During a recent interview at the NISTM eventevent, Federico Hernandez, head of Business Development and Sales at Fisher Tank Company, shared the company’s strategic advances in the last twelve months, highlighting the importance of maintaining high standards of quality, safety and productivity in all its processes.
Industrial tanks with longer service life and higher operating value
One of the firm’s most relevant developments is the implementation of a new structural design of a knuckle radius umbrella roof, aimed at extending the useful life of tanks used in the drinking water industry. drinking water industry.
This solution, presented at an AWD100 PDH certified technical exhibition, demonstrates that Fisher Tank’s innovation goes beyond the traditional oil and gas sector.
Tank design can increase both ROI and equipment life.
Hernandez explained the concrete benefits of this proposal.
A critical view on the use of AI in the industry
In view of the growing trend of the use of artificial intelligence in industry, Hernandez offered a clear and realisticIn the face of the growing trend of using artificial intelligence in industry, Hernandez offered a clear and realistic position. While recognizing the value of AI as a support tool, he stressed that there are irreplaceable limits when it comes to human capital:
AI is a tool, but it can’t replace people
he said.
He also emphasized the importance of human relations in the commercial process:
You can’t do sales with AI. People buy things from other people. You need to build trust.
He emphasized the irreplaceable role of personal ties in the customer-company relationship.
Prospects and challenges towards 2026
As an employee-owned company, Fisher Tank faces challenges as learning opportunities. Following an internal owners’ meeting, the team projects 2026 as a key inflection point for growth by incorporating lessons learned during 2025.
You learn more from mistakes than from successes. We have applied those lessons to improve our processes.
Hernandez said.
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