Valmont Industries makes impression on Wall Street. (FYI News & Notes).Valmont Industries Inc., Omaha, Neb., made a visit to Wall Street Aug. 30 to celebrate the company's listing of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. The company, which manufactures mechanized irrigation equipment, erected a portion of its center-pivot irrigation system along an entire city block in front of the NYSE. Chairman and CEO Mogens Bay rang the opening bell Opening Bell A bell that rings to signify the day's start of trading on a securities exchange.Notes: Not all exchanges use this traditional system, but the NYSE is one that does. See also: Closing Bell, Open Order, Wide Open to officially start trading of Valmont, shifting the company's trading of shares from the NASDAQ.
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