[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING CRISPIN VALVES OF BERWICK, PA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 
                      COMPANY'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 6, 2005

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to Crispin 
Valves, of Berwick, PA, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.
  Begun in 1905 on the foundation of the patents granted to Clarence 
Crispin for his design of the Air Valve, Crispin is a fourth generation 
family business employing 70 people.
  The Crispin Air Valve, for the first time ever, allowed the release 
of air build-up in water pipes without leaks or interruption of water 
flow in the line.
  Since its inception, Crispin has served customers the world over. 
Still located on its original manufacturing site, Crispin today is a 
modem, professional company deeply rooted in the traditional values of 
its early beginnings.
  No other company in the world has manufactured air valves longer than 
Crispin and no other company in the air valve market has the experience 
that Crispin has.
  Crispin products are used in both hemispheres and in almost every 
country in the world. The breadth of their international experience 
allows them to understand and provide the flexibility that 
international customers require.
  Focusing primarily on the municipal water industries, Crispin 
products are also used extensively by industrial, mining, chemical, 
energy and processing companies.
  Crispin's customers include some of the world's top corporations 
including Phillips Petroleum, Walt Disney, Anheuser Busch, Bechtel, 
International Paper and Black and Veatch.
  Their municipal client index includes customers from major 
metropolitan areas as well as small town water systems. They include 
Denver, CO; Los Angeles, CA; Tampa, FL; New York City, Dallas, TX, and 
thousands of others.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Crispin Valves and its 
president, Mr. Darren Crispin, for representing the finest qualities of 
the American entrepreneurial spirit. Their family heritage and 
community-mindedness has resulted in a successful company that has 
employed many people in northeastern Pennsylvania for over a century.

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