20 APRIL 2016 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com
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he 2016 WPMA Expo ran Feb. 16-18 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The cornerstone event of the Western
Petroleum Marketers Association, it featured a range of educational sessions including a presentation by PMAA's
new chairman, Rob Underwood, and an Expo with over 280 exhibitors. The exhibitors provided solutions from
rack to retail on the fuel side.
While the Northeast represents the primary market for the heating oil industry, the Northwest remains a region where
heating oil is a common deliverable fuel solution. The Expo featured more than a few companies offering solutions
applicable to heating oil and propane delivery as well as bulk plant operations. Here are some of the companies that
were exhibiting at the show that should be of interest to Fuel Oil News readers.
2016
WPMA
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ADD SYSTEMS was at the show highlighting its broad product
offerings. On the deliverable fuels side was the Raven handheld
hardware and software solution that automates the delivery
process, from pumping fuel to accepting payments and adding
charges to printing the invoice.
ALFONS HAAR AMERICAS had on display an interesting new
offering in the form of a direct-drive truck fuel pump that was
directly coupled to the PTO with no prop shaft required. The
PRO-FIT tank truck vane pump has a capacity of up to 160
gallons per minute and is said
to eliminate prop shaft ham-
mering and eventual related
repair and replacement costs.
BASE ENGINEERING INC.
was showcasing its ProControl2
radio remote control for fuel
delivery drivers. This device
offers up to nine channels of
ALFONS
HAAR
AMERICAS