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IDEX Health & Science team members in Oak Harbor, Washington, continue volunteering with Summit Assistance Dogs and completed several projects for the organization last month.

A combination of IDEX Health & Science engineers, technicians, and Continuous Improvement staff recently designed and built a new picnic table with benches and repaired an electric wheelchair for a Summit Assistance program member. The special project team is also in the process of building another picnic table with benches, to ensure visitors with disabilities can sit comfortably at the facility!

This isn’t the first time the team at IDEX Health & Science has supported the local organization.

Starting in 2020, a small group of IDEX Health & Science employees meet on Saturdays to volunteer approximately four hours with Summit Assistance Dogs. These volunteer hours included socializing service puppies, cleaning kennels and toys, making training treats, and assisting vets with vaccines and grooming. The team has also “snuffle mats” and other training tools for dogs in the organization.

Summit Assistance Dogs has been a local mobility service dog organization for the past 21 years. They have helped over 100 clients with disabilities become independent.

In 2020, they broke ground on a state-of-the-art campus in Oak Harbor, WA to raise and train service dogs and support more clients. Most support for their services comes from volunteers, foster homes, and trainers in the local area.

For more information about this wonderful organization, visit www.summitdogs.org

OCALA, Fla., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Fire and safety innovators and leading manufacturers have partnered to ensure apparatus operators can focus on the fireground by pairing innovative technology with a truck design that considers every detail of operation. IDEX Fire & Safety and Rosenbauer America have formed an agreement to offer the revolutionary SAM™ Integrated Total Flow Control System exclusively through Rosenbauer for rear-mount pump applications.

Rosenbauer’s rear-mounted apparatus with SAM™ Systems will be available with IDEX Fire & Safety’s Hale Products, RSD, or RME pumps.

“IDEX Fire & Safety is committed to delivering impactful pumping solutions to first responders that improve speed, efficiency, and safety on the fireground,” said Bill Simmons, president, Fire & Safety at IDEX Corporation. “This partnership with one of the industry’s leaders in apparatus technology and design reinforces our commitment to this mission.”

Reflecting IDEX Fire & Safety’s ability to form strong partnerships and customized solutions for original equipment manufacturers, Rosenbauer will be the only truck manufacturer licensed to install SAM™ Systems in a rear-mount application.

“By pairing IDEX Fire & Safety’s SAM System with Rosenbauer’s rear-pump applications, we’re simplifying complex fire pump operations and getting water to the initial attack crew faster, saving time, lives, and property,” Simmons said.

The SAM™ System makes complex pump operations simple by managing the water flow so the operator can focus on the fireground and the safety of their crew. SAM is an integrated total water flow control system that manages the truck’s pump, tank, intakes, and discharges while protecting the apparatus’ pump, ensuring consistent water source and warning of any disruption in flow.

“For Rosenbauer customers, this means they can get the highest quality apparatus on the market today, integrated with the most advanced total water control systems,” said Mark Fusco, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Rosenbauer America. “This partnership reinforces our commitment to continuously bring the best innovations to firefighters.”

IDEX Fire & Safety is showcasing SAM System and launching a new SAM Smart Nozzle with Nozzle-to-Pump N₂P™ Technology with demonstrations and hands-on trials at 2021 FDIC International August 5-7, 2021 in Indianapolis. FDIC attendees can see SAM in action at the

SAM demo truck in the outside South Street Exhibit Demo Area (Booth #19005) and at the IDEX Fire & Safety Booth (#1823) in Exhibit Hall D of the Indianapolis Convention Center.

For more information about SAM, visit  samflows.com

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About IDEX Fire & Safety
IDEX Fire & Safety brings trusted brands together to deliver innovation in both customer experience and integrated solutions that revolutionize performance and technology to make the fire ground and rescue scene safer. Our brands include Akron Brass, AWG, Class 1, Dinglee, Hale Products, Hurst Jaws of Life®, Godiva, Lukas, Vetter and Weldon. The IDEX Fire & Safety brands represent business units of IDEX Corporation [NYSE: IEX], an applied solutions company specializing in fluid and metering technologies, health and science technologies and fire, safety and other diversified products. Idexfiresafety.com

About Rosenbauer America
Rosenbauer is the world’s leading manufacturer of firefighting vehicles and equipment. Rosenbauer America incorporates global strengths and innovation to provide the largest and most technologically advanced line of custom and commercial pumpers, rescues, tankers, aerials, and the all-new Revolutionary Technology (RT) electric fire truck. Visit the company’s website for more information at http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/.

A team of volunteers from IDEX China marked the beginning of a new partnership with the Xiangcheng Special Education School (Xiangcheng Special School) in Suzhou last month, opening a new care center for disabled children in the community.

Jerry Wang, Managing Director of IDEX China, and Principal Shen Qiming of the Xiangcheng Special School, opened the ceremony for the care center, and children from the School held musical performances for caregivers and IDEX China team members.

Working alongside children from the care center, the volunteer team from IDEX China built a “Love & Happiness Supermarket” and planted “Love & Happiness Trees” during the opening ceremony.

“The event was full of happiness and laughter,” Human Resources Director Helen Xu said.  “We hope the care center can warm the hearts of many children.”

In the spirit of diversity, equity and inclusion, the volunteer team at IDEX China is working to offer care to more organizations in the community. In addition to supporting the Xiangcheng Special School, the volunteer team at IDEX China partnered with Guangtai Primary School in Xiangcheng to build a library and open badminton training classes earlier this year.

The team at IDEX China hopes to continue providing support to underserved people in the community, and creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment.

CoronaVac, the new vaccine produced by the Beijing-based pharmaceutical company Sinovac and recently approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), is being manufactured with help from Wright Flow Technologies pumps.

When two customers contacted Wright Flow earlier this year to support large-scale production of the vaccine in China, the team could not guarantee the usual delivery time due to industry-wide supply chain challenges. At the same time, competitors offered a quote, which on its face looked more appealing than Wright Flow’s price and delivery time.

The Wright Flow team rose to the occasion with its strong history of superb product quality, collaboration, and industry expertise. With tireless focus on the customer, the team outlined product features and advantages of working with Wright Flow pumps, including the ability to collaborate with the best ultrafiltration equipment manufacturers in the world. After discussions about the importance of health and safety over all else, the customers trusted our company’s expertise in producing specialized pumps for the pharmaceutical industry.

Wright Flow secured the order and followed through on their guarantee of delivery within six weeks. More than two dozen Wright Flow lobe pumps are currently being used in the purification process of vaccine production.

The World Health Organization approved Sinovac’s vaccine as part of its emergency use listing on Tuesday, June 1 for people aged 18 and older. The CoronoVac vaccine is being used in more than 40 countries, and more than 600 million doses have been delivered so far.

Workers in paint departments of large hardware stores and paint manufacturers will have an easier job maintaining their equipment thanks to innovations by an IDEX company. A leader in paint dispensing equipment, mixers and shakers, Fluid Management today announced the release of their Accusmart Dispenser Series.

Based on voice of the customer (VOC) research in the early stages of product development, the team aimed to relieve a major pain point for paint operators – daily maintenance.

In the past, paint operators would have to “purge,” or clean, the tiny tubes of their dried colorants at the end of each day to ensure dispense accuracy and prevent mistinted paint colors. The machine includes a new sealing system that reduces the risk of colorants drying in the tubing and nozzle.

With new Dew Point Intelligence (DPI™) at the core of the dispensers, colorants dry less quickly, enabling operators to purge less frequently and waste less paint.

“The AccuSmart™ series are not just “tinters” they are the “smart” choice to help drive our customers’ Paint business and growth initiatives,” said IDEX Global Dispensing President, Ana Garcia.

“While achieving unparallel levels of reliability and user experience, the technology advancements on our patented DVX Pumps with extreme steady flow and our unique DPI™ nozzle system result on unsurpassed value, up to 80% dispensing productivity gain, and less than 6 month ROI to our customers,” she said.

Additionally, the Fluid Management team sought to develop an easy-to-use machine for less experienced paint operators. Building upon a previous iteration of the product, the team added 13 LED lights to better guide users on where to place the paint bucket for dispensing, avoiding accidents where colorant misses the mark and spoils a can of paint.

The Accusmart AS7500 and AS9500 dispensers are also equipped with enhanced pumps, improved algorithms, smart nozzles and energy-saving internal components. With these enhancements, the new Accusmart uses an estimated 50% less electricity compared to the previous model.

The team has already begun producing and shipping the dispensers.

To learn more about the products, click here.

 

 

Team members at Advanced Flow Solutions (AFS), part of IDEX Energy, partnered with OKC Beautiful for a LitterBlitz beautification project in Oklahoma last month.

More than 20 AFS team members volunteered to clean an area that had become a dumping location for trash. Within the first hour, the team filled 60 trash bags and had to get more to finish the job!

With new employees and veteran team members working side by side, the AFS team removed all trash, including large items such as a rug, window frame, gas cans, a trash filled clothes hamper, and various pieces of large scrap wood.

“Not only was the area left as pristine as nature meant it to be, but the team all had a wonderful time building relationships that they may not be able to build in a normal workday,” said AFS Global Business Director, Steve Willoughby.

The LitterBlitz program provides the opportunity to give back and reconnect with friends, neighbors, civic clubs, and coworkers as well as the environment in a safe and easy way.

To learn more about the OKC Beautiful organization and the LitterBlitz program, click here.

IDEX India team members this week donated dozens of oxygen concentrator machines to a local hospital to help patients struggling to overcome COVID-19 amid the ongoing battle against a surging variant of the virus. The team delivered the lifesaving machines to local government officials this week and they will be used at Sir Sayajirao General Hospital (SSG Hospital), the public hospital in Vadadora, where IDEX has a large manufacturing facility.

“When so many people were dying of COVID-19 because of lack of oxygen, we felt the need to do something. Our IDEX teams in India, China and the United States quickly organized to source and supply oxygen concentrators to the government hospital in Vadodara, where poor and helpless people could be saved,” IDEX Emerging Markets Group Executive Rajesh Prasad said.

Seventy five hospital grade oxygen concentrators were purchased with $100,000 in support from the IDEX Foundation.

“The fact that these oxygen concentrators, made by one of our customers in China, are equipped with compressors from Gast – an IDEX company – made it truly special to us. This equipment will help save lives during a terrible public health crisis. The work we do with IDEX Foundation truly matters and makes IDEX a great place to work,” Prasad said.

Across India, the healthcare system has struggled to serve the many people needing care over the last two months. Many hospitals have run out of beds and oxygen for patients. Indian hospitals oftentimes do not have central oxygen supplies pumped throughout their facilities, relying instead on oxygen canisters, which quickly became hard to get a month ago as the COVID variant surge began.

Dozens of IDEX India employees have contracted COVID-19 during the recent wave, driven by a new variant that has proven more contagious than the original virus. Fortunately, none have become critically ill. IDEX India has coordinated vaccination drives for employees at a time when securing vaccine doses has grown increasingly challenging.