EMCO Wheaton

EMCO Wheaton

Industry	Gas and oil
Founded	London, Ontario, Canada (1906)
Number of locations	Manufacturing plants in: Houston, Texas; Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Kirchhain, Germany and Margate, United Kingdom[1]
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Tim Sullivan (CEO)
Number of employees	101~1000
Website	Emco Wheaton
Footnotes / references [2]

A Tody-Matic Dry Break, one of the products of the EMCO Wheaton portfolio.

Emco Wheaton is a supplier of fluid transfer systems that operates within the Engineered Products Group of Gardner Denver Inc. It is the largest loading and unloading arms manufacturer in the world^[3] and has representation in more than 110 countries.^[1]

Founded in 1906, the organisation is divided into two operational segments, Fuel Systems and Loading Systems. The company comprises four manufacturing plants worldwide – in Houston Texas, US; Oakville Ontario, Canada; Kirchhain, Germany and Margate, UK.^[1][4]

History

• 1906 Formed as Empire Brass Manufacturing Co. Ltd following the consolidation of Wheaton Petroleum Valves and The Empire Manufacturing Company
• 1927 Emco entered into an exclusive licensee arrangement with Wheaton, creating ‘Emco Wheaton’ for the first time.
• 1949 Emco Brass (UK) Limited founded in Croydon, Greater London as the first company to be established outside of North America.
• 1952 The company relocated to the current site in Margate, Kent.
• 1957 Emco Wheaton began operations in Kirchhain, Germany
• 1965 Emco Wheaton acquired Buckeye Iron and Brass Works of Dayton, Ohio.
• 1966 Emco Wheaton established a presence in France
• 1967 All outstanding Wheaton shares were purchased by Emco Limited bringing all three major brands - Emco, Wheaton and Buckeye - under single ownership.
• 1995 Emco Wheaton Distribution, Transportation and Marine business was sold to UK-based Syltone plc.
• 2003 Emco Wheaton acquired the assets of CE-LSI and AARIG, amalgamating them into one location in Houston Texas, US under the name of Emco Wheaton Inc.
• 2004 Gardner Denver Inc of Quincy Illinois acquired Syltone plc and the Emco Wheaton businesses were consolidated into the Emco Wheaton Division.^[5]
• 2006 TODO AB was added to the Emco Wheaton Division.

Operations

Emco Wheaton provides fluid handling solutions for applications in the Aviation, Marine, Rail, Road and Storage Terminal market segments:^[6]

• Aviation (aircraft fuelling, fuel storage, helicopter fuelling and refuelling/bowser loading)
• Marine (bunkering, marine loading & unloading and offshore)
• Rail (locomotive fuelling, rail car access and rail car loading/unloading)^[7]
• Road (tank truck loading/unloading including monitoring software, vehicle access and transit bus refuelling)^{[8][9][10][11]}
• Storage Terminal (fuel storage, vehicle access and vehicle loading/unloading)^[12]

See also

• Gardner Denver Inc.

References

1. "An interview with…. Darren Sabino, General Manager of Americas, Emco Wheaton". Ashley & Dumville Publishing Ltd.
2. "The History of Emco Wheaton". Retrieved February 22, 2014.
3. "Emco Wheaton". Allesco.com. 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
4. "Emco Wheaton". Invamez.com. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
5. "Gardner Denver Inc · 10-K · For 12/31/07". SEC.
6. "The Crown goes to Emco Wheaton". Fuel Oil News. 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
7. "Emco Wheaton set to change expectations for loading arms". BulkTransporter.com.
8. "Emco Wheaton Ensures The Safe Refueling Of Diesel Vehicles". OilVoice. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
9. "Emco Wheaton develops spill-free urea dispensing system". CCJ Commercial Carrier Journal.
10. "Emco Wheaton new software package offers versatile product monitoring". Scandinavian Oil-Gas Online.
11. "Heavy Equipment Guide - Emco Wheaton ensures the safe refueling of diesel vehicles". Baum Publications Ltd.
12. "Mexico's Altamira LNG terminal progresses - Oil & Gas Journal". Ogj.com. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-03-13.