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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.

To help relocate pets to loving new homes, Warren Rupp’s Vice President of Sales and devoted dog lover Jim Coryell recently drove 1,500 miles in two days to help 51 dogs find new families.

Jim, who has been involved with One Love Animal Rescue since 2015, embarked on the long journey with three other dog-lovers. They split the 36-hour drive, stopping only for fuel and bathroom breaks.

The team partnered primarily with One Love Animal Rescue, but also with Jasper Animal Rescue Mission (JARM), Chatham Animal Services and Effingham Animal Services in Savannah, Georgia to safely transport dogs from Georgia to Delaware and into the care of animal rescue’s in the area.

“It was emotional, wonderful, intense at times as we drove through rain, loud with 51 dogs barking most of the time, and ultimately rewarding to see all the dogs go directly into foster care,” Jim said. “Three of the sweet dogs were adopted by the time we got back to Savannah.,”

Adoptions and purchases of dogs have soared in the United States during the pandemic, as people have sought companionship. Some shelters, particularly in northern states, have run out of adoptable animals. At the same time, shelters in southern states still had dogs, creating an imbalance that Jim and his team helped address.

Relocating these often-mistreated animals, saves their lives as 80% of the animals may have been euthanized if not for these efforts.

One Love Animal Rescue makes 6-8 trips per year to various states and rescues, transporting dogs and occasionally cats.

 

Pictured left to right – Kristine Collins, Karrie Bulski, Jim Coryell and George Carroll

To help students work more efficiently and more productively, Toptech Systems upgraded and installed technology equipment at a new Boys and Girls Clubs facility in Central Florida (BGCCF) last month.

Working together while wearing masks, Toptech team member Carlos Garcia and an employee at BGCCF helped install 15 computers, two 65” TVs and one 55” TV at the facility in Oviedo. The equipment will be used for homework, research, club operations, and to ensure students are able to learn about potential career paths.

In collaboration with the IDEX Foundation, Toptech donated close to $14,000 USD to purchase all the technology.

“The entire Toptech Team is proud of the long history we have supporting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida,” General Manager Matt Eisert said. “At Toptech we are passionate about technology and our employees want to pass this passion along to the children in our community who depend on the local clubs for after school care, mentorship, and encouragement.”

Located near Toptech’s headquarters, the new location in Oviedo, Florida will serve nearly 60 students. Toptech team members are currently planning two virtual, STEM focused volunteer events and hope to host in-person events in the future.

 

The second round of IDEX Foundation grants to support local food banks in serving people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in record participation by business units across the United States, Canada and Europe.

The renewed effort tallied 41 grants for a total of $225,000 USD, surpassing the Foundation’s total of $170,000 USD in donations given in Spring 2020. IDEX teams went above and beyond, with 93 percent site participation in the United States and 70 percent internationally. European businesses achieved an all-time high in participation rate in the campaign, which began earlier this year.

“It’s rewarding to see how many business units stepped up to ensure people in their community who need help with food during these challenging times receive help from us,” Foundation President Derrick Goddard said. “We are such a caring company and that came through in the fantastic participation rates.”

Examples include the team at Pulsafeeder in Florida, USA, which donated food for distribution through the Boys and Girls Club of Charlotte County (BGCCC).

At LUKAS in Germany, team members donated to Die Tafel in Erlangen, which has deep ties serving people in the community.

And the teams at all IDEX Health & Science facilities in Rochester, New York, Middleboro, Massachusetts, Oak Harbor, Washington, Bristol, Connecticut, Carlsbad, California and Rohnert Park, California, participated in both campaigns!

IDEX business units that have donated $5,000 grants during the 2^nd campaign include:

United States Locations

Business	Food Bank
Akron Brass	Wooster Hope Center
Knight	Families Forward
IH&S Rochester	FoodLink
Corken	Regional Foodbank of Oklahoma
CVI	Roadrunner Food Bank
IH&S Rohnert Park	Redwood Empire Food Bank
Advanced Thin Films	Emergency Family Assistance Association
Liquid Controls	Northern Illinois Food Bank
Banjo	Youth Services Bureau
IDEX Corporate	Lakeview Pantry
Warren Rupp	People Helping People
GAST	Feeding America West Michigan
Trebor	Utah Food Bank
IH&S Oak Harbor	North Whidbey Help House
Fluid Management	Wheeling Township Emergency Fund
Pulsafeeder SPO	Boys and Girls Club Charlotte County
US Viking	Northeast Iowa Foodbank
TopTech	Boys and Girls Club Central Florida
ADS	Central Texas Food Bank
ADS	Brazos Valley Food Bank
Pulsafeeder EPO	FoodLink
Aegis	Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank
Microfluidics	The Greater Boston Food Bank
IH&S Middleboro	South Shore Community Action Council, Inc.
HURST Jaws of Life	Council on Aging of Cleveland County
IH&S Bristol	Meals for Neighbors Ministry if Zion Lutheran Church
IH&S Carlsbad	The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank

 

Canada and European Locations

Business	Food Bank
Viking Canada	Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor
Quadro	Food Bank of Waterloo
GAST UK	Redditch Food Bank
CVI – Netherlands	Voedselbank Montferland
Matcon	Caring Hands in the Vale
IPEK	Caritasverband Kempten-Oberallgäu e.V.
CVI – UK	leicester south foodbank
FFM Netherlands	Stichting voedselbank Teylingen
PPE UK	Homeless Aid UK
Lukas	Diakonisches Werk Erlangen e.V. Tafel, Erlangen
Richter Germany	Tafel Kempen | Martinus-Hilfe e.V.
Sampi	Comunita’ di sant’egidio lucca odv
Alfa Valvole	Non di solo pane A.P.S
OBL	Societa’ Pane Quotidiano Fondazione Arrigo Valentini O.N.L.U.S
Wrightflow Technologies	Eastbourne Foodbank
Godiva	Feed the Hungry

 

 

A new marketing campaign for HURST Jaws of Life® recently took home a Silver American Advertising Award in the annual Charlotte American Advertising Awards Gala, which each year recognizes the best of the best in marketing and advertising. With help from Charlotte-based marketing communications agency Wray Ward, HURST’s eDRAULIC Watertight Extrication Tool (EWXT) “Be Unstoppable” campaign received the recognition.

“We take pride in the recognition we receive for HURST Jaws of Life’s excellence in engineering and performance, and to have our brand also receive accolades for excellence in creativity is outstanding,” said Bruce Johnston, director of marketing for IDEX Fire & Safety and its HURST Jaws of Life brand. . “Being recognized with an American Advertising Award is an honor, and we’re proud this campaign caught the eye of the judges.”

The win came in the category “Integrated Campaign” for a campaign including print and digital advertisements, social media graphics, and a series of four videos extolling the features of the new EWXT rescue tools – battery-powered extrication tools with longer battery life, exceptional performance standards, and the ability to operate while submerged underwater. The videos mix extrication footage and engineering schematic graphics in the edgy HURST Jaws of Life brand look to illustrate the combination of power and performance delivered by the innovative tool line, including the spreaders, cutters, combi tools and rams.

The videos are used in HURST Jaws of Life’s marketing program and live on HURST’s new Video Library and YouTube as a resource for HURST Jaws of Life dealers and the first responders who use the tools to save lives.