TRUSTED WORLDWIDE SINCE 1908 Spring/Summer 2017
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President’s Message Page 2 Darley Launches Smart Firefighting Innovation Community Page 2 Featured Product: Darley Releases New Pump Catalog at FDIC Page 3 FDIC Sneak Peek: Smart Panel II, Smart Air, and UAS Usage Page 3 Darley Divisions - ODIN® Foam, PolyBilt®, Ohler Pumps, and Defense Page 4 Just Ask Engineering: What Does Darley Offer in a Turn-Key PTO Pump Solution? Page 5 Darley Pumps - Serving Latin America Customers for Over 70 Years Page 5 From the Office of James Darley Page 6 Darley Receives Governor’s Export Award Page 6 Employee Profile: William Darley Page 6 Darley Pump School & CAFS Academy Page 7 A Look at a Next Generation Darley: Nicole Darley Page 7 Darley Corporate Social Responsibility: SOWF, Red Cross, Feed My Starving Children, African Fire Mission, and United Way Page 7 Vendor Spotlight: Streamlight, Inc. Page 8 Save 15% With Our New Gear Package Page 8 Industry Calendar Page 8
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U.S. Marine Corps Honors Team Darley Darley successfully completed an $85.1 million dollar contract with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) providing hundreds of LE600 pumps for fuel and water transfer. In a formal USMC letter, Chief Warrant Officer Paul L. Gill, project officer for tactical fuel systems, wrote to Paul Darley and Rob Bond, “Your company’s genuine desire to provide the best possible service to your customers is second to none. The attention to detail, honest assessments, and frank recommendations have ensured CWO Paul Gill (second from left) and other members of the Marines using the equip- the USMC expeditionary Power Systems team present ment have the best product Darley with the decree in Quantico, VA. and support available.” The presentation ceremony included a Limited Edition PdM EPS Challenge Coin and a USMC Decree that recognized Paul C. Darley as an honorary member of Expeditionary Power Systems. During the presentation, CWO Gill continued, “I cannot thank you enough for your profesThe LE600 pump is sional ethos, strategic vision, and USMC Decree and Challenge Coin still in production for presented to Darley company. commercial and military applications. continued friendship.”
Reg Darley Retires After 55 Years of Service Reg Darley, the youngest child of our founder, William S. Darley, was born in 1933. He began working at W.S. Darley & Co. in 1961 and retired on January 1, 2017, after faithfully serving our company for over 55 years. Reg worked in our equipment division, led the production of our catalogs for years and worked with large municipal customers on major orders for capital equipment. When reflecting on his father and our company he stated, “My father was doing much of what we are doing today. He took risks, looked for new markets, saw what was working for others and Bill Darley, Pat Long and Reg Darley in 1999 at a company invented and introduced new products that no one annual stockholders meeting. else offered.” Reg added, “His last stroke of genius, in my mind, was to surround himself with a team that shared his vision of what the company was about, a vision that Bill Darley and Reg said the Darley company will stand behind their Darley in 1950. promises, that it was a company that could be trusted, that it was there to bring to the world not just fair prices, but also new products to make the world safer for First Responders.” Reg reflected, “These were the best Reg served in the U.S. Army days of my life and I have so many in Germany in the 1950’s. fond memories like selling hundreds of pipe thawers in the cold winter of 1968 to working the first Interschutz show in Germany.” Reg and his wife, Francella, working Thanks for your service Reg. Interschutz in Germany 1975.