VALVE MAGAZINE Spring 2025

PROFILE INDUSTRY

David Bayreuther David Bayreuther leads product management for Valmet Flow Control and is President of the Board of Directors of the Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS).

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What inspired you to pursue a career in the world of valves and actuators? My career started as a valve engineer at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division designing and developing valves and actuators for nuclear submarines. I can’t say that I chose to pursue a career in valves, but like many in this industry, I sort of fell into it. One respon sibility for my first role was developing valves for the U.S. Navy. One of my mentors in the group would frequently say, “Valves make the world go around.” As my knowledge of valves and awareness of their widespread use in industries increased, I learned to appreciate why he said this. Why did you decide to get involved with VMA? Shortly after I started at Neles-Jamesbury, my manager started planning for retirement. He was a member of the VMA Technical Committee and asked me to take over his role. At my first VMA event, I offered to buy the chairman of the committee a beer. He agreed and immediately offered me the position of vice chair. Shortly after, I enjoyed several terms as chairman of the Technical Committee. Tell us about your work with MSS and how it overlaps with VMA. The scope and purpose of VMA and MSS are different. MSS develops and publishes industry standards for valves and actuators, as well as flanges, fittings, pipe hangers, packing, seals and other components. MSS was founded over 100 years ago, and our slogan is “The tech nical voice of the industry.” This is where some overlap occurs. MSS has over 120 member companies, many of whom are also VMA members and frequent presenters at VMA events. Are there any exciting projects or initiatives you are working on that you’d like to highlight to our readers? It is essential for MSS to maintain our current portfolio of standards and keep them up-to date for our members and the industry. To remain healthy and grow, MSS also needs to continue to develop new standards, and we are expanding the scope of that work to include product standards for challenging industry applications. T How do you stay abreast with changes in the valve/actuator industry? I read a lot of materials every day including industry magazines, trade association news, social media, industrial valve news updates, various websites and reports from patent applications. Any emerging trends or technologies that you are particularly excited about? There are always emerging trends piquing the interest of our industry and currently AI and digitalization are key topics. Valves for hydrogen and additive manufacturing (3D metal printing) is being discussed more. Personally, digitalization to extract more information from valves is something that I believe will develop in the future. What do you enjoy doing outside of work? My wife and I enjoy skiing in the winter, and golf and sailing in the summer. We are starting to get the boat ready to be back in the water by May so we can enjoy the summer sailing around New England.

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