Announcement

Please make plans to attend the next PVF Roundtable General Assembly Meeting on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at The HESS Club in Houston, TX.  The HESS Club is located at 5430 Westheimer, on the north side of the street between the Galleria and Chimney Rock.

We'll begin with the social hour that starts at 4:30 PM, featuring an open bar courtesy of Westbrook Manufacturing.  The social hour provides a networking opportunity to meet friends and customers and visit with PVF industry vendors that is unmatched by any other event in our industry. We have received comments from people that have attended the past three or four meetings that have stressed the importance of networking opportunities during the social hour and dinner. They say these opportunities afford them the chance to see important industry contacts that might not be available to them during the normal workday.

We will follow the social hour with a buffet dinner which has become a favorite of our members and guests.  The dinner provides members and guests the opportunity to continue networking.  The relaxed atmosphere of the social hour and dinner cannot be matched at any other industry event.

Our Keynote Speaker for the evening will be, the very entertaining and informative, Dr. Michael J. Economides. Back by popular demand, we have invited Mr. Economides to return so that we may hold him accountable for the many predictions and/or statements that he made at last February’s GAM, or not. Mr. Economides is a chemical and petroleum engineer and an expert on energy geopolitics. He holds a number of positions, such as professor at the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Chairman of the Board of XGAS, a natural gas firm (www.xgas.us) and Managing Partner of Dr. Michael J. Economides Consultants, Inc. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Energy Tribune (www.energytribune.com).

We urge you to invite guests to the meeting. We are always trying to increase our membership and guests are generally potential members. Bring your customers or invite your competitors as well as other people from within your company. Don’t miss this outstanding opportunity to network with your industry associates and customers.

Also, if you would like to be a sponsor of a quarterly General Assembly meeting, please contact us @ pvf@pvf.org

Please remember that, because the General Assembly meetings have become so popular, a prompt RSVP is to your advantage.

Our Website is up and running, so PLEASE RSVP to the PVF Roundtable, just click on Event Registration and fill out that short form.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Danny Westbrook
PVF Roundtable Secretary/Treasurer

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PVF Roundtable

The PVF Roundtable is an organization of companies involved in the pipe, valve and fitting industry. These firms may be manufacturers, distributors, piping designers, engineering firms, construction companies or end-users. Membership is by company, with each firm designating a Primary Member, who serves as the main contact, and as many Associate Members as appropriate as in any geographical location served by that firm. This permits both national and local concerns to be identified and addressed by the Roundtable if applicable. The PVF Roundtable is chartered under the laws of the State of Texas as a not-for-profit corporation and membership costs may be treated accordingly. Membership is renewable on a calendar basis. A listing of present members is available on this Website.

A General Assembly Meeting is held in Houston several times a year, at a convenient, centralized location. These Meetings open with a social hour, providing an informal means of ensuring that attending members can meet and share ideas and solutions to common problems. An early buffet dinner is served, with the Meeting being formally opened around 6:00 P.M. Organizational topics are the first order of business, followed by the self-introduction of Sponsors and attending members. A Featured Speaker(s) is introduced, to provide a presentation of interest to the members. The Meeting is normally adjourned at 8:00 P.M. These General Assembly Meetings are open to all designated Members and guests and represent an important forum for the dissemination of industry information.

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Mission Statement

The PVF Roundtable is an organization of firms involved in the Pipe, Valves and Fitting industry. The membership is dedicated to the continuing improvement of the quality process in our industry through collective changes resulting from improved communication methods, advances in education, organizational assistance in the standardization process and the implementation of collective efforts towards the solution of identified industry-wide problems throughout the entire PVF supply chain.