LP Gas, July 2012

PROPANE AUTOGAS ROUNDUP PEOPLE Continued from page 10 School district adopts propane buses The Tippecanoe School Corp in Lafayette Ind the second largest school district in the state invested about 500000 to purchase five EPA and CARB certified propane autogas Vision buses from Blue Bird Corp The buses feature a Roush CleanTech liquid propane autogas fuel system and a Ford 68 liter engine Midwest company converting eet Lake Michigan Mailers Inc a company that specializes in document management mail processing and data management is converting its service fleet to propane autogas and traditional gasoline in an effort to reduce its fuel costs and vehicle emissions AmeriGas Inc and Icom North America LLC will facilitate the conversion Pittsburgh welcomes propane cabs Yellow Cab a division of the Pittsburgh Transportation Group PTG is introducing propane powered taxis to Pittsburgh PTGs parent company Veolia Transportation launched an autogas taxi fleet in Baltimore last month Veolia is also converting taxis in Denver and Jacksonville Charter Fuels pushes conversion Wisconsin propane retailer Charter Fuels recently facilitated a vehicle conversion fuel supply and safety training for Midwest Roofing and Construction in Dodgeville Wis The roofing company expects to save about 5000 on fuel costs each year after converting its 2012 Ford F 150 to run on propane autogas Autogas education in Alabama The Southeast Propane Autogas Development Programs Propane Autogas Roadshow Series made a stop in Vestavia Hills Ala to educate the local community about propane autogas The autogas program is helping fleets in the southeastern United States switch to propane autogas Suburban Propane Partners Jack Boyd who climbed the corporate ladder and eventually became the corporate vice president for what is now Suburban Propane Partners died June 13 at age 77 Boyd began his career in propane in 1958 He retired after 35 years of service and his sons followed in his footsteps at Suburban Propane where they all hold a management position Propane Associates LLC Bill Powers who recently served as Heritage Propanes president joined Propane Associates LLC to offer consulting services to propane and dual fuel retailers Powers will team with Joe Vassallo Powers C Justin McCarthy and John Levey at the consulting company Over the past several years weve found that a significant percentage of our business involves propane and dual fuel retailers Vassallo says in a company statement In addition several clients have asked us to search for existing propane businesses that may be acquisition candidates We believe that by partnering with Bill well be able to bring additional expertise to focus on the opportunities currently available in both the heating oil and propane industries BASE Engineering Bryan Haynes was named director of software engineering Haynes who brings 35 years of software development to the company will help develop a new in cab based data collection system as part of an enhanced BASE product line Based in Libertyville Ill Haynes is part of the new BASE Engineering Corp a U S division of the company formed in January Company President and CEO Stephen Belyea says Haynes shares with us a vision for fuel delivery automation and his work will have an impact on our Haynes industry around the globe Donahue Gas Donahue Gas honored longtime employees John Goldsberry and Randy Christopher at a retirement cookout the company announced Both retired this year with Goldsberry celebrating a 51 year career with Donahue Gas and Christopher 32 years Donahue Gas is a family owned propane business now in its third generation in operation since 1938 It is based in Anderson Ind Smart Hose Technologies Bill Thompson of True North Works was appointed as Smart Hoses Gulf Coast manufacturers representative Thompson has more than 30 years of experience in the industrial hose market His company is focused on aligning products to critical applications through a selected group of manufacturers and distributors Smart Hose Technologies has industrial hose assemblies designed with an internal valve system that can eliminate hazardous spills created by catastrophic hose failure NPGA Joanne Casey was named the new human resources and scholarship foundation manager She has more than 20 years of human resource and benefit management experience having worked as a volunteer with a number of Washington D C based non profit organizations She is active with the Cathedral Choral Society and Strathmore Music Center 12 LPGas July 2012 www LPGasmagazine com