ELMHURST, Ill. (March 8, 2016) – Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corp. announced that Gene Antongiovanni, the vice president of manufacturing, will be retiring from Val-Matic on April 6, 2016.

Antongiovanni’s leadership and hard work have made a significant and lasting contribution to Val-Matic’s success over his 14-year tenure.

“His guidance has allowed us to advance our manufacturing capacity and technologies as the company doubled in size during his tenure,” said CEO Ted Makowan. “We will benefit from his professionalism and work on new product processes and the start-up of the Addison Plant in 2014 for many decades to come. Gene’s dedication to his work and the people of Val-Matic will be sorely missed.”

Val-Matic Valve and Manufacturing Corporation’s headquarters is in Elmhurst, Illinois, with additional manufacturing facilities in Addison, Illionois. Val-Matic is a manufacturer of air valves, check valves and quarter-turn shut-off valves for water/wastewater, power, industrial, fire protection and HVAC applications