Profire Energy, which
primarily manufacturers, installs, and services Burner Management Systems (BMS)
for the oil and gas industry, offered markets a corporate update today covering
their most recent developments and logistical growth initiatives.
Chief among the topics
covered was successful completion of Phase 1 of the planned expansion of the
company’s facilities in Utah, where enough office space has prepared for
immediate (as well as future), sales, management, and administrative personnel
requirements. With this Phase 1 work having wrapped earlier in the month, PFIE
now has its sights set on the warehouse bay renovation (already underway) that
was approved by the Board earlier this year. This Phase 2 work will largely
consist of overhauling the bays to significantly improve product throughput and
handling.
Ultimately, the walls
separating the bays will be coming out as the existing bays are effectively
merged and the latest inventory-management systems are put in to streamline
product handling, while simultaneously bringing supply chain situational
awareness up to its maximum levels. In addition, areas are being created that
will specifically handle key aspects of the overall process, like an area for
quality-assurance testing. Specific areas for assembly, employee-training, and
fabrication are all planned, and PFIE anticipates wrapping the totality of the
Phase 2 work by sometime this fall.
The company’s BMS offerings,
able to handle both natural-draft and fire-tube heaters, do far more than allow
for optimized regulation of combustion, bypassing dangerous old methods for
re-ignition like the “rag-and-stick” and allowing for safe, automated burner
detection and re-ignition, they allow operators to effectively monitor and
control the entire system remotely. The simple, yet extremely effective
addition of a PFIE BMS can transform the operational workflow substantially,
while also mitigating numerous compliance concerns, especially when used in
conjunction with other PFIE products. With features like auto-relighting,
customizable temp control, and emergency shutdown based on the automatic
detection of various application input parameters, PFIE has developed a finely
tuned solution set with their portfolio that really satisfies industry demand.
Also in today’s update was
the latest head count of employees, now clocking in at 80 after the recent
hiring of three new sales reps in the U.S. and seven service techs (primarily
in Texas, where business has been quite robust), as well as five R&D
engineers up in Canada. The engineering hires are a clear indication that PFIE
continues doubling-down whenever they get the chance on product innovation and
we should see some news out of product development from the company relatively
soon as a result.
Finally, the company’s
Oklahoma office that was announced back in January of this year is now fully
operational and open for business, adding a fourth leg to their existing array,
with offices in Utah and Texas, as well as up in Alberta.
For more information on
Profire Energy, visit www.ProfireEnergy.com
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