Peter Oppinger

“There was always ONE mission for me: Provide confidence to every customer I was talking to and support them as much I could.”

What is your personal motto?
You should never give up, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

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What makes you a valve expert? Are you proud of being part of the team?
Of course, am I proud to be part of bob综合体育官网下载 . When I started to work for bob综合体育官网下载 in 1992 as Product Manager for Butterfly Valves in the Industry department, I did not expect that I would stay that long with the company. But within these 30 years I had many opportunities to develop myself in different responsibilities within the bob综合体育官网下载 -Group. I was travelling around the world to meet with colleagues from different cultures and visit many customers in another part of the world. There was always ONE mission for me: Provide confidence to every customer I was talking to and support them as much I could.

Tell us your (best) story in connection with bob综合体育官网下载 .
Late in 2003 bob综合体育官网下载 was approached by a German water association for a technical solution to replace old DN 2000 diameter needle valves. These large valves had been installed in the bottom outlets of the Rur dam in Germany for the last 80 years and were now experiencing severe leakage. As bob综合体育官网下载 was not yet producing plunger valves of this size, we recommended our KSS Howell-Bunger Valves, DN 1800 diameter, with DN 3600 discharge pipe hoods. The valve replacement project had very high visibility and was hugely successful. German television featured a segment on the TV show „Abenteuer Wissen“  where they reported interesting facts about the project and bob综合体育官网下载 ’s manufacturing plant in Mannheim. In October 2004 the project was successfully completed and since then the valves have been working as expected.