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Our Sponsors
Natural Gas Vehicle Institute training courses and forums are sponsored by many of the leading companies in the natural gas vehicle industry. Sponsors provide invaluable information about their products and services - information that is woven into NGVi courses and forums and keeps our course content state-of-the-art.
Representatives of sponsor companies are also often called upon to provide presentations at NGVi events, particularly at the Natural Gas Fueling Station Technology Forum. And, sponsors provide financial support that helps to offset some of the costs of NGVi's courses and forums, keeping them affordable for participants.
Brief descriptions of 2010 Sponsors and a link to their respective websites are listed below:
ANGI Energy Systems
Since 1983, ANGI Energy Systems has grown to be one of the world’s leaders for supplying of Compressed Natural Gas refueling equipment in the CNG Industry. A specialized team of sales and engineering experts work with each customer to analyze and define their fueling needs, prepare sites and coordinate compliance to standards and codes. With ANGI’s complete CNG fueling product line from compressor units, storage, dispensing, installation and service, ANGI takes pride in the fact that they can supply a complete turnkey natural gas refueling system.
www.angienergy.com
CSA Standards
CSA Standards (an operating name of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and its wholly owned subsidiary CSA America, Inc.) is a not-for-profit, membership-based, solutions-oriented organization, serving business, industry, government and consumers in North America and the global marketplace. Our corporate vision is a better, safer, more sustainable world where standards work for people and business. CSA Standards achieves this goal by focusing on the development and delivery of standards and codes, application products, training, advisory services and personnel certification programs - all aimed at enhancing public safety, improving quality of life, preserving the environment and facilitating trade. As technologies continue to grow and evolve, and as the labor force grows more mobile, so has the need for a method to consistently assess, certify and measure individual worker knowledge. In response to this growing need, CSA America, Inc. develops and manages personnel certification programs to the requirements of ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024:2003 General Requirements for bodies Operating Certification Systems of Persons. Current operating programs include CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Fuel System Inspector, Gas Laboratory Technicians, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Quantifier, Greenhouse Gas Verifier, and Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technicians. CSA America, Inc. is an ANSI Accredited Certifier – Accreditation # 0779 for the CNG Fuel System Inspector personnel certification program.
www.csa-america.org
Clean Energy
Clean Energy (formerly ENRG) is the largest provider of vehicular natural gas (CNG and LNG) in North America with a broad customer
base in the refuse, transit, shuttle, taxi, police, intrastate and interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets with tens of thousands
of vehicles fueling at more than 145 locations in the United States and Canada.
www.cleanenergyfuels.com
CNG cylinders international
CNG cylinders international (CNGci) is the exclusive supplier of INFLEX Type 1 CNG cylinders on the North American market. CNGci is the manufacturer of the largest diameter Type 3 cylinders currently on the market. The Type 3 cylinders feature a liner forged from AL6061 aluminum instead of an aluminum tube stock liner – enabling us to provide a lighter liner with less variation. The 300-liter cylinder (22.5" dia. x 61") holds 25.5 GGE or 22.6 DGE.
A 400-liter cylinder (22.5" dia. x 78") is alsoin the process of being developed and a 26" dia. cylinder will follow shortly.
All cylinders are neck or strap mountable. All Type3 cylinders are proudly made in U.S.A.
www.cng.us.com
Creative Bus Sales
Creative Bus Sales provides high quality alternative fuel conversions with a focus on customer satisfaction and safety. Our conversion facility is dedicated to installing compressed natural gas and propane fuel conversions. Creative Bus Sales alternative fuel conversions comply with NFPA 52 Code-2006, FMVSS 303 4 304 and Title 13. All compressed natural gas and propane conversions meet CARB and EPA certifications. Creative Bus Sales offers sales, installation, service, cylinder inspections and warranty for your alternative fuel vehicles.
www.creativebussales.com
Greenfield Compression,
Inc.
Greenfield (formerly Sulzer Compression Inc.) provides turnkey natural gas fueling station services. More than 800 Sulzer compressed natural gas fueling stations have been delivered around the world.
www.gfcomp.com
IMPCO Industries, Inc.
IMPCO designs, develops, manufactures and markets products that enable internal combustion engines to operate on alternative fuels, promoting energy independence and clean air. IMPCO products and integration expertise enable OEMs and resellers worldwide to satisfy customer regulations for the transportation and industrial markets.
www.impcotechnologies.com
IMW Industries, Ltd.
IMW is a provider of CNG equipment, including non-lubricated and oil-less compressors, dispensers, gas control systems and CNG storage. The company manufactures high-quality products with superior reliability and unique technological advantages to reduce operating costs, improve efficiency, increase flow capacity, and optimize station performance. IMW delivers timely after-market service worldwide, including technical support and parts.
www.imw.ca
Kenworth Truck Company
Kenworth Truck Company is the manufacturer of The World’s Best® heavy and medium duty trucks. Kenworth is an industry leader in providing fuel-saving technology solutions that help increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The company’s dedication to the green fleet includes aerodynamic trucks, medium duty diesel-electric hybrids, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks, and the Kenworth Clean Power® no-idle system. In 2009, Kenworth became the first truck manufacturer to receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Excellence award in recognition of its environmentally friendly products. In addition, Kenworth is the recipient of the 2009 J.D. Power and Associates awards for Highest in Customer Satisfaction for both Over the Road Segment and Pickup and Delivery Segment Class 8 Trucks, and for Heavy Duty Dealer Service. Kenworth’s Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth. A PACCAR Company.
www.kenworth.com
Lincoln Composites
Lincoln Composites is the world-wide leader in the design and manufacture of all-composite pressure vessels. Since 1992, Lincoln Composites has placed over 100,000 Type IV (all composite) pressure vessels into wide ranging, technically advanced fields such as compressed natural gas vehicle fuel storage, compressed hydrogen vehicle fuel storage, off-shore tension riser accumulator applications, automotive regenerative braking accumulator applications and bulk transportation of compressed gases with customers all over the world. Lincoln Composites products are based upon 40+ years of technical expertise in the aerospace and defense industries and adapted for commercial markets. We manufacture composite pressure vessels with ultimate burst strengths from 6,750 psi to 37,800 psi and with internal water volumes from 15 L to 8,400 L. Lincoln Composites TUFFSHELL® and TITAN™ tanks are produced in our state-of-the-art facility. TITAN™ is a one-of-a-kind composite product with a rated operating pressure of 250 BAR, water volume of 8,400 L which allows for storage of over 88,800 Standard Cubic Feet of CNG. Due to the lightweight nature of the TITAN™, four tanks can be bundled together into a 40’ ISO module providing over 355,000 SCF of CNG. Our TUFFSHELL® tanks offer a CNG or CHG storage solution in various sizes. Lincoln Composites is well recognized for our innovation, engineering and responsiveness to customer needs.
www.lincolncomposites.com
Luxfer
Luxfer is the world¹s largest manufacturer of high-pressure composite and all-aluminum cylinders for a wide variety of applications, including Alternative Fuels. Type 2 and 3 CNG cylinders are made at Luxfer's new state-of-the-art AF plant in Riverside, California. Founded in 1898, Luxfer operates manufacturing facilities in the U.S., U.K., France and China.
www.luxfer.com
McNeilus
McNeilus is a leading body manufacturer supporting the refuse hauling and ready-mix industries. A part of the Oshkosh Corporation, McNeilus was the first in their respective market segments to offer fully integrated compressed natural gas [CNG] packages configured completely at their factory in Dodge Center, MN. McNeilus continues to lead through innovation through fielding North America's first CNG-powered concrete mixers. In addition, large fleets and municipalities throughout the United States look toward McNeilus as their partner to provide refuse equipment that supports the various Clean Cities initiatives.
www.mcneiluscompanies.com
Micro Motion
For over 30 years, Emerson’s world-leading Micro Motion Coriolis flow and density measurement devices have set the standard for reliable, repeatable, high performance measurement. With industry-leading technology, the widest breadth of products, and unparalleled application expertise and support, you can count on Micro Motion for unbeatable performance and value.
www.micromotion.com
Parker Hannifin Corp., Finite Filter
Division
Parker manufacturers both particulate and coalescing filters for compressed natural gas fueling stations.
www.cngfiltration.com
Pinnacle CNG Systems, LLC
Pinnacle offers custom fuel station designs that deliver fast, efficient compressed natural gas. Pinnacle CNG systems are designed to meet the specific fueling needs of fleet operations.
www.pinnaclecng.com
SSP Fittings, Inc.
SSP Fittings, Inc, an ISO 9001 company based in Twinsburg, Ohio, manufactures and sells industrial and instrumentation fittings, valves and fabricated assembly components for the Alternative Fuels Market.SSP is a vertically integrated, supplier specializing in the assembly of CNC bent tubing, fabricated hoses and fluid component assemblies designed specifically for fuel and re-fueling lines on alternative fueled vehicles and re-fueling stations. Standard compression, ORFS, and JIC fittings have been certified to meet ECE-R110 certifications. SSP can act as your partner to achieve global supply chain solutions. Our engineers utilize vast expertise to help customers design and build systems and are ready to quickly react to solve all the latest alternative fuel challenges of our customers.
www.sspfittings.com
Swagelok Company
Swagelok Company is a $1.1 billion, privately-held company. We design, manufacture and deliver an expanding range of the highest quality fluid system products and solutions worldwide. If you build, use or repair alternative fuel service light vehicles, trucks, buses or filling stations, we understand that your reputation, quality and profitability depend on the reliability of your fluid handling systems. Swagelok provides products and services to support the design and production of natural gas vehicles, filling stations and hydrogen fuel cell technology.
www.swagelok.com
Titeflex
Titeflex Corporation offers the ultimate CNG flex hose featuring an inert PTFE inner core and high pressure stainless steel wire reinforcement with a special abrasion resistant cover.
www.titeflexindustrial.com
T. Mitchell Engineers, Inc.
T. Mitchell Engineers is a recognized industry leader in Design and Project Management of fleet fueling and maintenance facilities for Alternatively Fueled vehicles. We are a full-service engineering design and consulting firm practicing throughout the US and North America with over 20-years of experience including the design of more than 50 CNG, C/LNG, and Hydrogen facilities ranging from those to serve only one or two small vehicles to those serving large refuse, taxi cab and transit fleets.
www.mitchellengineers.com
Xebec, Inc.
Xebec is the world leader in the drying of natural gas for vehicle fueling stations, with major installations around the globe. Xebec enjoys a 96% share of the North American natural gas drying market and has supplied major petrochemical companies including Exxon, Sunco, Sinopec and Petro China. All Xebec dryers are ASME Code compliant and National Board certified and can be built to specific requirements, such as the Chinese and Malaysian pressure vessel codes.
www.xebecinc.com
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