Business View Magazine | December 2018

24 25 compared to conventional boilers, the in- creasing price of steel has substantially narrowed the gap. Thermogenics does a lot of train- ing, especially for its service people. Gas technicians are hired right out of trade school and taught almost all of the operations in the shop: unit assembly, wiring, working in the test bay. Training takes up to two years before they are qualified as service tech- nicians to work in the field on Thermogenics equipment. Hep- pell admits, “There is a shortage of skilled labor across much of North America, so we’ve had to come up with our own in-house Since 1930, McRae Engineering Equipment Limited has been supplying Canadian industries with top-of-the-line process equipment including Tranter plate & frame & welded plate heat exchangers, CMS & Hering shell & tube heat exchangers, Siemens steam turbines, Rentech steam & heat recovery boilers, automated & manual valves, Gardner Denver blowers & vacuum pumps, Universal (Durr) silencers & filters, Cochcrane (newterra) deaerators & water treatment systems, Schutte & Koerting ejectors, pollution control equipment, level gauges and many other process equipment, measurement, and control solutions. McRae Engineering Equipment Limited’s long standing mission has been to build long term relationships with both our valued customers and dedicated suppliers with quality products and exemplary service. Please visit our website www.mcraeeng.com for further information on the manufacturers we represent & their products. YOUR SOURCE FOR COST EFFECTIVE PROCESS EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL SOLUTIONS Specialty Services: Plate & Frame Heat Exchanger Repair • Valve Automation • Blower & Vacuum Pump Repair To know more about our products and services, contact us today: PH: 416.255.7878 • FAX: 416.255.7860 • www. mcraeeng.com THERMOGENICS BOILERS training program. Many of our team have been here a long time. I started in 1988 and have five colleagues who were here before me. Now we’re much bigger and it’s still a great place to work.” Networking is done at trade shows throughout the year, such as ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engi- neers). Thermogenics is also a proud member of the ABMA (American Boiler Manufacturers Associ- ation) and the Canadian Boiler Society as well as the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society. Thermogenics products and service capabilities have a broad reach across North America and include significant project and service work with many notable Food & Beverage, Institutional, and Manufacturing organizations. In addition to more traditional steam, hot water, and thermal fluid applications, the company has been successful expanding its applications reach. Heppell says, “We manufacture high-pressure steam boilers that can go up to 2,850 psi, not many companies do that.We have seen significant opportunity in applications such as valve test operations. Valve Test companies require specialized steam boilers to provide valve fleet testing services to the Oil & Gas sector and play a key role in quality assur- ance and compliance for that sector. The industry needs to maintain its equipment at a high stan- dard and as such, it was a perfect fit for Thermo- genics’ skilled, factory-trained service technicians to service these boilers. As we are also able to supply new boilers, we can offer both an operat- ing and capital solution to suit each customer’s individual requirements.”