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Clow Valve Company Recognizes Team Service
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s Visit to Clow Valve Company
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa visited Clow Valve on April 30 as part of her 99 Counties tour. It was her first visit to Clow.
Senator Ernst met with GM Mark Willett and his team to discuss a variety of issues affecting Clow including work force development, trade, Buy American, and environmental regulations. After a tour Mark presented Senator Ernst with a miniature commemorative Clow hydrant to display in her Capitol Hill office.
Clow Valve E-Cycling Event
On April 21, Mahaska County, Iowa residents were provided the opportunity to recycle their old electronic equipment. Clow Valve Company, in cooperation with Mahaska Communication Group (MCG) and Midwest Sanitation and Recycling, organized an event called Earth Day e-Cycling.
The residents of Mahaska County publicized how residents could drop off their outdated electronic equipment such as computers, computer monitors, video game systems, stereos, keyboards, printers, VCRs, cell phones, and laptops to be recycled free-of-charge. On Saturday, volunteers from MCG and Clow were on hand to unload electronic equipment to be recycled.
Within four hours, the recycling event accumulated approximately 25,000 pounds of electronic equipment for recycling according to Eddie Pierson, Mahaska Communication Group. The outdated electronic equipment was then entirely recycled including all plastic, paper and glass, as well as metal.
Pictured: Clow volunteers from left to right: Doug Stracke, Kyle Silvey, John Grahek, Dain Netland, Roger Horn, Brian Box, Jon Callahan
Clow Valve Hosts Foundry Tour For Local Students
On Tuesday, March 27, our Clow Valve facility located in Oskaloosa, Iowa hosted a tour of the metal casting operation for local high school seniors enrolled in industrial technology courses. Maintenance mechanic B.J. Bowie conducted the tour. The students were particularly interested in learning more about careers, types of jobs and skills needed to work in advanced manufacturing as well as opportunities available in skilled trades.
Clow Valve welcomes any opportunities to show the future workforce our state-of-the-art facilities and educate them about the potential career opportunities that are available in manufacturing and skilled trades.
Pictured: MCF Maintenance Mechanic BJ Bowie and local high school seniors.
Clow Valve Company Donates Historical Brass Sign Holders
Clow Valve Supports Local Soup Kitchen
Pictured: Gerald Eaton (Brass General Foreman, Clow Valve) and his wife Amanda presenting donation to Blessings Soup Kitchen
Clow Valve Wins Judges Choice Award in 2017 Christmas Parade
Governor Mike Huckabee Tours Clow Valve Machine Shop
L to R: Leon McCullough and Governor Mike Huckabee
Clow Valve hosted a visit from Governor Mike Huckabee this week as part of his “Factories, Farms and Freedom” tour through Iowa. Governor Huckabee also did an interview with CNN for the show “The Lead” with Jake Tapper from inside the machine shop which aired at 4:00p.m. on May 6. Governor Huckabee has announced that he will be running for President in the next election and was kicking off his campaign by visiting businesses in Iowa.
As always, we welcome an opportunity to showcase our state-of-the art facilities. In addition to touring Clow Valve on his two-day visit to Iowa, he also held a meet-and-greet at Charlie’s American Grill in Sioux City, Iowa, and Pizza Ranch in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley Pays a Visit to Clow Valve
Clow Valve General Manager Jim Wakefield and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley
Clow Valve team members were excited to learn that Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley would stop by for a visit on March 20th, and they would have the opportunity to visit with Senator Grassley during his tour of the Machine Shop. While serving as a delegate of the local community to discuss Iowa road improvements on a trip to Washington, D.C., Clow Valve General Manager Jim Wakefield invited Senator Grassley to stop by on his next trip to Oskaloosa for a tour and he called to tell them he would be dropping by in a couple weeks.
Senator Grassley is no stranger to the manufacturing industry having worked as a sheet metal shearer and assembly line worker during his earlier career. He also grew up on a farm in Butler County where he still lives today.
Sentaor Grassley holds the record for the longest record of not missing a vote of any senator currently in office. He makes a point to respond to every phone call, letter and email he receives from Iowans and communicates with them extensively online via Facebook and Twitter, as well as his own website.
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