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Flomatic ® ~ Celebrating Their Expansion by Ed Moranski, Chief Marketing Officer WorldWide Drilling Resource ® I was happy to be one of the 150 guests at the Flomatic ® facility expansion event on June 21, 2019. Bo Andersson, president of Flomatic, was the master of ceremonies. He introduced several honoree guests, including Mayor Dan Hall of Glens Falls, and Kenneth Scherer, a representative from New York Senator Little’s office. Another speaker was Empire State Development Capital Region Director Mike Yevoli, one of the key individuals who helped Flomatic obtain the grant which made the expansion possible. Bo provided some specific insight to the history of the company and the new testing, training, marketing, and storage facility. He also stressed that as exciting as the expansion is, it is the employees who are the most important asset of Flomatic. The company was founded as White Flomatic Corporation in 1933, in Hoosick Falls, New York, by Forrest S. White. Bo assumed the leadership role in 1979, and the current location in Glens Falls, New York, was opened in 1997. The expansion consists of a larger warehouse storage area, interactive marketing room, hands-on testing facility, as well as a training conference room overlooking the testing lab area. It is truly a state-of-the-art facility. The addition is 24,000 square feet, and houses an 11,000-gallon water testing tank. A custom area was created to refinish the valves, consisting of three dif- ferent machines to complete the process from begin- ning to end. The space can accommodate valves from ¼-inch to 36 inches, and as heavy as 1500 pounds. Engineering Manager Brian Allen explained and demon- strated the testing and pool area to the group. It was an educational and fun event. To see all the photos from Flomatic 2019, go to www.worldwidedrillingresource.com WTR 35 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® AUGUST 2019