Pumper & Cleaner Expo Heads to Indianapolis in 2012
The 2012 Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International will be held in Indianapolis Feb. 27 to March 1. The Indianapolis facility has more than 4,000 connected hotel rooms, shopping and dining, all within walking distance. More information will be available at the 2011 Expo in Louisville, March 2-5. The 2010 Expo drew nearly 4,000 companies and 13,000 attendees from 48 countries.
Crouch Recognized for Work with Students
Chris Crouch, chief design engineer at Bio-Microbics, was recognized in September by the City of Kansas City, Mo., for his work with teens in urban communities on green technology and innovation through critical thinking. Crouch, an avid electric car enthusiast and plastics engineer, helped students design an electric-powered vehicle that gets the equivalent of 300 mpg as part of an extended course curriculum.
Premier Tech Acquires Purflo Group
Premier Tech has acquired the Purflo group of France. A manufacturer of high-density polyethylene and polyester tanks for wastewater treatment and storage, the company will be known as Premier Tech Aqua Purflo.
Founder of Fruitland Tool & Manufacturing Passes Away
Helmut Bader, founder of Fruitland Tool & Manufacturing, a machine shop that manufactures vacuum pumps for the liquid waste industry, passed away Oct. 30 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. He was 81.
Bader was born in Germany and immigrated to Canada in 1951. In 1957, he started the tool and die business in his garage, moved to the company’s present location in 1961, and then started building pumps in the 1970s at the request of a local company. Over the years, Fruitland expanded worldwide, manufacturing Fruitland Vacuum Pumps for oil clean-up operations in Siberia, tank cleaning on aircraft carriers, the J.F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida and for liquid waste haulers.
Bader was a hardworking craftsman who treated his customers with integrity, said his son, Rod Bader, Fruitland’s president.
“He would often be here all day and go home to the office and do the office work. He was very hands-on,’’ Rod Bader said. “Generally he felt people were honest and would help them — whether it be with extended terms or whatever it took — to get them running and using our products.’’
Fruitland has continued to expand, offering vacuum pumps as well as custom machining services, Rod Bader said.
Helmut Bader is survived by his wife, Marianne, three children and three grandchildren.
COLE Publishing Launches Gas, Oil & Mining Contractor
Gas, Oil & Mining Contractor is a new COLE Publishing trade magazine launching in January 2011. The monthly publication is directed at environmental and support service professionals working in land-based gas, oil and mining exploration, resource recovery and refinery operations throughout North America.
Readers are service company owners, managers and technicians who transport, set up and maintain equipment critical to the mission of fuel and mineral extraction companies. These services include water and wastewater conveyance and treatment, byproduct dewatering, industrial cleaning, portable sanitation equipment and maintenance, worker camp development and maintenance, electrical power generation and site preparation.
COLE president Jeff Bruss said the energy and mineral extraction and refinery sectors are being served by a diverse group of contractors who will benefit from the editorial content and focused advertising in GOMC.
“At a time when energy exploration and recovery of valuable mineral resources are especially critical to economic growth and sustainability, we’re excited to reach out to contractors working in these industries,’’ Bruss said. “This new publication will help the hardworking men and women who provide important support services operate more efficiently and grow their businesses.’’
The magazine will include profiles of successful contractors, monthly themed product roundups, comprehensive new product coverage, emerging technology coverage, industry news, and general business development and human resources topics. For more information or to request a free subscription or a media kit for the magazine, go to www.gomcmag.com.
FS Solutions Names Regional Sales Representatives
FS Solutions has named Bill Pharis and Brad Ketchum regional sales representatives for parts and service and the company’s Guzzler, Jetstream and Vactor brands. Pharis will be responsible for Long Beach, Calif., and Ketchum for Pasadena, Texas. Both have 12 years of sales experience.
Super Products Releases Product Brochures
Super Products has released product brochures on its line of Camel sewer and catch basin cleaners as well as spec sheets for its Supersucker industrial vacuum loaders and Mud Dog 650 hydroexcavators. Available in both English and Spanish, the product brochures and spec sheets can be downloaded at www.superprod uctscorp.com or requested by calling 800/837-9711.
