We’re happy to report that the Equilibar team is fully back at work this week following Hurricane Helene. While Helene wreaked havoc across the Western North Carolina mountains, we feel extremely lucky that all of our team members and their families are safe and our facilities had only minor issues. Once we could return to Read More
With a strong background in multimedia communications, Julia Feiler is well equipped to spread the word about Equilibar’s technology, services, and events in her role as digital communications specialist. “I chose my career because my parents are both entrepreneurs,” she said, “and I’ve seen how crucial it is in today’s world to communicate effectively.” After Read More
While each member of the Equilibar team brings a rich and diverse background to the job, it could be said that customer service representative Sara Bradley has one of the more unexpected sets of credentials. In addition to earning an associate’s degree in surgical technology before she was 18, Sara decided to pursue a career Read More
Seth Hammack, application engineer, enjoys working with customers to understand and solve complicated fluid control problems. “I’ve always liked being a problem solver,” he said. “My father has a masonry business and I worked with him growing up. My specialty was helping to fix equipment and find solutions to other issues. One of the reasons Read More
Earlier this year, Equilibar launched the Single Use Technology (SUT) division to meet the fast-evolving fluid control needs of the pharmaceutical industry. Ryan Heffner, PE, was named Single Use Technology Manager, leading a team of professionals focused on developing and refining products for this emerging market. The following is a brief Q&A with Ryan to Read More
It could be said that people come to Equilibar for the technology, but they stay for the customer service. Jenna Heaton is a great example of this concept. With more than 22 years of customer care experience, including time as the owner of an automotive service company, she has taken the art of customer service Read More
Since moving to North Carolina at the end of January, design engineer Marty Kowall has provided continuity and collaboration between Equilibar’s work in Asheville and the work of other Richards Industrials product lines in Cincinnati, helping to strengthen the technical efforts at both sites. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Marty earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical Read More
I wanted to share what I believe will be an exciting step in Equilibar’s continuing growth. My passion as an engineer and entrepreneur has always been technical innovation. My recent travels and collaboration with key partners have only heightened my awareness of the rapid speed of technical advances happening all around the world. I strongly Read More
Design engineer Jennifer Jacober earned her degree from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, a unique collaboration between two flagship research institutions. The experience has given her insightful experience in both engineering and medicine. “One of the projects I started working Read More
The Equilibar team is happy to introduce Greg Rachkovsky, inventory specialist for shipping and receiving, who joined us in the spring of this year. In addition to keeping up with thousands of parts and materials so that our production team always has what they need to fulfill orders, Greg enjoys cross training and helping with Read More
When people open their kitchen cabinet, they probably don’t think about how the icing was drizzled on their favorite cookies or how a bottle of apple juice was filled. They most likely assume that their cans of vegetables will be good to eat for months and their bags of snacks will stay fresh. People don’t Read More
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