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TOP OF THE NEWS Ohio), a manufacturer of pumps and pumping related equipment, has announced its Mansfield Division has achieved certification to ISO 14001:2004: for its Environmental Management System. Certification to the internationally recognized stan- dard demonstrates the company’s commitment to minimizing the impact of the company’s activities on the environment through use of best management practices, technological advances, promoting environmental awareness and continual improve- ment. The Gorman-Rupp Company is committed to environmental sustain- ability by preserving natural resources and reducing pollution for present and future generations. Love’s picks Gilbarco Veeder-Root as forecourt technology supplier Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has awarded Gilbarco Veeder-Root (Greensboro, N.C.) a three-year con- tract to supply Gilbarco® forecourt equipment, including Gilbarco® fuel dispensers, Veeder-Root® tank moni- toring systems and Red Jacket® sub- mersible turbine pumps. Based in Oklahoma City, OK, the family-owned company operates more than 260 loca- tions in 39 states and employs 6,700 people. Love’s ranks 18th on the 2010 Forbes List of Largest Privately Held U.S. Companies. American Red Cross, Aloha Petroleum launch drive for Japan The American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter, announced that APRIL 2011 Aloha Petroleum, Ltd. (Honolulu) will begin 8 collecting cash donations from cus- tomers at all of its Aloha Island Mart company operated convenience stores and participating Shell locations throughout the state to support the agency’s efforts to help Japan earth- quake and tsunami victims. The American Red Cross has been assisting the Japanese Red Cross fol- lowing the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated towns and villages in Japan. The earthquake triggered fires and caused severe damage to buildings, leaving five million households with- out electricity and one million without water. Early assessments indicate that more than 2,500 houses have collapsed completely, with 2,500 more damaged. The special American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund collection canis- ters will be located at company operat- ed Aloha Island Mart and participating Shell checkout counters through the end of May. Dresser Wayne releases new product to enable dispenser connectivity for EMV™ Compliance Dresser Wayne (Austin, Texas) a global leader in vehicle energy-dispensing technologies, is helping Canadian fuel retailers meet global EMV™ data-com- pliance requirements with its newest product, the Wayne Connect™ IP-485. The Wayne Connect IP-485 allows retailers to use their existing twisted- pair wire infrastructure with a 485 seri- al protocol to move large data packets to and from the dispenser at the faster, IP-protocol speed. Also known as “smart cards,” EMV payment cards contain embedded microprocessors that store large amounts of data, and are protected by several security features designed to enhance the protection of customers from payment-card fraud. To comply with the EMV global standard, fuel retailers must provide EMV- approved payment terminals on the forecourt. This technology entails transmission of large data packets from the outdoor payment terminal to the indoor point- of-sale system, larger than those of a traditional, magnetic-stripe terminal. To compensate for the increased data load associated with EMV transactions, fuel retail sites often have had to make significant investments to replace exist- ing cabling and wiring.With the Wayne Connect IP-485, fuel retailers can reduce construction costs and enable secure EMV transactions at IP-speed across their existing IT infrastructures. The Wayne Connect IP-485 consists of an in-store box, called “Wayne Connect IP-485/S,” which connects to the retailers’ POS systems, and an in- dispenser module, referred to as “Wayne-Connect IP-485/D,” which retrofits to the fuel dispenser and transmits data across the site’s existing RS-485, twisted-pair wiring. Polar Tank Trailer names president Polar Corp. (St. Cloud, Minn.) has announced that Frank Lukacs has been named president of its Polar Tank Trailer division. Lukacs joins Polar with more than 33 years of leadership experience in manufacturing businesses. Lukacs served most recently as president and CEO of Morton Metalcraft, a large fabrication supplier to the off-high- way, construction and agricultural industries. Lukacs replaces Randy Arlt, who served as the division president since 2003 and has accepted a new role at Polar’s corporate headquarters as vice president of business development. Mansfield Oil enters CNG sector Mansfield Oil Company announced that it has acquired California-based Gas Equipment Systems, Inc. GESI was founded by president & CEO Larry Ozier in 1998 and has supplied, con- structed and maintained more than 150 compressed natural gas fueling sta- tions in its thirteen year history. As a leader in the compressed natu- ral gas sector, GESI was a natural part- ner for Mansfield, the nation’s leading provider of end-to-end fuel solutions. NPN Magazine www.npnweb.com