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FALL 2016 FLUIDwww.pirtekusa.com STADIUM UPGRADE MIAMI & ATLANTA CHRIS KYLE FROG FOUNDATION Tier 2 PIRTEK UNVIELS TIER 2 FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY Cap and Plug Kits Available in Stores and by On Site Service JIC Cap and Plug Kit • Meets SAE J514 Standards • Adapters Manufactured by a ISO 9001:2008 Compliant Company • Trivalent Chromium Plated • 37° Flare • Sizes -04 to -16 ORFS Cap and Plug Kit • 24 Piece Kit • Meets SAE J1453 Standards • Trivalent Chromium Plated • Sizes -04 to -16 • 24 Piece Kit Helping to keep hydraulic systems free and clear of contamination while protecting the environment and maintaining a safe workplace. 2 FLUID MAGAZINE I www.pirtekusa.com WELCOME It’s amazing how quickly time flies Other articles inside, include charity when you’re having fun. The summer fundraisers and golf events to PIRTEK months sailed by with many exciting news from around the world. activities taking place throughout the PIRTEK network. I hope you also had a Our Meet the Franchisee feature great summer! spotlights Matt and Kathy Valkovic, owners of PIRTEK Monroeville in In late August, PIRTEK USA launched Pittsburgh, PA. Matt and Kathy have the new Tier 2 Franchise platform. This been Franchise Owners for over new program supports our standard 12 years and they have done an franchise and opens the door to extraordinary job providing the PIRTEK business ownership for a wider group of service to the companies in the area. entrepreneurs. The program has gained a lot of attention across the nation and As proud supporters of the Chris we look forward to progressing forward Kyle Frog Foundation, I also want with more entrepreneurs coming on to take the opportunity to highlight board as a PIRTEK Franchisee. The their new quarterly feature in Fluid PIRTEK USA website also features Magazine. We are pleased to share In late August, details about the program and provides and help spread the terrific work PIRTEK USA a Frequently Asked Questions. Visit they do within the Veteran and First www.pirtekusa.com/franchising- Responder community. launched the new opportunities, call 1-888-774-7835 or email [email protected]. Now that we are mid-way through fall Tier 2 Franchise and Thanksgiving, Christmas and the platform This issue of Fluid Magazine highlights New Year is quickly approaching us, I many of the summer activities that took would like to take this opportunity to place around the country. wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season. In July, PIRTEK O’Hare in Chicago had the opportunity to provide emergency Until next time, service to Stageline Company supporting the annual Lollapalooza ORFS Cap and Plug Kit music festival. • Meets SAE J1453 Standards In the southeast, PIRTEK Centers in GLENN DUNCAN • Trivalent Chromium Plated Miami and Atlanta both kept busy with assisting contractors on projects at • Sizes -04 to -16 football stadiums before the season • 24 Piece Kit kicked off. NEWS major renovation as a fleet of cranes lifts components into place for new audio, video, lighting and an open-air canopy. PIRTEK When one of those cranes needed hydraulic hose replacements recently, the KEEPS THE crane company contacted PIRTEK Doral in Doral, FL, to do the job. BALL MOVING Currently called Sun Life Stadium, the venue in Miami Gardens, FL, is home to FOR STADIUM the NFL’s Dolphins, the University of Miami football and the Orange Bowl games. The retractable canopy being installed BUILDERS, will give fans relief from the sun while allowing enough of the natural light in to RENOVATORS sustain a natural grass field. The goal is to have the renovations set for the Dolphins’ The construction and renovation of sports hydraulic- and pneumatic-hose trouble at September kickoff. stadiums is big business these days. It also either site, contractors call PIRTEK to keep entails big pressures: Any construction operations flowing. Keeping cranes rolling downtime can jeopardize prospects of hitting the deadline in time for opening day. One of the cranes, however, had two hoses that needed attention before it That’s where PIRTEK plays a critical role. Helping companies could do any more work. A PIRTEK When cranes, man-lifts, earthmovers technician examined the hydraulic hoses and other hydraulic equipment have meet their deadlines and performed all the custom fitting inside problems with hoses, a PIRTEK Mobile the vehicle. Service Vehicle can show up onsite is part of our strong quickly to provide the desperately needed In addition to doing the necessary repairs maintenance – on the spot. sales strategy. on the crane, the technician performed a proactive check of the other hoses and Atlanta’s ‘go-to guys’ discovered that three of them would soon “We provide a one-hour ETA in metro require servicing. As a result, the company That timeliness has made PIRTEK a Atlanta that our customers have come called PIRTEK back onsite to do the work valuable commodity in the Atlanta areas, a to depend on,” McCarthy said. “One big a few weeks later. hub of stadium-building in recent years. thing that sets us apart is that we go the whole distance: getting the hose off, fitting “They really didn’t want to wait until the “You’re talking about hundreds of pieces of it, putting it back on to get the equipment hoses blew, so they called us to replace equipment around the Braves’ stadium and up and running again. Some of our those, too,” said Carlos Shortt, owner the Falcons’ stadium,” said Mike McCarthy, competitors will customize a hose, but they of PIRTEK Doral since it opened in owner of PIRTEK Norcross in Norcross, won’t install it. We’re a turnkey operation – October 2015. GA, and PIRTEK Dobbins in Marietta, GA. we get in pretty deep.” “We’re the go-to guys for hydraulic leaks PIRTEK Doral has four Mobile Service on that equipment. It doesn’t matter where Both Atlanta-area stadiums are set for Vehicles and a staff of seven. The the machine is, they can call PIRTEK and completion in 2017. Mercedes Benz proactive hose inspection was consistent we can do it right away.” Stadium will be hosting the Super Bowl in with Shortt’s philosophy of serving 2019. As the builders inch toward those customers in the long term. PIRTEK is the only franchise of its kind deadlines, properly running equipment is a in the United States, providing hydraulic must. “These contractors are under huge “We want to build relationships with the and industrial hose replacement sales and time pressures,” McCarthy said. customer, so it’s more than just doing one services. There are 58 PIRTEK Service job for them,” he said. “We want to tell & Supply Centers and a fleet of Mobile McCarthy has been a PIRTEK owner for them, ‘We’ll be here for you.’ They can be Service Vehicles throughout the United 13 years. Together with PIRTEK Red Oak confident that we’ll do all the work in the States. Globally, PIRTEK has more than on the south side of Atlanta, their fleet of long term, not just in the moment.” 400 locations and 2,000 Mobile Service 10 vehicles covers an area that runs from Vehicles in 23 countries around the world. Rome, GA, all the way down to Macon Shortt added that customer comments – geography PIRTEK can hit within the indicate his efforts have been paying off. Under construction 60-minute timeframe. “They tell us they can count on us, and they know we’re going to be ready for In metro Atlanta, construction is ongoing at Miami renovations them anytime,” he said. “It’s because two future sports venues: Mercedes Benz we work 24 hours a day, seven days a Stadium for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta isn’t the only place where PIRTEK week, with an ETA of one hour. Helping and SunTrust Park for Major League helps keep stadium work on track. The companies meet their deadlines is part of Baseball’s Atlanta Braves. When there’s Miami Dolphins’ stadium is getting a our strong sales strategy.” 4 FLUID MAGAZINE I www.pirtekusa.com PIRTEK O’Hare Answers Emergency Call to Fix Hydraulic Loading Dock Issue at Lollapalooza oversee the process. Montreal-based Stageline, the company that was setting up the temporary Banaszak and his technician, Eric stages in Chicago, began scouring Hooten, performed the work efficiently the area for someone to replace the and quickly. “We were in and out in 20 hydraulic hoses. minutes,” Banaszak said. “They called a repair company up, and “The job was done perfectly,” said those people said the job would take Frank Perron, stage technician for three days,” said Bert Banaszak, branch Stageline. “They were super-fast, they manager of PIRTEK O'Hare in Elk Grove did the job in no time and it was done Village, IL. “So the customer did an professionally – no leaks.” internet search and found us.” Setup for annual concert in Stageline builds mobile hydraulic stages Chicago hits glitch; PIRTEK PIRTEK is the only franchise of its kind and deploys them at major concert in the United States, providing hydraulic venues throughout North America. shows up to replace hoses, and industrial hose replacement sales Their products are in use at over 20,000 keep show on schedule. and services. There are 58 PIRTEK events in more than 50 countries every Service & Supply Centers and a fleet year. Perron said he plans to call a of Mobile Service Vehicles throughout nearby PIRTEK USA location if any The show must go on. And in Chicago the United States. Globally, PIRTEK other stages in the United States need recently, PIRTEK was working behind has more than 400 locations and 2,000 hose work in the future.