Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 6

99 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6 EPCON INDUSTR I AL SYSTEMS LP a type of industrial machinery that destroys harmful gases called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Air Pollution Control Equipment is required across industries that uses heat processing during manufacturing that releases harmful gases. Besides thermal oxidizers, the company also sells process heating equipment, finishing systems, and specialty systems. “All our projects are custom because that’s where we see value,” says Tasha Jamaluddin. “We optimize each solution and make sure that it is as efficient as possible for the customer.” The company achieves this by combining equipment sales with design and engineering services, supported by a highly experienced team of chemical and mechanical engineers. Epcon’s services also extend to equipment rentals, service, parts, rebuilds, and retrofits as part of its comprehensive suite of solutions. Epcon was founded in 1977 as a one-person company by Aziz Jamaluddin, the company’s current CEO and Tasha Jamaluddin’s father. “My father worked for a subsidiary of Industrias Monterrey, S.A. (IMSA) out of Monterrey doing a project here in Houston, Texas,” narrates Tasha. “During the project, the company shut down, leaving the project in limbo. The customer’s project manager said to my father, ‘You know what, why don’t you just come work for me and finish this design?’” Aziz Jamaluddin ended up moving to Houston and founding the company. Since it was established, the company has hit major milestones, including completing its first international project in 1986, partnering with NASA in 1987, winning DoD contracts in 1990, and getting the NQA-1 certification (now NQA- 1 compliant) in 2007 to service the nuclear power industry. Over the years, the company has also obtained a string of patents, with the most recent patent awarded in 2019. (Working on the latest patent, almost completed).