CompressorTechTwo - 2010 (Sample)

Harsco Industrial Air-X-Changers occupies some 275,000 sq.ft. ( 25,550 m2) of space in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Rick Ketchum, Harsco Industrial Air-X-Changers vice president and general manager, said that even though the company’s name is changing, it will continue to follow the same principles that it has for more than 50 years.

INTRODUCING A WELL-KNOWN COMPANY
Gas Compression Cooling Firm Air-X-Changers
becomes Harsco Industrial Air-X-Changers
By Phil Burnside

From its base in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., Air-X-Changers has manufactured air-cooled heat exchangers used in gas compression and other applications for more than 50 years. Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the company took on a new name, one that “better reflects our long-standing relationship with Harsco Corp., the U.S.-based international corporation that acquired Air-X-Changers back in 1976,” explained Rick Ketchum, vice president and general manager of the firm.

Ketchum said that Harsco’s global strength and resources have been key factors in Air-X-Changers’ success and growth, and that the name change is part of a comprehensive Harsco plan to rebrand and unify its business units.

“Our new name spotlights that relationship, a relationship that, behind the scenes until now, has benefited our customers and our trade allies for more than three decades. Under the new brand, we will go forward together with the other companies in the Harsco family,” he said.

Ketchum said that over 55 years of company history, Air-X-Changers has stuck to a few basic commitments, including “quality, performance, service, availability and the solid promise that the company will stand by each and every unit it ships.” He said those commitments won’t change, but working together with other members of the Harsco family will help strengthen the company’s ability to keep them.

“By uniting our strengths under the
Harsco identity,” Ketchum said, “we
and the other Harsco business units
will all be able to better serve our
customers as a larger and better-con-
nected organization uniquely able to
deliver comprehensive, value-creating
solutions on a global scale.”
He pointed out that Harsco’s global
presence has allowed Air-X-Changers
to launch initiatives in China, Australia,
Kazakhstan and the Middle East.

The company also produces lube oil cooling systems tailored to the needs of turbine operators, and has adapted its designs for use in power generation, landfill gas compression and other applications. In addition, it manufactures cooler parts for any make or model of cooler and offers a full range of on-site field services. ;