As a former competitive swimmer, I spent a lot of time in pools. When we weren’t swimming laps, we’d try to imitate what we saw the Olympic synchronized swimming ladies doing. None of us were very successful. The upcoming Olympics in London will have this as an event, it is always one I look forward […]
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Oracle wins in RI, sometimes it is good to tack and change course…
As did many other Rhode Islanders this past weekend, I had the opportunity to witness an America’s Cup sailing race. Sunday was the final day of the America’s Cup World Series 2012 with a match race between the two Oracle Team USA boats. Local and global visitors lined the shore at Fort Adams State Park and even Larry […]
The Magic of Fiber Optics…Right Up There with the ATM
No one gave a better perspective on the almost unimaginable way fiber optics work and how ubiquitous they have become than this fiber optic pioneer from Abilene TX; “they are like ATM machines, there is so much going on behind the curtain, that most of us don’t ask any questions about them. Few of us could ever have conceived of how easy, accurate […]
Welcome Elva
Fishman® Corporation would like to welcome a new member to our Quality Department, Elva Maloney. While living here in the Northeast Elva worked for the Bose Corporation for 11 years as both a Group Leader and a Quality Assurance Technician. Among her innumerable tasks and accomplishments was the direct supervision of assembly workers, meeting internal […]
Welcome Jennifer
Fishman® Corporation would like to welcome another new addition to our team: Jennifer Hey. Taking over from Kim, Jennifer will be our new bookkeeper handling most Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Credit Department responsibilities. Currently studying for her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance at Nichols College, Jennifer is scheduled to graduate in […]
Goodbye Pam, Welcome Brett
As many of our customers know, we have had the same primary shipper for a number of years now. Throughout her time at Fishman®, she has served in many different capacities, but for the past few years she has been a dedicated shipper. As most customers can attest, she certainly excels at her job. She […]
Welcome Jean
Fishman® Corporation would like to welcome the newest member to our Production Team, Jean Reese. Jean has worked in manufacturing for many years, focusing mainly on producing electronic components. Among the companies she has worked in the production and manufacturing departments are General Dynamics, V-tron, and EMC. She was a long time employee of the […]
Quality Matters: Proper Syringe Filling
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” So goes the phrase attributed to Benjamin Franklin. Consider the meaning behind this worthy idiom when approaching the correct method of filling syringes with your dispensing fluid. Whether performing this critical function on a large automated scale or manually for a single benchtop dispenser, the […]
Forward Thinking Into The Design of the SmartDispenser® Platform For Validation and MES Systems
Deep inside Fishman® Corporation is an operative we call “The Mole.” The Mole rarely comes out of the engineering/product development bunker and is directly wired into the latest technology advancement trends in regards to fluid dispensing in manufacturing. Below is an exclusive look, from a 2008 interview, at a few of The Mole’s goals with the […]
Mythbusters: Today’s case – The Myth Keeping That 70’s Show Air Dispenser Alive!
I’m sure many of you have seen the popular show MythBusters on Discovery channel. Today we’ll take a “page out of their book” and challenge a long-standing myth in the fluid dispensing industry: Myth: AirFree™ dispensing is for precise applications requiring high repeatability, complementing air dispensing, as opposed to being the technology radically improving and […]