Welding and Gases Today profiles Prest-O-Sales and Service.
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As focus of GAWDA Member Profile in Fall 2011 issue of Welding and Gases Today, NY-based gases and welding distributor Prest-O-Sales and Service has understood that establishing strong relationships with suppliers goes far in building foundation for success. Long Island City-based family business supports its mission, according to President Jim Madison, by "rendering outstanding technical assistance and customer service to industry, laboratory and health care" in metropolitan NY area.
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Welding & Gases Today Profiles Prest-O-Sales & Service
New York distributor uses solar power, technology to improve efficiencies.
Dewitt, NY: From its early days, New York gases & welding distributor Prest-O-Sales & Service understood that establishing a strong relationship with suppliers would go far in building a foundation for success. The Long Island City-based family business is the focus of the GAWDA Member Profile in the Fall 2011 issue of Welding & Gases Today, the leading magazine for the gases and welding equipment industry.
With 31 employees, a fleet of ten delivery vehicles, one service truck, two showrooms and a large market area, the Prest-O-Sales & Service mission is described as "providing customers with productivity-enhancing products, technologies and processes to improve their operating efficiencies and lower their costs." Says President Jim Madison, "We strive to be the low-cost supplier of choice to our customers by rendering outstanding technical assistance and customer service to industry, laboratory and health care in the New York metropolitan area."
In December 2010, Prest-O-Sales installed a 24-kilowatt solar energy system on its roof. At full output, the system provides half of the peak load. A large portion of utility costs consists of the demand charge for the maximum amount of power projected for use. The panels have a 20-year useful life, and Madison expects to see the return on his investment in about nine years. During the three months of summer 2011, the company used less than half the kilowatt hours used in a comparable period in 2009-2010. With savings averaging $600 per month, Prest-O-Sales is also contributing back to the power grid with any unused energy it produces.
To learn about the past, present and future of Prest-O-Sales & Serivce, read "Prest-O-Sales & Service Powers Metropolitan New York" (http://www.weldingandgasestoday.org/index.php/2011/09/prest-o-sales-service-powers-metropolitan-new-york/) at Welding & Gases Today Online. For more information, contact Devin O'Toole, content editor at Welding & Gases Today at devin@weldingandgasestoday.org or 315-445-2347.
About GAWDA
Founded in 1945, the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) is the premier source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its member journals (www.weldingandgasestoday.org), e-magazines, newsletters and industry wiki (www.gawdawiki.org), GAWDA connects suppliers of gases and manufacturers of related equipment as well as manufacturers of welding equipment and distribution leaders, for the purpose of safely delivering optimal solutions to the users of those products. GAWDA publications are the industry's voice for all matters related to the latest technology and the most up-to-date processes spanning welding equipment and products and services related to industrial, medical, specialty and cryogenic gases. A 501(c)3 organization, GAWDA members are located throughout North America.
