What’s preventing propane retailers from venturing into the autogas market? It’s a question to which we sought answers from Stuart Weidie, president of Alliance AutoGas, Blossman Gas’ autogas fueling and vehicle network. LP Gas: Not all propane retailers are resistant to the autogas market, but those who resist do so for a variety of reasons. Some resist because the market... read more
More than 40 propane industry leaders attended the inaugural LP Gas Growth Summit in Orlando, Fla., to discuss market opportunities and forge partnerships to achieve sustained, mutual growth. The summit, held Oct. 7-9 at Reunion Resort, united retailers and vendors of equipment and services in a buyer-seller networking setting. Nineteen retail propane companies from across the United States attended the... read more
The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is a comprehensive approach for the classification and labeling of chemicals. Published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as the Hazardous Communication Standard in 2012 (HCS 2012), it established the regulations and timelines for the implementation of the new GHS standard. All employers and employees are affected by OSHA’s mandate. The timetable for... read more
Everybody cheats from time to time. Do you ever speed while driving? Do you occasionally answer the phone or text while driving? Have you ever gone off a diet? Here in Minnesota, there was a fall resulting in the death of a worker and a serious injury to another while they were working on the roof of the new Minnesota... read more
Robert (Bob) Page, who formerly served as Teeco Products’ regional sales manager for the Rocky Mountain North territory, died Oct. 5 in Casper, Wyo., at age 72. According to Teeco Products, Page worked in the propane industry for 47 years. He worked at the company for 12 years, and he retired in 2012. Teeco Products says Page also worked on Alaskan... read more
Blossman Gas acquired Southern Propane, based in Jacksonville, Fla., marking the company’s fifth acquisition within the past 12 months. According to Blossman Gas, Southern Propane’s 2,500 customers will join Blossman’s customer base of about 150,000. Blossman will also service Southern Propane’s Jacksonville-based autogas customers. Southern Propane was in business for 34 years in the Jacksonville market. Blossman says six Southern... read more
Ray Murray Inc., a propane equipment distributor, acquired Best & Langston Inc., a hearth, heating and leisure products distributor based in Goldsboro, N.C. Through the acquisition, Best & Langston will operate as a division of Ray Murray. Best & Langston will continue to service customers from its Goldsboro location. Ray Murray says it hired all of Best & Langston’s employees... read more
Georgia Gas Distributors and the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) plan to showcase the Isuzu NPR-HD at the GIE+Expo, a lawn and landscape show Oct. 21-23 in Louisville, Ky. Georgia Gas Distributors, based in Atlanta, provided the Isuzu NPR-HD with a system that can run on propane or gasoline. The company says it worked with Campbell-Parnell and Isuzu Commercial... read more
Attendees at the 2015 LP Gas Growth Summit share their experiences with autogas, as well as growth opportunities for autogas in the propane industry. Watch now to see what they have to say. read more
Tracer Products’ Tracerline TP-9363 Pro-Chek CG combustible gas leak detector acts as a diagnostic tool to find leaks in propane tanks, CNG vehicles and acetylene welding tanks. The tool also detects gasoline, methanol, ethanol, methane, ethane and butane. According to the company, the Pro-Chek CG is twice as sensitive as competitive units. It features a three-position switch with a sensitivity... read more
