MARKETING & SUPPLY BY TOBYNUNN AND MIKECRUMMY
PAPCO uses Transcube diesel tanks to enhance environmental compliance on pier side jobs
ADVANCING CONTAINMENT
introducing automated processes. Pro-golfers now whack away with titanium clubs that drive balls further while major tennis tournaments trust trian- gulated, high-speed video processing technology to settle disputed line calls. And then there are smart phones—no elaboration necessary. However, not all technological advancement
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requires enhanced electronic components or phys- ics to be considered a significant improvement. Sometimes it's simply a matter of a product being
EW ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY are constantly brought forward in nearly every imaginable industry. Manufacturing plants are always seeking more efficient practices and
built more logically than it has been in the past. Just ask petroleum marketer PAPCO, Inc. about how something as seemingly simple as a diesel fuel tank can vary wildly from one style to the next, in terms of quality and convenience. Founded in 1976, Virginia-based PAPCO serves
the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. by marketing and distributing fuel and lubricants to a broad customer base that includes industrial, retail, resi- dential and government users. PAPCO delivers hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel per year and operates a fleet of more than 800 fuel tanks that range in size from 300 to 6,000 gallons. Suffice it to say, the company understands fuel handling and storage.
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