Earlier this month, I got a nice surprise in the mail—a plaque from the Federal Laboratory Consortium recognizing Equilibar’s collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to develop emergency ventilator technology. The plaque brought back many memories. Just one year ago, as COVID was quickly becoming an international crisis, the Equilibar team was working long Read More
For more than 50 years, the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) has celebrated National Small Business Week to recognize the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. As part of this year’s celebration, Equilibar was honored to receive the 2020 award for North Carolina Small Business Exporter of the Year. The award was Read More
After months of intense research and development efforts, Equilibar is pleased to announce that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted Emergency Use Authorization for the BioMedInnovations (BMI) SuppleVent™. SuppleVent™ is a ventilator system that utilizes Equilibar® patented back pressure regulator technology, licensed to BMI for medical devices. Equilibar and BMI have a long-standing Read More
To our Equilibar customers and partners, Regarding the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, I would like to assure our customers and other partners that Equilibar has adopted several measures to ensure that we can continue to support you as we move forward. Our engineers are working and welcome your inquiries. They are ready to answer questions and Read More
Listen to Equilibar founder Jeff Jennings tell the story of how he came up with the idea for a revolutionary fluid control valve, started assembling valves in his basement, and developed a bare-bones website that led to his first customer in Switzerland on the podcast Clocking In with host Phil Mintz. Phil Mintz is the Read More
Equilibar is pleased to announce a partnership with Verus Process Equipment that will dramatically increase our ability to provide single use fluid control valves to the pharmaceutical and related industries in the northeastern region of the United States. Verus was founded by Andy Mutz, who has more than 30 years experience in the design, manufacture Read More
On May 23, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presented Equilibar with the 2019 President’s “E” Award for Exports during a ceremony in Washington, DC. The President’s “E” Award is the highest recognition any US entity can receive for making a significant contribution to an increase in U.S. exports. Jeff Jennings, Equilibar president, and Julie Read More
Design engineer Ryan Heffner played an instrumental role in developing Equilibar’s FD series of sanitary fluid control valves as well as our single use valve for BioPharma applications. “From a humanitarian perspective, I think medicine as a whole is super exciting for researchers,” he said. “It feels as if we’re at the dawn of a Read More
In September Equilibar’s engineering manager, Tony Tang, traveled to Singapore to attend the ISA Analysis Division Symposium. The trip was a great opportunity to work with our partners at Practical Analyzer Solutions and to meet several key clients face to face for the first time. Singapore is known for its successful blending of diverse cultures Read More
It’s been more than 30 years since I moved to the mountains of Western North Carolina, but the beauty of this place continues to make me happy every single day. I’m grateful that I’ve been able to volunteer for organizations that protect our natural resources and I’m honored that here in our community, I’m known Read More
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
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