Business View Magazine | February 2019

65 in Easton (Pennsylvania) and Houston. In addition to the commercial business,which is handled by these three sales offices,we have two other major business units -nuclear and military. Within the commercial business,we handle tra- ditional day-to-day transactions,mostly inventory sales, and much larger projects,where we supply a considerable amount of material to power plants, refineries, LNG conversion plants and other applica- tions that often require systems that handle ex- treme temperature, pressure or corrosive services.” The second business unit focuses specifically on sales into the nuclear market. It obviously requires certifications and qualifications that go beyond normal commercial sales.We also have a military unit that serves the US Navy shipbuilding market including nuclear powered vessels. In addition, Tioga also supplies MIL designated materials for other applications; that’s a higher certification and quality program, as well. Kotcher: “Tioga is fully ISO-9001 2015 certified –not just our operations, but company-wide. In addition,Tioga has the longest running nuclear certificate for distribution in North America. Due to the nuclear and military industries we service, our quality programs are more robust than many traditional distribution businesses.Those programs and our in-house metal testing facilities are a huge differentiator for Tioga.”