Watson Valve announces new President

HOUSTON – Watson Valve Services Inc. announces Robert “Bob” White as its new President.  The current President, John M. Watson, will remain as the company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Bob has served as Executive Vice President, and ownership, of Watson Valve Services since its inception in 2002.  He has continued to play a pivotal role in Watson Valve’s growth in the severe service, metal seated ball valve market.

“Bob has done an outstanding job leading our company. The company is in great hands with Bob leading our highly talented team,” says, John M. Watson.

Prior to his Executive Vice Presidency at Watson Valve Services, Bob spent over 39 years in executive management for Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, a sister company to Watson Valve Services.  Bob led the initiative to gain ISO 17025:2005 accreditation for the Watson Coatings Laboratory.  Such accreditation is used by testing and calibration laboratories that produce testing and calibration results.  Bob continues to hold the Executive vice Presidency at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing today.

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Watson Grinding & Mfg. is a full-scale machine shop offering a multitude of processes and solutions for our customers.  We specialize in carbide and ceramic thermal spray coatings via High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) and Plasma Thermal Spray applications. The addition of a robotic thermal spray facility and an on-site ISO 17025:2005 metallurgical laboratory in recent years have made us a leader in the precise application of thermal spray coatings dramatically extending the service life of parts in highly corrosive or wear-intensive environments. In addition, we grind and mill exotic alloys, hard metals, and large parts as well as manufacture and service a wide variety of parts including shafts, valves, and rotating and pump components. Strategic investments and technical innovations have consistently enhanced our capabilities and allowed us to provide our wide array of services.

Watson Valve Services, Inc. specializes in the custom design, repair, and modification of severe service metal seated ball valves. Our product line is unique because we utilize over 50 years of experience and the proven coatings technology of our sister company, Watson Grinding & Manufacturing. Not only do we fabricate and manufacture the valve, we coat the internal components in-house at our robotic High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF) & Plasma Thermal Spray Coatings facility. We are able to extend the lives of both valves and autoclave agitator blades used in severe service processes. Watson Valve’s products have been proven in autoclave operations, mining, refining, and chemical plants worldwide. We are ISO 9001:2008.