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12/14/2015
WORLD WIDE METRIC CELEBRATES 45 YEARS OF “KEEPING THE WORLD FLOWING”
Company marks 45 years of service to the maritime, oil and gas, industrial flow control and fluid power industries
BRANCHBURG, NJ, November 4, 2015 — World Wide Metric, a global supplier specializing in the distribution of valves, flanges, piping systems and hydraulic components in JIS and DIN, and ANSI standards, is celebrating its 45th anniversary. Commemorating more than four decades of meeting and exceeding customers’ needs with an extensive metric product line, prompt, reliable service and expert product knowledge, World Wide Metric is proud to celebrate their progress and commitment to the future of the company.
In 1970, former ship captain Constantinos Contos, who immigrated to the United States from Greece in 1969, founded a ship repair company in Brooklyn, New York. Soon after, he began receiving an abundance of requests for metric valves and flanges from foreign vessels, but despite the demand, metric replacement parts weren’t easy to find stateside.
So Contos improvised; he took an American valve, cut off its flanges, welded on a piece of plate, then drilled holes to match the existing pipeline, and put the valve back in service. Realizing this was not an optimal solution, he saw an opportunity to address the shortage of metric parts in the United States.
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About World Wide Metric:
Now celebrating its 45th anniversary, World Wide Metric is an innovative global supplier, specializing in metric parts for the maritime, oil and gas, industrial flow control and fluid power markets. With over 50,000 quality products stocked in five convenient locations across the U.S., World Wide Metric takes pride in serving customers with expert product advice, same day quotations and on-time deliveries. For more information, please contact Kate Sollecito at (732) 247-2300 or kate@worldwidemetric.com.
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