News

02/17/2010 - First symposium on “Valves in Nuclear Power Plants”

From 9 to 10 February 2010, the first symposium on the subject of valves in nuclear power plants took place at VAG’s Mannheim headquarters.

During the two-day event, guests from ten German nuclear power plant locations attended expert talks, went on a guided tour through VAG’s Visitor Center and were also able to gain insights into the manufacture of special valves at the Mannheim plant.

11/19/2009 - VAG Autumn Conference 2009

From 9 to 13 November, this year’s VAG Autumn Conference took place at the headquarters of VAG-Armaturen GmbH in Mannheim. The Autumn Conference includes a 4-day valve training programme on four different training levels and is completed by an exam at the end.

10/02/2009 - Exchange of rings at the nuclear power plant

Our service department is currently overhauling the second DN 2200 cooling water valve from a nuclear power plant in southern Germany. The valve is being overhauled in the context of an exchange of rings.

09/18/2009 - Preserving valuable items from the 1950s

A well-preserved non-return valve from the 1950s has just been delivered to VAG by one of our customers.

09/08/2009 - New trainees welcomed at VAG

For some years now, new trainees at VAG have been welcomed by the Human Resources Manager and the second- and third-year trainees in the context of an introductory day.

08/27/2009 - VAG teams successful in the 14th Canadian Canoe City Championship

From 22 to 23 August, this year’s 14th open Canadian Canoe City Championship organised by the Lampertheim Water Sports Club took place. For the first time, two teams from VAG-Armaturen GmbH were among the 33 teams entered for the competition.

08/06/2009 - Robert Fellner-Feldegg awarded Professorship

The Managing Director of the VAG Group, Mr Fellner-Feldegg, Industrial Engineer, has recently been honoured with a Professorship. Mr Fellner-Feldegg was awarded the title of visiting professor for a 3-year period on 30 June by the Tongji University in Shanghai.

07/16/2009 - ACE 2009

From 14 to 17 June, the Annual Conference & Exposition, briefly called ACE, took place in San Diego (USA). The number of visitors and exhibition booths were somewhat below of what the organisers had expected this year. Despite this, VAG’s participation was more than successful. 

07/03/2009 - BAIO®plus Dialog 2009 – Presentation of the innovations in the VAG BAIO®plus System

In two events taking place at the same time, the VAG BAIO®plus System and its innovations were presented on 23 June. In the north of Germany, the exchange of information took place at the historic waterworks of the city of Bockum. People from the southern part of the country met in the city of Passau for a boat ride on the river Danube.

06/25/2009 - VAG supports promotion project for young people

This week, eight-graders from the Mannheim Humboldt and Friedrich-Ebert Secondary Modern Schools paid a visit to VAG.

05/07/2009 - The reach for the stars goes on

This year’s Spring Conference took place at VAG’s Mannheim headquarters from 20 to 23 April. In the course of this conference, which takes place twice a year, VAG employees and employees from the VAG agencies are trained in all valve areas and take a test about their knowledge after the completion of the training courses.

04/07/2009 - Special transport to Colombia

For a dam project in Colombia we have delivered several large valves in the past few days including one steel-welded EKN DN 2500 PN 16 Butterfly Valve with a hydraulic tandem brake-and-lift cylinder.

03/24/2009 - Jamaican Ambassador visits VAG

This month, Mrs Joy Wheeler, the Ambassador of Jamaica, visited us together with the MP of Mannheim.