Blue Bird takes flight
May 1, 2007 By LP Gas
The distinctive rumble of school buses will be a bit less noisy next fall as hundreds of school children ride the first wave of propane-dedicated vehicles on the market since 2002.
Read More Envirogard driving full line of propane mowers against the competition
May 1, 2007 By Brian Richesson
Jim Coker has spent the last three years traveling around the country, visiting dealers and potential customers and expressing just how far his Envirogard propane lawn mowers have come.
Read More Taking action against the silent killer
May 1, 2007 By John McCoy
Carbon monoxide poisoning has earned the notorious designation as the silent killer because it is colorless, odorless and silent.
Read More Window of opportunity
April 1, 2007 By Patrick Hyland
The Industrial Truck Association says internal combustion engine forklift sales in 2006 rose to 85,038, the fourth consecutive year of growth in U.S. factory shipments of the largest forklift category in the market.
Read More Sales, response still down
March 1, 2007 By Patrick Hyland
For the third consecutive year, total domestic propane sales for combined residential, commercial, engine, farm and industrial uses has fallen.
Read More Changing ‘face’ of propane finds fans among marketers
March 1, 2007 By LP Gas
Instead of the coarsely drawn adult cartoon of a bespectacled, beleaguered, paunchy Texan propane retailer, this face of the propane industry has the strength of Mr. Clean and apple-pie appeal.
Read More Personifying propane
March 1, 2007 By LP Gas
The media is full of images touting every kind of product. Beer cans sprout from billboards. Sporty new cars sparkle on television ads. White teeth gleam off magazine pages.
Read More Can NPGA still represent everyone?
March 1, 2007 By LP Gas
Recently, a headline on the inside business section pages of the Washington Post caught my eye. It read: Accounting Firms Form Policy Group. Having once worked for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), I stopped to read the story.
Read More Contractor, vendor and supplier safety
February 1, 2007 By Jay Johnston
In my safety programs I always list contractors, vendors and suppliers as stakeholders in the safety process.
Read More View from the top
February 1, 2007 By LP Gas
Rick Roldan couldn’t possibly have foreseen all that awaited him when he took the reins as president and CEO of the National Propane Gas Association in December 2002. Five years after the association’s retooling and move to Washington, D.C., the man responsible for managing the transition and guiding the organization’s new mission and strategic plan is facing bold new challenges on all fronts: a new national energy policy, a dramatic power swing in Congress, unprecedented industry consolidation and a radically changing global energy market.
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