Blog Layout

Supply Chain Expo to Connect State Suppliers

Jim Strawn • Jul 07, 2022

Annual event connects suppliers to manufacturers

The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) and Advantage Valley will sponsor a free online expo August 10 to link small-scale suppliers of goods and services to Chemours, a major state manufacturer of chemicals and related products.

Participants in the Chemours Supply Chain Expo will learn about the processes to become suppliers and how to bid on contracts. Officials with Chemours’s Belle plant are interested in connecting to suppliers of a variety of goods and services, including:


  • Maintenance parts/supplies (motors, wires, electrical components, gaskets, O-rings, couplings, lubrication, manual valves, studs / fasteners, etc.)
  • Pipe fabrication
  • Machining
  • Packaging materials such as drums and totes
  • Office furniture
  • Banners/flags/signs with company branding
  • Food Service – run the site cafeteria or food trucks, etc.
  • Weed control
  • Pest control
  • Pressure relief valve test / Repair
  • Coatings / insulation
  • Asbestos / lead abatement
  • Electric motor test / repair
  • Pump repair
  • Large electrical transformer testing / maintenance
  • Heat exchanger repair / eddy current testing
  • Roofing repairs (particularly flat rubber roofs)
  • Construction services (civil, piping, scaffolding)
  • HVAC repairs / service


The Aug. 10 virtual Supply Chain Expo will run from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is free but registration is required below. For more information, contact RCBI’s Derek Scarbro at 304.781.1684 or Advantage Valley’s Terrell Ellis at 304.546.7323.


Register here.

By Kim Mack 01 Feb, 2023
WHO IS THIS SMALL BUSINESS IN WEST VIRGINIA SHIPPING TO 37 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD. We are a designer and manufacturer of safety sight glasses, viewport assemblies, sight flow indicators, spray rings, sight lights and sight glass replacements for observing processes in industrial pressure vessels and pipelines. Cyclops sight glass provides maximum safety under high pressure, high temperature, corrosive and volatile processing operations. They can withstand a wide thermal shock range and are capable of resisting blow out or rupture. In most applications no packings, compression rings or screws are involved, eliminating costly continuous maintenance. With uncomplicated installation, safety sight glasses use only ASME approved materials and tolerances. During the late 40's, early 50's several localized plant explosions were experienced by a major chemical facility were directly attributed to the failure of conventional or sandwich type sight glasses. As a result, an engineer, my grandfather, Gene LeRoy was given the task of developing a sight glass that when broken, would maintain its integrity and not rupture or blow out, even while under extreme pressure at high temperature. After much trial and error, he hit upon the idea of peripherally sealing the lens assembly instead of vertically clamping and sealing the sight glass against the top and bottom lens gaskets. With a grateful heart, I became the President & Owner in 1999. I have certainly learned a lot along the way. Our company has relationships and customers all over the world. Thank you. Over the last 22 years, we have reinvented ourselves by reaching out to area professionals in business, manufacturing, marketing, branding, and networking. And I feel confident we have positioned our company for 2023 and beyond. Especially after our award-winning year in 2022. We have set our ‘sights’ high for this year. Thank you, Kim Mack, President 800-292-9011
By Jim Strawn 06 Jan, 2023
And Why are They So Important
By Jim Strawn 24 Oct, 2022
Coming to University of Charleston in November
Share by: