Trillium CNG, Heritage Cooperative Open CNG Station in Ohio
From l to r: Richard Carney,Trillium CNG; Charles Koontz, Trillium CNG; Dale Scheiderer, Vice Chairman/Bd of Directors- Heritage Cooperative; Randy Manns, Mayor-Kenton; Jim Lammers, Gen Manager of Transport- Precision Strip, Inc.; Eric Parthemore, Pres/CEO-Heritage Cooperative, Inc.; David Daniels, Dir-Ohio Dept of Ag; Robert Sprague, State Rep; Ray Etgen, VP of Energy-Heritage Cooperative, Inc.
Trillium CNG and Heritage Cooperative held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to commemorate the grand opening of a newly constructed compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at 1305 South Main Street in Kenton, Ohio as part of Heritage's $7 million Kenton Agriculture Campus Expansion.
"This is a great partnership with Heritage Cooperative, Precision Strip and the City of Kenton, who all recognize the importance of making CNG available in the Kenton market," said Charles Koontz, vice president of sales, marketing and engineering for Trillium CNG.
Koontz; Eric Parthemore, chief executive officer of Heritage Cooperative; Dale Scheiderer, vice president, board of directors of Heritage Cooperative; Randy Manns, mayor of Kenton; and Jim Lammers, general manager of transport for Precision Strip, Inc. provided grand opening remarks.
"We recognize the need to offer customers a cleaner, more cost-effective fuel alternative and are pleased to partner with Trillium CNG," said Parthemore, chief executive officer of Heritage Cooperative.
The CNG station is a public access Class-8 fueling station that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and features Trillium CNG's proprietary fast-fill hydraulic intensifier to fuel three dedicated CNG dispensers.
"With the addition of CNG, we plan to convert our Kenton fleet of trucks to 100 percent natural gas by the end of 2016," said Lammers, general manager of Transport of Precision Strip, Inc.
