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Reos Partners (www.reospartners.com) is an international social enterprise that helps people move forward together on their most important and intractable issues. We design, facilitate, and guide processes that enable teams of stakeholders—even those who dont understand or agree with or trust one another—to make progress on their toughest challenges. Our approach is systemic, collaborative, and creative. We partner with governments, corporations, and civil society organizations on challenges such as education, health, food, energy, environment, development, justice, security, and peace. Our work is pragmatic, professional, and tailored to the needs of the specific situation. We operate both globally and locally, with offices in Cambridge (Massachusetts), Geneva, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Montréal, and São Paulo. Our name comes from the Greek "rheos," which means "flow."
The founder of Conval, Chester A. Siver, developed an innovative and technologically advanced line of forged steel globe valves for high pressure and high temperature steam service applications primarily for the power generation industry. In 1967, Conval was incorporated and manufacturing facilities were established in Somers, Connecticut. Conval has developed extensions to the original product line which include: • "T" and angle pattern bodies • 3500 pound and a 4500 pound series • 2 1/2, 3, and 4 inch sizes • Bellows seal valves • 3 way valves • A variety of material options • Cryogenic valves • Multiple orifice blowdown valves • Ball Valves • Nuclear Power Plant Valves Convals provides basic valve products that are durable, maintainable, and yield a low cost solution over the serviceable life of the valve. Markets for Conval include the power generation industry, refining, oil and gas production, chemical, fertilizer, and pulp industries. Besides the domestic United States market, other projected growth markets are Canada, Australia, China, Southeast Asia, Mexico, South America, and developing third world countries. Over one half of Convals sales are made internationally. Conval became a Certified ISO 9001 manufacturer in September 1992. BVQI (Bureau Veritas Quality International, N.A., Inc.) semi-annually certifies that Convals Quality Management System is in accordance with appropriate international standards for design, development, production, installation, and servicing. Also, Convals quality program meets the requirements of 10CFR50, Appendix B of the Code of Federal Regulations and ASME N Stamp for its nuclear customers, and the European Pressure Equipment Directive. Conval employs approximately 100 employees working on two shifts. Convals operations consist of the machining of most parts used to assemble finished valves, the maintenance of adequate parts inventory to support production, and the development of new valve products.
Based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, SSC North America is a hypercar manufacturer that specializes in limited production vehicles for elite clientele around the world. In 2007, the SSC Ultimate Aero, a high performance hypercar produced by SSC, legitimized the companys standing as a leading player in the worldwide hypercar market by officially becoming the "Worlds Fastest Production Car" as witnessed and recorded by Guinness World Records. The Ultimate Aero achieved an average two-way speed of 256.18 mph, making SSC one of only 26 manufactures in world history to hold this prestigious title. Today, SSC North America is in the late development stages of the next world record breaking hypercar, the Tuatara. With the Ultimate Aeros record setting achievements and the world renowned performance brought by the next generation Tuatara, SSC North America stands firmly as a great American hypercar company, and will continue to lead innovation in the hypercar market.