Here We Grow Again - Lockwood International

LOCKWOOD CONSOLIDATED SERVICESValve Connection to the World“You cannot dream yourself into good character;you must be hammered and forged into it.”~Henry David Thoreau~“Character is a diamond that cuts through glass andscratches every other stone”. ~Cyrus A. Bartol~“Character is always lost when ahigh ideal is sacrificed on the altarof conformity and popularity”.~unknown~Mike LockwoodPresidentLockwood ConsolidatedServices“No artist’s work is so high, so noble, so grand,so enduring, so important for all time, as God’s relentlessforming of a single human character.”Charlotte Saunders CushmanFrom Mike LockwoodHello, everyone. Spring is definitely in the air. As a company, we are transforming andblossoming into a fuller and stronger organization. We have initiated a number ofimprovement ideas. First, we have created a shared services group to better support all of oursister companies. Second, we have appointed our highest performers to lead their respectivedivisions and companies. Finally, we have positioned ourselves in the marketplace to continueour momentum and expansion.While I am very proud of our growth and performance; I am most inspired and in awe of thequality and professionalism of our people. As we continue to work at a feverish pace andcreate record setting results, we do so while maintaining our dignity, class, and humility. We havefaced both internal pressure managing the ever mounting workflow, as well as external stressgenerated by a media machine that continues to berate us with negative economic news. I keepsaying to myself, “if business is supposed to be so bad, why are we so ‘dog gone’ busy?” The realityis that you, our group, have done a magnificent effort of staying cool under pressure and havedone a first rate job. As a result, the market is rewarding us with new, exciting opportunities.These opportunities stem from the integrity and character of our individuals and of our companyas a whole. In the end, business models, philosophies, and strategies are very important;however, the principles and character of our personnel are the seeds and nourishment thatprovides our growth.Thanks to All,Mike Lockwood2

June YonkmanPresidentLockwood International, Inc.would first like toI mention that I am veryexcited to be namedPresident of LockwoodInternational. I amlooking forward toworking with each andevery one of you as weface new challengesahead.Rest assured most of our core businessstrategies will not be changing. They will,however, become more aggressive as we positionourselves to weather the current economic cycle.One of our first orders of business isto welcome Mark Lindsey and SteveSchwarzbach. Mark has taken the helm atLockwood Consolidated Services as the ChiefFinancial Officer. Steve has joined LockwoodInternational as the new Director of ProcessDevelopment. He will be working to develop andimprove processes and efficiency.First Quarter BusinessBoth Mark and Steve have very impressivebackgrounds, and experience in corporatemanagement. They will be visiting eachdepartment in the next few weeks to meeteveryone and begin learning more about ourbusiness.With Bobby Mauldin as our new SalesManager, Donna Wells as our ProductionManager, Steve Schwarzbach as our new Directorof Process Development, Mark Lindsey as our newChief Financial Officer, and our new CorporateImprovement Plan announced last month, wewill be able to focus all of our efforts on our corebusiness strategies and continue to build ourcompany as the leader in the valve industry.Best Regards,June YonkmanLockwood International, Inc.Mark joi•ts Lock•ood Co•so•idated Services as the •e• Chief Fi•a•ia•Officer.Mark LindseyChief Financial OfficerLockwood ConsolidatedServicesI am proud to join Lockwood Consolidated Services.I look forward to getting to know each one of you andyour departments, and working alongside you to growour business. With teamwork and focus, we are plantingthe seeds of success for tomorrow. As we proceed into2009 we shall strive to improve our performance as wecontinue down this path. I look forward to contributing toour growth.3

ACCOUNTINGAs is the rest of the world, Lockwoodis looking to reduce unnecessaryspending while maintaining maximumvalue. From the products wepurchase and use at home to ouruse of Lockwood resources, weshould always be looking for ways tosave. Betty says, “I would welcomesuggestions from Lockwood employeeson ways that we can realize a costsavings while maintaining maximumvalue.”In thatsamespirit,Betty iscoordinatingan onsitemeetingPRODUCTIONDonna Wells was recently namedLockwood International’s new Productionmanager. She reports they are workingon implementing the RFID-asset (radiofrequency identification) which is barcoding of our products. It will greatlyDonna Wells reduce paper use and errors and improveProduction Manager overall efficiency and speed. We’ll keep youLockwood International, Inc. posted.Bobby MauldinSales ManagerLockwood International, Inc.SALESby Bobby MauldinOur Involvewiseman once told meA that you can solve most oflife’s problems by thinking ofa scale—you need balance. Iwill work hard to maintain thatbalance with this new position.I will give 100% to assist theinside sales team with thesuccess of every current andall future jobs. I will diligently coordinate with theoutside sales staff to make certain that all projects(Corporate Headquarters) withTrustmark Bank to look at their serviceoffering that some of our Houstonemployees might appreciate. Theprogram offers services such as freechecking with direct deposit, ATM cardswith no fees at any ATM in the City ofHouston and payroll deducted savingsusing direct deposit. They also offer adirect deposit of payroll to debit cardsfor individuals with credit issues. Thedebit cards also offer on line bill pay.Announcements will be forthcomingonce that is confirmed.Betty also reports departmentalbudgets are now in place and iscurrently working with IT to developan AP distribution by department. Thiswill allow managers to monitor their4LOCKWOOD CONSOLIDATED SERVICESValve Connection to the Worldexpenses andanalyze variancescloser.Mrs. Allenreports thatthe seminar offeredin January entitled“Taking Control”(of your personalfinances) was Betty Allenapparently aChief Accounting Officergood investmentLockwood Consolidated Svcs.of time andhad a good turn out. With Betty’sfinancial background it is impossiblefor her to not continue to gently cautionanyone regarding personal financialpreparation. The old adage, “nothing iscertain but death and taxes” it’s true.QUALITY & SAFETYby Steve TidwellThrough Quality and Safety, we ensureour clients that we meet all statutory andregulatory requirements, support zeroaccident values, manage costs and risks, andcontinuously improve our processes andmethods for consistent, measurable, andrepeatable Quality on every project. Thesepromises play significant roles in our ongoingefforts to improve any misconceptionswithin our company and increase thenumber of outstanding recognitions wealready receive. So keep in mind that weneed to systematically be listening to ourclients’ concerns and work with each otherto improve processes and procedures that changethe way we work, with that we will increase ourability to provide fast, dependable, expert serviceour customers need to successfully address theirday-to-day challenges, while achieving their mostvital business and strategic objectives.Benny HowardQuality ManagerLockwood International, Inc.Steve Tidwellment QA/QC Safety Managerrun efficiently.Everyone is aware of the market conditions; wehave to be smarter and work harder than thecompetition. I know that we all are dedicated tofurther developing and maintaining our position asone of the leading valve suppliers in the world. Weshall achieve this goal by professionally exceedingthe needs of our customers to ensure that we remaintheir first and only choice for valves. I look forward tothe challenge.

John EglihtPROJECTSMotiva (data taken from www.bechtel.com)• Refinery expansion to become the nation’slargest (and one of the top ten world’slargest) refinery, producing 600,000 barrelsper day• A joint venture between Shell Oil Co. &Saudi Refining, Inc. (Main project contractorsis a joint venture of Bechtel and JacobsEngineering Group).• Completion scheduled for 2012 withproduction capacity of 600,000 barrels perday (from current 285,000 b/d)We sat with John Egliht (Project Managerfor Motiva) to find out about this massiveproject. John explains that “all of Lockwood hasbeen involved in this project, not just Houston;Beaumont, Baton Rouge, Charlotte, Montreal,plus departments such as Quality and Technicalhave all contributed.John runs through some of the Corporatepersonnel involved. “Bobby Mauldinoversees this project, as he does all Lockwoodprojects. Mikki Talbott and Joann Thornton areresponsible for all order entry, coordinatingshipping and communicating valve status as theProject Sales Coordinators.” KayJimmerson and her crew fromDocumentation have contributed,as has Shannon Baumbachwith shipping/receiving anddocumentation. Warehousemen include Alex Flores, CaesarVargas, and Damien Turknett(Supervisor). John says “theyhave all done a fantastic jobas this project is always busyand they help to keep it runningsmooth.”Another great idea came in ... this one was to spotlight different Lockwood Projects. So in this edition we’ll start with Motiva.Project CoordinatorJoann Thornton“One of thechallengeswe’ve facedwas initially alldeliveries weredirect to PortArthur but thatwas changed.Lockwoodnow ships thevalves direct.These locations include: Texas, Louisiana,South Carolina, Maine, Mexico and Turkey.”John says, “we ship a wide range of sizes,from 1/2”—48” in carbon, chrome, stainlesssteel, and other alloys. An extraordinary numberof bellow seals has been required (thousands)due to the low emission ratings.” (The refineryis to be a world class refinery with markedreduction in emissions).“We are also sewing up a marshalling projectto receive, store, and ship product on behalfof Bechtel.”DocumentationKaye JimmersonData and photo taken from: http://www.bechtel.com/Port-http://www.bechtel.com/Port-Arthur-Refinery.htmlSome fast facts about this project:largest in Lockwood historyProject CoordinatorMikki Talbott****70,000 and counting on valves shippedover 30,000 PMI shotsover 700,000 pages of MTRsFrom left: Alex Flores, Caesar Vargas, Damien TurknettProject CoordinatorShannon BaumbachProject ManagerJohn EglihtBlood DriveCorporate HQ: Tuesday, April 24, 20098:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Donor CoachContact Mary Arce 713.675.8186 Ext. 5652 for more information.A positive attitude may not solve allyour problems, but it will annoy enoughpeople to make it worth the effort.Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)VALUE ADDED SERVICES3/12/09Shaw, Stone & Webster was onsite at CorporateHeadquarters for valve training per invitation ofTony Freeman. Tony delivered and orchestrated thepresentation by Terry Choi, Laura Fitzgerald and SteveShubnell, of “Valve 101” and “ Ordering Lockwood Valves”followed by a tour of our warehouses. We hope to releasethe educational series on CD in the coming months and allbranches and locations can coordinate with customers onhow/when to deliver such training.5

MROCindy WilliamsMRO ManagerLockwood International, Inc.Cindy Williams decides to talk about the men behind the scenes, as faras MRO/Branch support and service. The men she is referring to areThomas Baker and his crew, Will Sewell, Chris Green, Vince Perez andGilbert Rocha. Cindy explains that these guys are known for their speed,accuracy and tenacity. Day in, day out order after order is submitted andour job is to fill it quickly and correctly, which they don’t disappoint. Theyare responsible for Houston MRO, Texas City MRO, all sold goods branchtransfers, along with short sales and shipping of all. Cindy calls them partof her branch team, even though they report to Donna Wells, they areintegral to a successful MRO operation. The climate of MRO is consistentlydifferent. What I mean by that is different customers, different inspections,From row left: Chris Green, Vince Perez, Gilbert Rocha;Back row left: Thomas Baker, & Wil Sewell.different valves, different requirements. You’ve got to be ready for anything and everything, and usually all at once. This teamis cross trained and can cover each other to ensure the pace of MRO is never slowed by them. Cindy says “it is a hardworkingteam that does it right. They are a very conscientious group”. She says the last QIT meeting with our client resulted in thereporting of one drop location error within the last three months. Of course the goal is always zero, however one is outstanding.We tip our hats to you, gentlemen. You add value to our company.Winter is over and Lockwood’s Chicagooffice enters the new season—constructionseason. With a new approach of Anne Vickeryhandling local accounts and end users, and MattCassidy going after EPC’s we are looking for a veryinteresting year ahead. With the financial situationit seems that many customers in the Midwest arefinally looking for strong and well run partnersfor their valve supply and we are going to fill thatneed. As the weather improves we are counting onbusiness to as well, from companies like Conoco,Murphy Oil, Kiewit Power, Burns & McDonnell andothers.Left to right: Staci Hanner, Matt Cassidy, Cathy Erickson, AnneVickery & Tom SievertTomoe (pronounced toe-moe-ee) was founded in 1953 in Osaka, Japan.RThe face of Tomoe appeared as Rob Fishbourne, inour Lockwood Corporate Headquarters offices in March 2009.Rob is Tomoe’s U.S. sales representative who more than once talks about how happy he isto be partnering with Lockwood International. Rob said “from the moment I first met bothMike and Tom Lockwood, I was totally captivated by the vision and forward thinking ofthese two Texas Gentlemen. I have been in the valve industry for over 23 years and seeingthe Lockwood operation in Houston for the first time, just took my breath away, I’ve neverseen so many valves in any one location in my entire life! I have since met many of the Lockwood staff in Houston, andrarely have I witnessed such a commitment to a common cause, and seen so many similarities in terms of the work ethicsof our two companies, where customer service and commitment to quality areCHICAGO NEWSheld in such high regard. Both Tomoe and I are trulyMatt Cassidyhonored to be associated with LockwoodInternational.My plans over the coming months are to travel toNews and announcements skipping you by? Here’show to stay connected....Lockwood Sharepoint(aka Portal). How do you get there? EASY..... go to ourwebsite (www.lockwoodint.com) and look for “Loginto Sharepoint” - click it, and you will be transportedto the internal communication tool of Lockwood (useyour usual LW logon credentials). You will find thecorporate calendar and tabs for different departments.Be sure to check out the Marketing tab as notablenews is posted here. Leading you to the water now,so, go, drink the water!6all of the Lockwood locations in both the UnitedStates and Canada to get to meet everyone and tohopefully do some product training with them.” Ittruly is a “match made in heaven.”LOCKWOOD CONSOLIDATED SERVICESValve Connection to the WorldMARKETINGLaura FitzgeraldMarketing ManagerLockwood Consolidated Svcs.

LOCKWOODI N T E R N AT I O N A L , INC.In 1977,LockwoodInternationalwas “born”in the EnergySectorprovidingvalves to the petroleum refineries in theHouston market. Today, we continue ourinvolvement in this sector with the supplyof manual, actuated and critical servicevalves to the power generation industry, itsengineers, constructors and OEMs.Our customer and project list continuesto grow throughout the East Coast,Midwest and Canada. Long valuedLockwood Power Group: Derek Reavis (Charlotte, North Carolina),Ed Maier (Brielle, New Jersey), Cameron Dawe & Daniel Rossman (Montreal, Canada), and Gary Hart(Sarnia, Canada).BY ED MAIERrelationships in the petro market with suchFortune 100 companies as Bechtel, Fluor,Foster Wheeler, Shaw Group and URSWashington Group are being expandedto include their involvement with theirengineering and construction officesdeveloping grassroots power plants,unit modernizations and “back-end”technologies.At present, our “power” businessdevelopment group can be foundtraveling throughout the Carolinas, Mid-Atlantic States, New England and Canadaoffering the industry an ever expandingrepresentation of quality driven productsand services. Our cadre of personnel isgrowing, eliciting the assistance of some ofLockwood’s finest including Tony Freemanin Houston, Matt Cassidy in Chicago andCliff Houk in Los Angeles. Always in theforefront is Laura Fitzgerald’s MarketingGroup developing marketing material at amoment’s notice.As the E&Cs respond to meet thenation’s power generation needs,our company’s commercial and technicalexpertise, inventory and financial strengthmake us a perfect partner for theindustry’s cost and time sensitive projects.It’s all about team work and we are proudof how the Lockwood team works!UPSTREAMmidSTREAMDOWNSTREAMRefers to the search, recovery and production of crude oil and natural gas (including underground, underwater, and drilling of wells.)Also known as Exploration & Processing (E&P).Processes, storage, markets and transports commodities (LNGs, ethane, propane, butane, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids.(Term is generally not used as it is included within DOWNSTREAM).Refers to refining of crude oil, and sale and distribution of natural gas (and products derived from crude oil, such as liquifiedpetroleum gas, gasoline, jet fuel, diesel oil, fuel oils, asphalt and petroleum coke). Includes refineries, petrochemical plants,petroleum product distribution, retail outlets and natural gas distribution companies.www.wikpedia.com/upstreamUPSTREAM UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAMDOWNSTREAMDOWNSTREAMTERRY CHOI - Mechanical Engineer, Technical Department - Lockwood InternationalWe’ve welcome Terry to Lockwood in our past issue, but feel it would bebeneficial to expand on his experience, expertise, and how he has been(and will be) spending his time and talents here at Lockwood. His title is TechnicalEngineer and his main purpose is to assist in all technical and design issuesinvolving our customers and our suppliers.Terry was raised in Korea until the age of 15 when he moved with his parentsand two sisters to Edmonton, Canada. In junior high Terry learned English andhad a knack for mechanics. He earned his Mechanical degree at the University ofAlberta. As all engineers do, he felt he would one day be designing for either theairline or auto industry as he studied aerodynamics and combustion in college.He first met Lockwood through Universe Machine in Canada where hewas Design Engineer for 5 years. Any customer requested modifications(cryogenic, actuation, NACE trim, etc.) went through him. He also designed andsold valve testers for Suncor, Syncrude and Shell. He left there to join FlowServe asEngineering/QA Manager for their Canada operations (control valves). Terry andhis wife decided to pursue a warmer climate, and a “warmer climate” they certainlygot when he accepted the position at Lockwood! Although he did travel some inhis previous jobs he and his wife hadn’t experienced Texas until September 2008;two weeks later Hurricane Ike hit (wasn’t that fun?). Following that he spent sometime in Canada and returned to Houston intime to experience our snowfall! (YES, Canada -Houston got maybe 1/4” dusting of snow!)just returned from his fourth trip toTerry Korea for Lockwood, this one being a monthlong stay where he conducted business with TYand Ilshin. His trips are absolutely jam packedas he handles issues and requests from variousdepartments and always has a long laundrylist of items that need to be addressed whenhe goes. When asked who he deals with at thefoundries he said “everyone”. He communicateswith everyone from the President to the guysdoing the pours. Korea is hardly in our timezone (14 hours ahead of Houston ) so he isTerry ChoiTechnical EngineerLockwood International, Inc.working long after most of us go home via phone. When not out of the country,Terry’s time is spent on employee and customer valve education and he does a lotof work with the marketing department ensuring technical accuracy and helpingthem out.7

Randy Wilson - Lockwood’s “Quarter-turn man”Randy Wilson has been with Lockwoodsince last year (technically true-he washired 12/31/08) and he has already left sometire tracks in the road.When asked what his goal at Lockwoodwas he explains that it is to build agroup who is devoted to andspecializes in quarter-turnvalves. He says that Lockwoodsigned an exclusive withTomoe for the U.S. and Canadaterritory to achieve pricingprotection. He has plans to fasttrack the TY ball valve markets,production, and design.He brings years ofvaluable experience withexpertise in valve applicationand sizing. He knows the who,what, when, where and why when it comesto valves.Randy’s career path wasn’t initially “theindustry”. I asked him how he got intovalves and he immediately shot back that hewas an “oil field brat”. His father worked forSun Oil for over thirty years as a ProductionSuperintendant in San Fernando, CA whereRandy was born. Randy eventually followed inhis father’s footsteps and worked at the samecompany for ten years doing instrumentationand project work in steam flood, includingwork on the Sun Oil Platform Henry in SantaBarbara, CA. (A platform built in 1979 forDCOR with a water depth of 173 feet and 4.3There are four general categories of valves: Quarter-turn,Multi-turn, Checks and Control.• Quarter-turn: ball, plug and butterfly• Multi-turn: gate and globe• Check: backflow prevention• Control: automated control (actuators)A quarter-turn is so named because it requires a 90 degreeturn (of the stem) to move from the fully-open to fully-closed.miles from land).From there, Randy moved to BechtelEngineering and Petroleum to work onthe Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve (landsowned by the U.S. Government established inthe 1920’s to ensure naval vessels had fuel)doing constructionproject work.In 1989 he leftCalifornia forHouston for NorrisealControls as theirWestern RegionalManager where hecovered 13 westernstates (road warrior).rom there heF joined NorrisealGlobe Control ValveInstrumentation company. In 1994 hetransferred to Houston with the companyas their National Sales Manager. He left in1998 to join KTM Ball where he started theirdivision. In 2000 they were bought out byTYCO where he stayed until 2007 leaving asDirector of Controls for North America.When asked wherehe attendedschool, he smiles. I smiletoo, because I know whatis coming. Randy wasdrafted right out of highschool by the CaliforniaAngels. At age 18 he wasplaying firstbase forthem and hasplayed withsuch greatsas GeorgeBrett andNolan Ryan.9An injury forced him to leave the game afterfive years, and he is quick to add that he leftthat career before the astronomical earnings(Jim “Catfish” Hunter of the Oakland A’s suedto become a free agent, which started theupward spiral of earnings for ball players).So, he says he can’t endorse one school ashis Alma Mater. Wherever he played “winterball” was where he attended, and the Angelspicked up the tab.He says his “self proclaimed claim tofame” was being the first guy hit by apitch in spring training by none other thanNolan Ryan. Randy tries to keep in touch withsome of his team mates from years ago, ashe rattles off a few names (Dave Collins ofthe Milwaukee Brewers and Ronnie Jacksonhitting coach for the Boston Red Sox); “theyare mostly managers and coaches now.”Randy has met “The Greats”... Willie Mays,Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, and Roger Maris.(It’s an honor to even type those names forme).We welcome Randy to Lockwood andyou know who to call when you needa good “Quarter-turn man”.Randy Wilson #17California Angels

LOCKWOOD S I N G A P O R E V A LV E SThe Singapore branch started with a bang, becoming registeredlocally in August 08, securing the first local Project (REC) inSeptember and moved into the warehouse in October. From apersonnel perspective Karnan Palanivel and Aziz Abdul both startedin the warehouse in November and hit the ground running. Theyhad the luxury of unloading not only inventory containers but RECProject material while at the same time training on the valves. Theamount of material and work they handled is impressive and sincethey survived that, we are confident they can handle anything!Across the Globeby Vince PittmanJordana Brumby was hired in February asOperations Manager, Karnan has since moved on to ProjectSupport and Aziz is now Warehouse Lead.The past 6 months have been extremely busy with project supporton REC and Saudi Kayan while still setting up operations andchasing new work. The overall reception to our new venture hasbeen very good, and the future is promising for the region despitethe recent market downturn. We look forward to growing thebusiness while at the same time supporting our trading partnerssuch as ExxonMobil, Chevron and others in the region.Jordana Brumby, Karnan Palanivel, Aziz Abdul, Vince PittmanFluor REC materialby Giovanni CapassoTY Italy ball valve division has booked some serious orders; our TY Italy ball valve stock will be available starting the endof April. Claudio Corbani was hired for Inside Sales in January. His work experience includes PVBS, Petrolvalves, andDella Foglia.We have also started to do business with North Africa and with the North Sea markets, as well as defining our businessstrategy in Italy/Europe/Middle East and Japan.training by Renee RobertsI am very excited about our in house training since we began using theinternet and our new webcams! I have been experimenting with differentsoftware programs that allows me to train multiple branches at one time,(which eliminates travel costs), and I do believe we found a winner!We had 5 branches working together at one time, in one virtual location.We were able to share the AS400 to work on various tasks and we couldsee each other and interact as if sitting in one room. The ladies had greatquestions and were able to give input to help the others with their day-todayjobs. They were also able to take over the keyboard and mouse controlwithin the AS400 environment to do hands-on training, while the other“participants” could sit and watch.10I would like to personally thank the following people and branches fortheir patience and help throughout this process. They are all team playersand have been a great support in helping us work this out.(In branch number order:)(3)Sarnia = Ruth Bowling; (7)Chicago = Staci Hanner; (9)California = JulyMajlong; (10)Charlotte = Cherlyn Tumlin; and (14)Montreal = VanessaRusso.March 23 I will begin using these tools to train our Singapore branch. Ibelieve these tools can be used in a number of beneficial ways, includinginner branch communications and eventually possibly with our customers.Again, thank you ladies! You’re awesome!

Our People“Lockwood Connection” has a wholenew meaning in this edition; read on...Amanda and Mike met at the LockwoodChristmas party 2005. 2006 was the yearthey began dating, became engagedand eventually wed.A m a n d a( P r o c u r e m e n tManager) and MikeMarksberry (ProjectManager) welcomedtheir second childon 1/9/09 at 2:43p.m. Rylee Denisemade her granddebut weighing 10 lbs. 2 oz. and was 21”long. Rylee has no idea how lucky sheis yet to have a special big sister namedKylee Joann, 4 1/2 years old, but she will.Monica and Damien met at Lockwoodin November 2006 at the soda machine(he loaned her money for a soft drink)and they begandating August2007. Monicastarted workingat Lockwood InNovember 2005and DamienstartedinOctober 2006.Monica Bazile (MRO & Project Coordinator)and Damien Turknett (Projects Supervisor)announced their engagement in January.He proposed Jan 19 and they haveset an October 10th wedding date.Mary B. Cisneros married Ernest V. Arce IIIon February 9, 2009 in a civil marriage bythe Justice of the Peace. A church weddingis planned forthe Summer of2010. They metin November2007 and havebeen togethersince the daythey met. Maryhas 4 children and Ernest has 1. Mary andErnest are also new grandparents to AlyssaMarie Lara, born December 29, 2008… andthere is another grand baby on the way.They look forward spending their newlife together with their expanding family.A star.In the Lockwood Newsletter you will seeit in every edition. Although no nameswill be mentioned it acknowledges theones that we have lost. They are a part ofwho we are and will never be forgotten.Occhiogrosso Johnny Houston 3/1/01Williams Cindy Houston 3/19/01Wowk Cam Edmonton 3/23/01Marksberry Mike Houston 1/28/02Bryant Kathy Baton Rouge 2/4/02Clark Cathy Houston 2/11/02Callicutt Cylynne Houston 1/21/03Plata Edgar Houston 3/5/03Allen Betty Houston 3/10/03Carter Shaun Houston 1/1/04Gonzales Jr. Ernest Houston 1/5/04Davis Alton Houston 1/8/04Hampton Denise Houston 3/4/04Gonzales Sr. Ernest Houston 3/15/04Arce Mary Houston 1/10/05Taylor Jasen Sarnia 2/14/05Juergens Heath Houston 3/8/05Walls Alan Houston 3/14/05Dawe Cameron Montreal 1/23/06Sievert Thomas Chicago 1/30/06Nesbitt Stephanie Houston 2/6/06Pawlenchuk Mike Edmonton 2/6/06Rossman Daniel Montreal 2/27/06Bazile Monica Houston 3/6/06Frazier Leesa Houston 3/6/06Manuel Britney Houston 3/6/06Legrow John Montreal 3/6/06Sexauer Donald Edmonton 1/29/07Corcoran Kathleen Edmonton 2/12/07Lopez Reyes California 3/19/07Nelson David Beaumont 3/26/07Nelson Donna Beaumont 3/26/07Owens Jarrod Houston 1/2/08Harmon Cynthia Houston 1/7/08Quintanilla Fabian Houston 1/9/08Rocha Gilbert Houston 1/9/08Sewell William Houston 1/14/08Tijerina Jeremy Houston 1/14/08Sash Patricia Houston 1/21/08Pittman Darin Houston 2/4/08Pittman* Vince Singapore 2/11/08Chown Nicholas Edmonton 2/11/08Lumayko Ross Edmonton 2/11/08Galvan Daniel Houston 2/25/08Garza Darlene Houston 2/25/08Ferryman Blaine Baton Rouge 3/4/08Anderson Janet Houston 3/10/08Danas Rafael Houston 3/10/08Murphy Robert Houston 3/10/08Vickery Anne Chicago 3/17/08Birrell Dawn Edmonton 3/17/08Wilkinson Jennifer Houston 3/24/08Kareem Sheriff Houston 3/25/08Moore Pamela Houston 3/27/08Garza Jose Houston 3/31/08Maier Ed NJ 3/31/08CONGRATULATIONSThank you for your service. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your service. TENUREOne year and higher Jan - Mar.Next edition will list Apr - Jun.* Vince: How can this be? More like 8 isn’t it?The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo 2/2009Omar Estrada - Italy, TexasLockwood’s calf scramble winnerLaura Fitzgerald and daughter Rachael alongside1187654321Years of Service Years of ServiceYears of ServiceYears of ServiceHAPPY BIRTHDAYAprilMayJuneAnderson, Anthony 7 Baton RougeBoyling, Ruth Ann 9 SarniaRandazzo, Ryan 15 HoustonFoster, Kristie 11 HoustonDel Angel, Erick E 18 HoustonChristian, Andrea 19 HoustonHoward, Benny 19 HoustonShubnell, Steve 20 HoustonMurton, Kim 22 HoustonRodriguez, Daniel 25 HoustonZenon, Rudy 25 HoustonMarksberry, Mike 26 HoustonChelmick, Heather 27 EdmontonEads, Terry 30 Charlotte, NCCollier, Judy 2 HoustonCallicutt, Cylynne 5 HoustonPittman, Darin 20 HoustonWelch, Danny 20 HoustonManess, Lisa 28 HoustonMotal, Melissa 30 HoustonTijerina, Sam 31 HoustonMonk, Shawn 1 SarniaEvans, Kathy 2 HoustonSmith, Gary 4 Los Angeles, CADawe, Cameron 5 MontrealFitzgerald, Laura 7 HoustonRadrizzani, Luca 17 HoustonJuergens, Heath 19 HoustonYonkman, John 23 HoustonGonzales, Pete 24 HoustonPawlenchuk, Mike 25 EdmontonData provided by Darlene Garza, HR Manager.Please refer all errors and omissions to her and theywill be acknowledged in the next edition.NEW HIRESKareem Bennet 1/8/09 HoustonShannon Baumbach 1/30/09 HoustonCherlyn Tumlin 2/9/09 North CarolinaLinda McKinzy 2/16/09 HoustonJuly Magalong 2/17/09 CaliforniaAudrey Heston 3/16/09 HoustonMark Lindsey 3/23/09 HoustonSteve Schwarzbach 3/23/09 HoustonCarly Verstraete 3/23/09 EdmontonWelcome to Lockwood !!!We are glad to have you with us.

eClasses ANSI 150-2500#Largest range of Triple-Off-Set butterfly valves in the worldThe only TOTALLY FIELD REPAIRABLE Triple-Off-Set butterfly valveFULL LINE DISTRIBUTOREXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPU.S. & CANADAby Rob Fishbourne,Tomoe - RegionalManager U.S.A.Tomoe introduced theirfirst butterfly valve back in1962, and rapidly moved intoPTFE lined valves and doubleoffset high performance valvesshortly after. Tomoe benefittedfrom the massive industrialgrowth of the Japaneseeconomy in the 1960’s and1970’s, were the companytripled in size in a very shortspace of time. Tomoe thenexpanded into the Europeanmarket in 1985 opening uptheir European headquarters inNewport (UK), were they nowemploy over 80 people.In 1997 Tomoe made a $20minvestment in opening up anew manufacturing location inNewport to make the Tomoerange of Triple Offset Valves.This operation has grownsteadily and the UK operationhave now produced over12,000 triple offset valves insize ranges from 2” thru 72” inpressure classes from ANSI150 to 2500 # and in materialgrades from cast carbon steelright through to titanium bodiedvalves.The valve design is uniquein so much as it is fully fieldmaintainable, and has wonthe respect and trust of nearlyall the major Oil and Gasend users in the World today.Tomoe also developed anaward winning “double blockand bleed’ valve in 2002, thatwas voted the most innovativevalve product of the year by the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in 2003.In 2004 Tomoe made a further multi million dollar investment in a state of the art brand new production facility in Batam (Indonesia) where they have goneon to develop a ‘second generation’ of triple offset valves known as the “TT2” this second generation of valves have all the same features and benefitsof the first, in terms of the valves field maintainability... The TT2 product line and the new production facility in Batam has been set up for high volumeproduction of triple offset valves, and has helped Tomoe to become a competitive source in the volume end of the global triple offset market, current salesare expanding rapidly as triple offset valve demand is growing at an incredible pace Worldwide... In 2005 Tomoe opened up regional offices in the UAE togrow their market share in the Middle East, and now have operations in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai.In 2006 Tomoe decided that it was time to expand into the USA, and although Tomoe had built up a reasonable market share in North America over theyears, it could not claim to be a truly ‘global’ player without a presence over here. Early in 2007 Tomoe opened up a new operation in Houston, andtransferred Rob Fishbourne from the operation in the UK, to set up and manage the operation here in the USA.... Today Tomoe employs around 350 peopleglobally.RRA big Thank You for all help and contributions. It is VERY MUCH appreciated.Additional Contributors:Matthias JungSteve ShubnellThat ’s all for this edition. See you in the Summer.Do you have a story or idea? E-mail us at marketing@lockwoodint.com©2009 Lockwood International, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed on Recycled Paper