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NAFA Clean Air Award won by Memorial Hospital, San Gabriel Valley, CA.

 

 

 

Alvaro Martinez and Bill Jaegar of Huntington Memorial Hospital were presented with the NAFA Clean Air Award by our very Don Smith, Koch FIlter Corporation's Southern California District Sales Manager. 

In February of 1892, a group of prominent citizens determined their community would be best served by a local medical facility. The Pasedena Hospital association was created and within a few years a not for profit hospital opened its doors for service.

For 118 years, Huntington Memorial Hospital has been at the heart of the San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities. At Huntington, their mission is to excel at the delivery of health care to their community. Part of that commitment is to continue with expansion and provide preventative maintenance procedures that will assure their buildings are energy efficient and provide clean air to occupants.

Utilizing Koch filters with proper MERV levels has allowed Huntington Memorial to be a leader in providing Clean Air in the work environment.  

 

 

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Louisville Slugger Museum goes Green with Komen Pink!

 

 

Hillerich and Bradsby Company, makers of the famous Louisville Slugger bat, first went Pink with their major league baseball bats. In August of 2010 their next step in going Pink took them right into Green. By installing Koch's "PINK" filtration products in the Louisville Slugger Museum they are going to provide their patrons with much cleaner air to breathe and also save money with increased efficiency.  And because Koch FIlter is donating at least $30,000 from the sell of these specially designed "Pink" filters, they'll also be supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure in its promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever.

“Oh this is great,” Hillerich and Bradsby CEO John Hillerich said. “We've had a relationship with Susan G. Komen for the cure for four or five years now. So anything we can do to help them and also support another privately held and family-operated company from our hometown of Louisville, just like ours, to get the word out, to the good things they are doing along with Susan G. Komen, it's something we just love to do.”

David Koch, President of Koch Filter Corporation, said, "what makes the filter "green" is its ability to allow proper airflow without losing efficiency and saving energy in the process." 

“It is a different kind of program from what Komen usually does because it is an industrial product,” Koch said. “So this pink filter we developed with them will be shipped to air handlers all over the country like the one here at H&B Museum.”

But how much cleaner will the air be because of the new vents?

“They remove very tiny particles,” Dr. Jim Sublett, the founder of Allergyzone, said.  “Down to the sub-micron level that cause a lot of allergies and repertory problems for people. It is important to keep your air clean and improve your indoor air quality.”

Click here for WHAS 11 TV's coverage of this event

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I am very pleased to announce that Mark Mattingly has accepted the position of Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Koch Filter, effective immediately.

In his new position, Mark will manage all of our Sales, Customer Service and Marketing efforts.  The promotion is well-deserved and is the result of nearly two decades of success in a variety of positions within our company.  

Mark is a 19-year Koch Filter veteran.  He holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from the University of Louisville.  

Mark started with Koch Filter in 1991 as a member of our Customer Service group.  From Customer Service, Mark moved into Sales as a District Sales Manager and Regional Sales Manager and established a proven record of success in each position.  Most recently, Mark has been our National Sales Manager with management responsibility for the efforts of all of our District and Regional Managers.  The company has grown 30+% during Mark’s tenure in that position.  

I think everyone reading this will share my in my confidence that we’ll continue to grow our sales profitably and expand our product line successfully under Mark’s direction.  Most importantly, I know Mark will help us accomplish our goals by doing business the right way and with our customer’s satisfaction as the overriding objective. 

Mark, Congratulations and Good Luck in your new position!

 

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MERV-8 Transition. NEW! Multi-Pleat XL8 MERV-8 Low Resistance Mechanical Media New Frame Design

 

The Koch Multi-Pleat XL8 is a medium efficiency extended surface pleated panel filter, engineered to provide higher initial efficiencies and overall superior performance than standard pleated filters.

The Multi-Pleat XL8 carries a MERV 8 and MERV-A 8  performance rating in accordance with ASHRAE Test Standard 52.2-2007.

The MERV 8 and MERV-A 8 performance rating provided by the Multi-Pleat XL8 make the filter an excellent upgrade from disposable filters and standard MERV 6 and 7 rated pleated filters. The Multi-Pleat XL8 is the best selection in applications such as hospitals, laboratories, pharmaceutical plants, commercial office buildings, and in any system in which a higher degree of indoor air quality is required.

 

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Jim Scharfenberger has been promoted to Sales Mgr., Paint and Finishing Filtration.

With over 25 year’s experience, Jim will lead our Paint Overspray Filtration Division which offers many new high efficiency and long life products.

Our goal is to be the leading manufacturer of paint overspray filtration products in the North America. Koch Filter provides the most diverse products designed to meet and exceed all high efficiency and extended life paint overspray collection requirements.

All Koch Filter paint overspray filtration products comply with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) – 40 CFR 63, established by the EPA.

Our products are used effectively in the aerospace, automotive, furniture, recreational vehicle, metal fabrication, contract coating, and light and heavy manufacturing sectors to ensure that every customer exceeds their filtration needs for both liquid and powder booth filtration.

Congratulation Jim on your promotion!

 

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Please welcome Stephen Pitkin to our team.

Stephen is our new Product Manager - Industrial Cartridge Filtration.  With over 15 years experience combined on the manufacturing and sales side of the cartridge filter industry, he is a great addition to our team.

Stephen will work directly with sales and customer service to help grow the cylindrical filter market.  Some of his tasks include the following:

1. Better develop and define product line (medias, configurations, etc)
2. Work with our regional and district managers to define markets and increase sales in gas turbine, industrial dust collection, and industrial coatings filtration applications.
3. Update brochure product information and cross-reference information for sales and customer service
4. Work with Engineering to produce any engineering drawings needed for the line
5. Help Sales and Customer Service with product training and cross-referencing

Our goal is to manufacture the majority of products right here in Louisville (within the next 6-9 months), but we want to start filling the pipeline and generating interest now.

Steve will be in contact with all sales and customer service individually to see what he can help you with to help grow this market in the next few weeks.

Please welcome Steve aboard.

 

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MAY 29, 2010: Representatives from Susan G. Komen for the Cure® visited Koch Filter Corporation Louisville, KY Headquarters to receive a check for $30,000 in connection with the "Pink" Filtration Products crafted with Pride campaign for North America.

 

Koch Filter Corporation is making a minimum donation of $30,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure^® in connection with the "Pink" Filtration Products Crafted with Pride campaign for North America. From August 2nd 2010 - November 30th 2010, Koch Filter Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky will donate monies from specially designed HVAC air filtration products to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in support of its promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever with a minimum guaranteed donation of $30,000.00. For more information call 1-800-757-5624.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which is now the world's largest breast cancer organization and the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer with nearly $1.5 billion invested to date. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.

Recently, WHAS11, Louisville Kentucky's television station recognized Koch Filter Corporation's contribution to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in their NEWSMAKERS feature. Click here to see their report.

 

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We are very pleased to announce that Michael Kunz
has been promoted to Lean Engineering Manager for Koch Filter.

Michael has experience in multiple areas of manufacturing including plant/line layout, equipment design, time studies, machining skills, etc.  

He also has excellent Lean experience including Kaizen events, 5S, Kanban, and Lean training. 

Since joining Koch Filter, Michael has served in multiple facets of our engineering department, with most recent responsibilities in Building 4 manufacturing – Multi-Pleats, lamination, Special Pleats.  He also was instrumental in our complete line layout and Multi-Flo equipment set-up at our newest plant in East Greenville, PA.   Michael is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and is a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.   

As Lean Engineering Manager, Michael will coordinate all Lean activities in our Louisville plants as well as our satellite plants.   Working with various plant assembly personnel, manufacturing managers, and maintenance, Michael’s job will be to apply Lean principles to our manufacturing processes.   Generally speaking, his responsibility will be to continuously improve our production processes in order to reduce costs, inventory, and leadtimes, as well as creating a cleaner, neater workspace.     

Michael will report to me.  His first improvement responsibilities will be in the Louisville plants, but he will be working in the other plants as well.           

Congratulations Michael!

 

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New Manufacturing Plant and Stocking Warehouse in East Greenville, PA

Koch Filter Corporation, one of the air filtration industry's oldest and most accepted names, is pleased to announce the opening of our Northeast Manufacturing facility in East Greenville, PA. The entire Koch line of air filters are available from the new plant, which has the capacity to service the entire northeastern U.S. The plant is approximately 31,000 sq. ft. and is located at 1653 State Street, East Greenville, PA 18041 (49 miles north of Philadelphia, 16 miles south of Allentown). The new plant officially opened on Monday, February 16, 2009.

Koch Filter Corporation manufactures one of the world's most complete lines of air filtration products: pleated filters, disposable filters, bag filters, rigid filters, HEPA filters, paint filtration products, 4" and 12" minipleat filters, replacement filters for any existing air filter system... available from a single catalog.

Service and quality have been Koch Filter Corporation trademarks since the company was founded over 43 years ago. Now, by manufacturing in East Greenville, we are committed to providing an even higher level of quality, service and economical pricing to our customers throughout the northeastern U.S.

We will be in touch soon to further discuss ways in which Koch Filter Corporation can be of service to you!