MANUFACTURING
here. The company was purchased by public-traded Mercury/
Brunswick in 2018.
Today, the company boasts 70 percent of the world market
share in linear actuators.
Coming to a computer screen near you: The company is busy
working on new products, Smith said, which will usher in a new era
of electronic integration of all a boat’s systems on one screen, no
matter which manufacturer produced the individual components.
Perhaps the Treasure Coast isn’t famous — yet — for manufacturing,
but that sector is expanding rapidly here, thanks in part
to increased coordination by the Treasure Coast Manufacturers
Association, local governments and economic development
councils. v
Recently cast valve bodies cool off on sand beds in a post-production area of
Girard Equipment’s Fort Pierce foundry. The finished safety valves will be used
in a variety of applications on highway and railroad tankers carrying hazardous
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materials.
GIRARD EQUIPMENT PHOTOS
A worker at Girard Equipment’s Fort Pierce foundry monitors an induction furnace
containing molten stainless steel that will be used to cast valve bodies.
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