I saw this in a parking lot this morning, read the logo and thought: This can’t be a real company.
Evapco. Surely it is a cartoon company, a recent acquisition of ACME now in cahoots with the Wile E. Coyote. You never thought of Wile E. as a venture capitalist, a jobs creator or a serial entrepreneur. But he’s a big investor, a silent partner, if you will.
Or maybe this is a corporate front for a secret government operation. The neighbors are into something, their neighbors just knew it. And neighbors like nothing more than telling on one another. And this led to a phone call, which got the feds involved with the local government. Next thing you know the area has new zoning laws, a big commercial enterprise comes in and they need some conditioned air, so there’s a shell company made that makes industrial shell hiders that cramped members of a secret agency sit in, peering out through the slats at what is going on …
Or perhaps a movie set piece, destined to be exploded in the third act. I did not see any directors about, so this one seems unlikely.
I’m sticking with Wile E. Coyote.
Turns out Evapco has an incredible history that you’d have to read to believe:
On June 14, 1976, Evapco, Inc. was founded in Baltimore, MD under the visionary leadership of William E. Kahlert, Wilson E. Bradley and financial advisor John A. Luetkemeyer. Building on Mr. Kahlert and Mr. Bradley’s combined 46 years of industrial experience, Evapco began as a manufacturer of forced draft evaporative condensers for the growing industrial refrigeration industry. Evapco’s durable, innovative designs and ability to provide special attention to the different needs of its customers ensured immediate acceptance of Evapco’s products domestically and overseas. Within three years of founding, Evapco opened a new facility in California and established a licensing agreement with CCT in Italy, later becoming a wholly owned Evapco operation.
Building on the successful formula of commitment to research and development, quality products, competitive prices and customer satisfaction, Evapco continued to grow throughout the 1980’s.
It is a model of corporate speak, really. But they’re changing air in a half dozen countries, so something is working. They have several corporate videos that explain their success.
Evapco, builders of the ATWB, an induced draft, counterflow design closed circuit cooler with a capacity range of 85 to 46,667 MBH (24 to 13,664 kW). It includes the patented, high efficiency Thermal-Pak® Coil and G-235 galvanized steel casing and basin and is independently certified to withstand seismic and wind load forces.
If we get any last minute Halloween party invites I’m breaking out that tidbit.
I can only say that it was cold out in that parking lot, and cozy and warm while we were inside.
Things to read …
Sometime, in the life of people alive today, this is going to re-emerge as a considerable concern. Putting the Age of U.S. Farmers in Perspective:
As of the 2007, or latest, U.S. Census of Agriculture; U.S. farmers averaged 57.1 years (see Figure 1). Average age was first reported for the 1945 Census of Agriculture at 48.7 years. Thus, over this 62 year span, average age of U.S. farmers has increased 8.4 years, or 17%. Of particular note, the share of farmers age 65 and older has increased from 14% in 1945 to 30% in 2007. The only notable decline in average age occurred during the mid-to-late 1970s. It is reasonable to speculate that this decline in average age occurred as a result of the farm prosperity boom of the 1970s.
Two troubling stories. Exclusive: Feds confiscate investigative reporter’s confidential files during raid:
A veteran Washington D.C. investigative journalist says the Department of Homeland Security confiscated a stack of her confidential files during a raid of her home in August — leading her to fear that a number of her sources inside the federal government have now been exposed.
And this one, Alabama blogger jailed after violating prior restraint over articles that alleged high-profile affair:
Alabama blogger Roger Shuler was arrested Wednesday after allegedly violating a judge’s order that he not publish stories about a supposed affair involving the son of a former state governor, according to a news report and his wife Carol Shuler.
Police charged the blogger with contempt of court and resisting arrest, Carol Shuler said in an interview Friday. Roger Shuler has run “Legal Schnauzer,” a blog focused on exposing political corruption, since 2007. He is being held on a $1,000 bond on the resisting arrest charge, but bond was not set for the two contempt charges, his wife said. She also alleged that he was physically roughed up by police during his arrest.
I’d excerpt more of the RCFP story, but the son of a former governor isn’t in the mood to trifle, it would seem.
A few quick links to read:
How Dallas Reporters Used Twitter to Get Un-Banned From Public Meeting
A Deeper Dive Into Yahoo and Facebook’s Transparency Reports
Mozilla’s Lightbeam tool will expose who is looking over your shoulder on the web
State panel hears Medicaid drug distribution proposals, including one from Wal-Mart
Fatally shot Mobile bicyclist was an ‘upbeat’ church volunteer ‘involved in everything,’ pastor says
I had vegetable lasagna for dinner tonight. How was the start of your weekend?
