CRANE Celebrates 75th Anniversary

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions™ Celebrates 75th Anniversary of its Resistoflex® Brand of Lined Piping Products

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions™ celebrated the 75th anniversary of its Resistoflex® brand. Distributors, end users and employees gathered at the company’s Marion, NC site to participate in the celebration that consisted of a dinner reception, a presentation by company executives and an award ceremony, where Bill Hayes, Vice President of Marketing for CRANE ChemPharma, received an award as the longestemployed Resistoflex employee. The event also featured tours of the 320,000 square foot facility that walked visitors through the manufacturing areas of the various Resistoflex-branded products (including the PTFE Fittings, ISO Liner and Elbow manufacturing cells).

“CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions is strengthened by the ingrained history of its trusted brands like Resistoflex®” said Jim Strom, Vice President/General Manager, CRANE ChemPharma, Resistoflex®. “The strides that have been made as a result of our brand innovations have revolutionized the market for plasticlined piping products and we are so pleased to have celebrated those 75 years of accomplishments with this event, not just for our customers, but also for our dedicated employees.”

Known for the invention of both the PTFE lined hose technology in 1953 for the aerospace and chemical industries and also the world’s first pipe and fittings lined with TEFLON® PTFE in 1956, Resistoflex® is the largest plastic-lined piping products supplier in the world. Headquartered in Marion, NC, the Resistoflex brand has manufacturing and sales locations in North America, Europe and Asia. A full line of polypropylene, Teflon® PFA, and Kynar® PVDF-lined pipe and fittings are also offered Resistoflex®.

Crane ChemPharma Flow Solutions
Tel: 01633 486 666
Website: www.cranechempharma.com

Published: 2nd December 2011