Crane ChemPharma & Energy’s Stockham® Butterfly Valves Approved for Lead-Free Service in Commercial Markets

HOUSTON, TEXAS (September 29, 2017) – Crane ChemPharma & Energy, a business of Crane Co., recently obtained NSF-61 & NSF-372 certification of its Stockham® Butterfly Valves for potable water and lead-free service. The NSF/ANSI Standard 61 ensures that a product is safe for use in drinking water and thereby meets the regulatory requirements for the U.S. and Canada, and often the testing requirement for several other countries.

“As a long-time supplier of valve solutions for the commercial market and mechanical contractors, we are consistently looking for ways to better serve our customers through new applications,” said Cody Beaman, Regional Business Line Manager, Crane ChemPharma & Energy. “The NSF certification of our Stockham® Butterfly Valves has expanded our
portfolio allowing Crane to offer solutions that best meet all of their needs.”

Stockham Butterfly Valves offer positive bidirectional shutoff, ease of automation and exceptional performance in both gas and liquid service. For more information about Stockham Butterfly Valves and all of Crane’s solutions, please visit www.cranecpe.com.

About Crane ChemPharma & Energy

Crane ChemPharma & Energy (within Crane Co.’s Fluid Handling segment) designs and manufactures a variety of high performance products including: highly engineered check valves, sleeved plug valves, lined valves, process ball valves, high performance butterfly valves, bellows sealed globe valves, aseptic and industrial diaphragm valves, multi/quarter-turn valves, actuation, sight glasses, lined pipe, fittings and hoses, and air operated diaphragm and peristaltic pumps. Its trusted brands (in alphabetical order) ALOYCO®, CENTER LINE®, COMPAC-NOZ®, CRANE®, DEPA®, DUO-CHEK®, ELRO®, FLOWSEAL®, JENKINS®, KROMBACH®, NOZ-CHEK®, PACIFIC VALVES®, RESISTOFLEX®, REVO® SAUNDERS®, STOCKHAM®, TRIANGLE®, UNI-CHEK®, WTA®, and XOMOX® offer customers a complete and innovative product portfolio designed for the most demanding corrosive, erosive, and high purity applications. Among the industries served are the chemical processing, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, oil & gas, refining, and power generation. For more information, visit www.cranecpe.com.

About CRANE

Crane Co. is a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products. Founded in 1855, Crane provides products and solutions to customers in the hydrocarbon processing, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, unattended payment, automated merchandising, aerospace, electronics, transportation and other markets. The Company has four business segments: Fluid Handling, Payment & Merchandising Technologies, Aerospace & Electronics and Engineered Materials. Crane has approximately 11,000 employees in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Crane Co. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:CR). For more information, visit www.craneco.com.