OPW Retail Fueling News

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid-handling solutions, is proud and honored to announce that it will observe a year-long celebration of the company’s 125th anniversary in 2017. OPW was founded as the Ohio Pattern Works & Foundry Company in Cincinnati, OH, and was officially incorporated in 1892, a year in which several other very significant events occurred: the first official basketball game was played, the Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in schools and John Philip Sousa began a 12-year tour as director of the U.S. Marine Band, during which time he premiered many of his most famous marches.

Following today’s announcement from Dover [link attached] on the completion of the acquisition of Wayne, former OPW President David Crouse has been named president of Dover Fueling Solutions (DFS). DFS will be comprised of Tokheim, ProGauge, Fairbanks, Wayne and OPW’s FMS business.

For nearly 100 years, steel was "how it was done"—steel tanks, steel fuel transfer pipe. Yet, as durable as steel certainly is, over time, steel is subject to corrosion, ground movement stress, line shock, vibration and many other physical forces of nature.

HAMILTON, OH, October 14, 2016 — OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid-handling solutions, is pleased to announce that it will be displaying a variety of its fuel equipment products – many of which are setting new standards in retail and commercial fuel-handling applications – at the upcoming NACS Show and PEI Convention. OPW will be located in Hall B, Booth No. 4309 at the NACS Show and PEI Convention, which will be held from Oct. 18-21 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

OPW is pleased to introduce its new FibreTite Multiport Containment System, the industry’s first all-composite, completely integrated multiple-port sump system.

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid handling solutions, anounced today that its 68EZR-75RF Reconnectable Breakaway is UL Listed for use with gasoline, ethanol blends up to 25% (E25), diesel, and biodiesel blends up to 20% (B20).

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid handling solutions, anounced today that it is kicking off the 20th anniversary of manufacturing flexible fuel transfer pipe for the retail petroleum industry.

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid handling solutions, is proud to announce the release of its new CARB EVR-Certified 723V Pressure Vacuum Vent.

OPW’s Retail Fueling facility in Smithfield, NC, was publicly recognized today by the North Carolina Department of Labor for achieving Carolina Star status.

OPW Fuel Management Systems’ Domestic Sales Manager Bobby Hayes highlights the many benefits that cardlock systems provide and addresses some common concerns that fuel managers have about unattended fueling in this Convenience & Carwash Canada article.

OPW, a global leader in fluid-handling solutions, today announced it has acquired Tokheim ProGauge (“ProGauge”). ProGauge provides automatic tank gauge solutions, including a variety of tank probes, consoles, and related software and calibration services for service stations to measure and monitor fuel tank levels.

Dover (NYSE: DOV) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which the company will acquire Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. ("Wayne"), which is owned by Riverstone Holdings LLC, for $780 million in cash. Upon close of the transaction, Dover's annualized retail fueling revenue will be $1.4 billion when combining Wayne's innovative product offerings with OPW and Tokheim. The collective retail fueling business features a comprehensive product set for all major regions of the world.

OPW, a Dover Company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid handling solutions, announced that Nicole Baah has been selected as a local winner of the Dover Sons & Daughters Scholarship Program. Recipients of the award are children of Dover employees and who demonstrated scholarly excellence and taken on leadership roles within the community. Awardees may receive up to $10,000 in undergraduate scholarship support contingent upon maintaining academic program eligibility. Over the last five years, the Dover Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program has awarded more than 190 scholarships totaling nearly $1.2 million.

OPW, a global leader in fluid-handling solutions and a business unit within Dover's (NYSE: DOV) Fluids segment, today announced it has acquired Fairbanks Environmental Ltd. in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, UK. Fairbanks is a global leader in providing fuel management services to the retail and commercial fueling industry.

OPW Engineered Systems, part of OPW's Fluid segment within Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV), will announce a new complete terminal-equipment offering and its next-generation API coupler technology at this year's ILTA (International Liquid Terminals Association) Trade Show in Houston, TX.

Civacon, part of OPW, is proud to announce that Heil Trailer International, Cleveland, TN, unveiled a new truck and trailer at the recent Western Petroleum Marketers Association’s (WPMA) National Convention & Convenience Store Expo in Las Vegas, NV, that featured Civacon's COPS (Cross-Over Prevention System).

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid-handling solutions, announced today that Dover Corporation has completed the acquisition of Tokheim Group S.A.S.'s dispenser and systems businesses and they are now part of OPW.

OPW, a Dover company (NYSE: DOV) and a global leader in fluid handling solutions, is proud to award Michael Zubel of Houston-based Landmark Industries with its newly created OPW Collaborative Product Improvement Award. This new award recognizes OPW distributors and customers that demonstrate a level of collaborative partnership deemed to significantly exceed typical standards and results in a product improvement beneficial to the industry.

What began three years ago as a quest to ensure the highest levels of safety at the rapidly growing and expanding OPW Retail Fueling facility in Smithfield, NC, culminated in a letter of recognition from the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL). OPW Retail Fueling had been approved for participation in NCDOL';s prestigious Rising Star Program. The recognition was formally announced at the Annual NCDOL Carolina Star Program banquet, held September 17, 2015.

OPW Engineered Systems, part of OPW's Fluid segment within Dover (NYSE:DOV), announced the sale of its Sure Seal product line to NIBCO Inc., based in Elkhart, IN. NIBCO is a recognized leading provider of valves, fittings and flow control products for commercial, industrial and institutional construction as well as residential and irrigation markets.