NORA Extended for Ten Years

December 21, 2018

The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) is pleased to announce that President Trump, on December 20, 2018, signed a ten-year extension for NORA allowing NORA activities to run uninterrupted for the first time ever. As a component of …

Sharpe Energy acquires propane business of R.F. Ohl

December 19, 2018

Cetane Associates LLC announced that Sharpe Energy of Dover, Delaware, has acquired the propane business of R.F. Ohl of Lehighton PA. R.F. Ohl, a family-owned and operated company founded in 1984, has been providing propane service …

SC Tech College & Local Companies Team Up for HVAC Training

December 17, 2018

South Carolina-based Florence-Darlington Technical College Educational Foundation has received 20k in pledges from two local HVAC companies, Johnstone Supply and Quality Service Co., to help create classes for the new HVAC Engineering & Technology Academy. …

Taco Names Merchant President of North America

December 12, 2018

Taco Family of Companies has appointed Cheryl Merchant as President of North America. Merchant previously served as President and CEO of Hope Global Industries for 19 years. Luca Bolcati was promoted to President of Taco …

Tech Air Buys Scully Welding Supply & Propane Service

December 10, 2018

Tech Air, a Connecticut-based national distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases and related equipment and supplies, announced Tuesday that it acquired Collingdale, PA-based Scully Welding Supply Corp. and Scully Propane Service Corp. Scully distributes propane, …

Family-owned Virginia Fuel Businesses Unite

December 5, 2018

Fredericksburg, VA-based Quarles Petroleum Inc. has is set to acquire Revere Gas, a Hartfield, VA-based propane gas distributor. The purchase is expected to close by year end. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Revere …

Lennox Donates $20K in Equipment to Salina, Kansas Technical College

December 3, 2018

Lennox International has donated a 10-ton Lennox Variable Refrigerant Flow (VFR) system and related equipment to Salina, KS-based Salina Area Technical College’s Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning program. This donation is the latest in a …

Haffner’s acquires Ayer Oil

November 30, 2018

Cetane Associates LLC announced that HEG, Inc. dba Haffner’s Energy Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy North Incorporated of Lawrence, Massachusetts, has acquired the full-service fuels business of Ayer Oil Co. of Ayer, Massachusetts. Ayer Oil is …

Florida College, Agency & HVAC Cos. Partner for Free Training Program

November 29, 2018

HVAC companies are partnering with funders collaborative CareerEdge and Manatee Technical College (MTC) in Bradenton., FL, to develop and fund a fast-track HVAC Installer program at the college. Set to launch in January, the program …

Family Business Looks to Future

November 26, 2018

As published in the East Hampton Star on November 21, 2018 By Johnette Howard Marshall Prado is 73 — or, as he says, old enough to remember when Montauk had only 50 or so families living there …