullman Public Works Department Jerry Scott and County Industrial Development Board member Keith Jackson listen as Cash Valve's Perez explains the function of a specialized automated machine in the Cullman plant. |
|
|
|
 Perez gives the tour group a look at one of the automated processes that make Cash Valve an industry leader. |
|
