Crane Valves North America (CVNA) has appointed Ted Corvaia as Director of Sales Industrial Products at CVNA. Mr Corvaia was previously President of Corva Corporation in St Louis. As the President, he was responsible for the management of the direct sales force and the distribution centre of Corva, a leader in servicing and distributing quality flow control products. As Director of Sales, Mr Corvaia will be responsible for the planning, organisation, and control of CVNA’s sales efforts for the Flowseal, Center Line, Crane, Duo-Chek, and Aloyco product lines. He will be responsible for achieving the sales plan, establishing sales and distribution strategies, and generating new product development ideas based on the needs of our customers. Reporting directly to Ted will be the CVNA Sales Management Team responsible for this product group as well as, the customer service organisation in our St. Louis distribution centre.