Garlock Family of Companies
Nick Ferraro has extensive experience in engineering and operations management, currently serving as Operations & Engineering Manager at Garlock Family of Companies since October 2007, with previous roles as Manufacturing Engineering Manager and Manufacturing Engineer focused on the Expansion Joint Product area. Prior to this, Ferraro worked as Project Manager/Engineer at South Pacific Builders, managing high-end residential construction projects and handling estimates and contracts. Ferraro's earlier experience includes a position as Manufacturing Process Engineer at American Axle & Manufacturing, where expertise in process design and cost reduction was applied, and a supervisory role in Production Control & Logistics at General Motors Powertrain Division. Ferraro holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State University, and attended Ohio University.
Garlock Family of Companies
Garlock provides solutions that seal the most demanding fluid-handling equipment and processes, with more than 100,000 sealing solutions for a diverse range of industries world-wide: • Chemical Processing • Food & Beverage/Brewing & Bottling • Mining • Nuclear • Oil & Gas • Pharmaceuticals • Power Generation • Primary Metals • Pulp & Paper • Water/Waste Water Garlock is part of Enpro Industries. The companies in the Garlock family feature a distributor network covering 75 countries, employ more than 1,900 workers in 16 global operations and operate total of 12 manufacturing facilities to produce the broadest range of fluid sealing products specifically for industrial applications. Garlock also operates the most extensive testing facilities in the industry. Leaders in Sealing Solutions Since 1887 The year was 1886 when Olin J. Garlock devised a better way to seal piston rods in industrial steam engines. First established in 1887 in Port Gibson, New York, the Garlock Packing Company relocated to Palmyra, NY, in 1889. By the early 1900s, Mr. Garlock’s company began establishing facilities at Garlock's current world headquarters.