NAPF’s Story
Over the Years
1977
Ted Wright, Director
Successfully supported to reverse the arbitrary elimination of cast iron flanges from AWWA C115
1978
Began sharing ‘best practices’ through member plant tours
1979
Introduced NAPF to the Industry with convention booth display
Normalized the practice of fabricating wall pipe from threaded components
1980
Successfully supported specifications containing “Flanged Pipe shall be Manufactured by the pipe manufacturer”
1982
Phil Tinsley, President
1985
Lee Schondelmeyer, President
Established Associate Memberships
1986
Initiated NAPF Standards Catalog Creation
1988
Ted Muntz, President
Published NAPF Standards Catalog
1989
Provided NAPF program to enable members to achieve NSF 61 certification when EPA abandoned their product approval program
First Pipeline Newsletter Published
1990
Merlyn Brown, President
Appointed Lloyd Well (Black & Veatch) as NAPF Technical Advisor
1992
Began an Excess Inventory Forum
Certified Cutting Oil for NAPF Members
Established discounted NSF 61 Certification Program with Underwriters Laboratories
1993
Bernie Jaffe, President
Introduced “Quality Plus” Program for NAPF certification to C115 and C606 standards
Campaigned successfully to include Hollow-Back Flanges in C115
1994
Initiated NAPF print ad campaign
1995
Mike Knust, President
1996
NAPF.com website – One of the first in our industry
1997
Ray Smith, President
1998
Gill Godman, President
Established NAPF Committee Structure
Began Surface Preparation Standard – NAPF 500-03
1999
Chris Cumins, President
2000
Gill Godman, Chair
Acquired an NAPF seat on the A21 Committee
Organized a Restrained Joint Standard task force
Authored a response to “Efficient Utilities” and delivered a verbal regulator to AWWA Director in Denver
Published NAPF 500-03 Surface Preparation-The seminal reference for DIP surface preparation
2002
Negotiated Certification Program to NSF for U/L
2003
Mike Coryn, Chair
NAPF Seminar Program Introduced
2004
Excluded ‘Country Where Cast’ requirement for flanges in C115
2005
Tom Brakefield, Director
2007
Ed Morrison, Chair
Started ‘Standard Time’ article series for Pipeline Newsletter featuring subjects of technical interest
Started ‘Legal Forum’ article series for Pipeline Newsletter featuring topical subjects of a legal nature
2009
Developed ARRA White Paper
2013
Joe Palombo, Chair
Influenced and explained EPA-SRF-AIS
2014
Engineer 411 Introduced
2015
Established distribution membership
2017
Kay Dasch, Director
NAPF 40th Anniversary
Developed Grooved Pipe Dimension White Paper
2018
Dan Henrie, Chair
Established NSF Discounts for Associate Members
2019
Past Director Tommy Brakefield presented President’s Award during 42nd annual meeting banquet
Founder and past Director Ted B. Wright passed away
The Board elected to establish an additional Board seat for a Distributor thus giving the membership a broader representation on the Board.
2020
43rd Annual February Membership Conference theme “Design & Build”, Scottsdale, AZ