Articles relating to BVAA Comment

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Valve World Joy!

A very firm favourite in BVAA’s external exhibitions programme has always been the Valve World Expo in Dusseldorf. One of my priorities ...
Valveuser Issue 96

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together

The BVAA team asked me to write this issue’s Comment shortly after the utterly brilliant Paris Olympics ended, and on the day the awe-inspiring ...
Valveuser Issue 95

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: The Power of the Brand

BVAA’s most visited resource on our BVAA website is the ‘Search the BVAA Member Directory’. It is a repository for member ...
Valveuser Issue 94

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: ‘Do Nothing, Nothing Happens…’

This must be one of the most-used phrases in the BVAA HQ, and it’s our own little way of constantly reminding ourselves that we have to ...
Valveuser Issue 93

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: All Change Please!

No, I wouldn’t dream of getting onto the topic of the General Election here in the UK, or anywhere else in the world for that matter! ...
Valveuser Issue 92

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Delivering the best!

As 2024 is BVAA’s 85th Anniversary year, I recently had the perfect excuse to go down memory lane and spend a few hours trawling through ...
Valveuser Issue 91

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: ‘Build it and they will come’?

As can be seen from the photograph, clearly the resident birds at Bartlett Towers haven’t quite grasped the concept of this oft-misquoted ...
Valveuser Issue 90

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Service

For some, ‘in Service’ might be a phrase they only recognise from say an ancestor’s trade, and carries something of a stigma. ...
Valveuser Issue 89

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: 20 years balancing optimism with realism

LinkedIn reminded me the other week that I’d reached my 20th anniversary working for the BVAA. I’ll admit it was very heartwarming ...
Valveuser Issue 88

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: RAAC and Ruin?

One of the joys of my job has been observing the career paths and development of people, particularly the ones I met relatively early in their ...
Valveuser Issue 87

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Under Pressure

This issue of Valveuser is being distributed at three completely different exhibitions, namely SPE Offshore Europe, UK Metals Expo and of course ...
Valveuser Issue 86

AI – Pie in the Sky?

I was chatting recently with one of our Future Leader delegates, who was regaling me with their experience of using an artificial intelligence ...
Valveuser Issue 85

German Weddings

Some 30 years ago when I first started to mix regularly with some very busy German colleagues, I noticed how often they cited a phrase about ...
Valveuser Issue 84

Adaptability is key!

BVAA are Industry Partners to the ChemUK show and we are delighted to be exhibiting again on the 10th/11th May at the NEC. BVAA’s ...
Valveuser Issue 83

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Hotting Up

Spring and autumn are traditionally breathless times for the Association, with a plethora of activities, events and exhibitions that often risk ...
Valveuser Issue 82

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: ‘The best BVAA Team you’ve ever had.’

‘The best BVAA Team you’ve ever had.’ This was the title of a recent letter that I sent to our members, and I stand by ...
Valveuser Issue 81

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: Success is best when it’s shared

As we come to the end of another busy year here at the BVAA, I do find it remarkable that the situation we find ourselves in right now is so much ...
Valveuser Issue 80

Comment by BVAA Director Rob Bartlett: It’s great to be back!

At last, we get to exhibit again at Valve World Expo! After postponements due to Covid 19, and a great deal of uncertainty (and assuming no ...
Valveuser Issue 79

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: Exceptional Service

Like many, I experienced the most profound sense of loss when the news came through about the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. My ...
Valveuser Issue 78

Comment by BVAA CEO Rob Bartlett: We’re busy and getting busier!

On my recent return from a few weeks’ annual leave in France, our ’30-minute team catch-up meeting’ to fill me in on progress ...
Valveuser Issue 77