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The JF Petroleum Group Acquires Buckeye Oil Equipment & Reliable Construction Services (MIBA, LLC)

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Retail, Architecture, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Other Construction & Property, Energy, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Convenience Store, Transport, Building Systems, Public Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Interior Design, JF, Acquisition, Growth, Petroleum, Midwestern United States

The JF Petroleum Group (“JF”), a leading provider of fueling system solutions, including equipment distribution, maintenance & repair, installation & construction, and general contracting services across North America, announced today that it has acquired Buckeye Oil Equipment and Reliable Construction Services.

Key Points: 
  • The JF Petroleum Group (“JF”), a leading provider of fueling system solutions, including equipment distribution, maintenance & repair, installation & construction, and general contracting services across North America, announced today that it has acquired Buckeye Oil Equipment and Reliable Construction Services.
  • Buckeye Oil Equipment and Reliable Construction Services are premier Midwestern U.S. general contracting, petroleum services and construction companies, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio.
  • Keith Shadrick, CEO of The JF Petroleum Group, stated, “Reliable Construction Services and Buckeye Oil Equipment are two of the most respected companies serving the petroleum equipment and convenience store industries in the Midwestern United States.
  • We are proud to welcome the employees of Buckeye Oil Equipment and Reliable Construction Services to the JF family.”
    Ray Eiser and Mike Badgley, the former owners of Buckey Oil Equipment and Reliable Construction Services, expressed their appreciation for their team’s consistent high-quality performance and reputation for excellence.

The JF Petroleum Group Acquires Jones Covey Inc.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Architecture, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Public Transport, Energy, Convenience Store, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Retail, Building Systems, Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Interior Design, Growth, JF, Acquisition, Maintenance, Security (finance)

The JF Petroleum Group (“JF”), a leading provider of fueling system solutions, including equipment distribution, maintenance & repair, installation & construction, and general contracting services across North America, announced today that it has acquired Jones Covey Inc. Jones Covey is a premier national general contracting and construction company, headquartered in Southern California, that also provides maintenance & repair and compliance testing services in the Western US.

Key Points: 
  • The JF Petroleum Group (“JF”), a leading provider of fueling system solutions, including equipment distribution, maintenance & repair, installation & construction, and general contracting services across North America, announced today that it has acquired Jones Covey Inc. Jones Covey is a premier national general contracting and construction company, headquartered in Southern California, that also provides maintenance & repair and compliance testing services in the Western US.
  • Keith Shadrick, CEO of the JF Petroleum Group, stated, “The growing demand for installation & construction services is continuing at an accelerated pace.
  • We also congratulate Brett Crail on his well-deserved promotion to President of Jones Covey, Inc., a JF Company!”
    Bob Christie and Bret Covey, the former owners of Jones Covey, Inc., expressed their appreciation for their team’s consistent high-quality performance and reputation for excellence.
  • They also commented that the combination of JF and Jones Covey will bring tremendous benefits to their customers and will provide new opportunities for growth for their team.

Tronox Announces Planned Retirement of Co-CEO Jean-François Turgeon; John D. Romano to be Appointed Sole CEO

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Pigment, NYSE, American Potash and Chemical Company, Titanium dioxide, Senior, Electrolyte, Environment, JF, Retirement, Rio Tinto (corporation), PR Newswire, Management, Tronox

John Romano, current co-chief executive officer, will become Tronox's sole CEO effective as of Mr. Turgeon's retirement.

Key Points: 
  • John Romano, current co-chief executive officer, will become Tronox's sole CEO effective as of Mr. Turgeon's retirement.
  • We are grateful that JF will continue to serve on our Board after his retirement.
  • Mr. Kaufthal continued, "With JF's planned retirement, the Board has decided that now is the right time to move to a simplified leadership structure with John singularly leading Tronox.
  • I would like to thank the Board, John, and my colleagues for an incredible journey at Tronox."

The JF Petroleum Group Acquires the Assets of Star Construction Inc. and SCI Petroleum Inc.

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Monday, October 2, 2023
Machinery, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Public Transport, Energy, Convenience Store, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Retail, Urban Planning, Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Senior, JF, Construction, General contractor, Petroleum, Knowledge, Dykstra, SCI, Wire

The JF Petroleum Group (JF), a leading provider of fueling system solutions, including equipment distribution, maintenance & repair, and installation & construction services across North America, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Star Construction Inc. and SCI Petroleum Inc.

Key Points: 
  • The JF Petroleum Group (JF), a leading provider of fueling system solutions, including equipment distribution, maintenance & repair, and installation & construction services across North America, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Star Construction Inc. and SCI Petroleum Inc.
  • The assets from these acquisitions have been relocated to their Charleston, South Carolina branch offering both Petroleum and General Contracting services.
  • The former owner of Star Construction and SCI Petroleum, Brian Starer, has accepted the position of VP of Construction and will be leading the construction activities and crews out of their new Dykstra Construction branch in Charleston.
  • We are proud to welcome Brian and Brett to the JF family and congratulate Corey and Mike on their well-deserved promotions!”

Fujifilm and IBM Develop 50TB Native Tape Storage System, Featuring World's Highest Data Storage Tape Capacity(1)

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
IBM, Signal-to-noise ratio, Big data, Barium ferrite, TB, JF, Fujifilm, Data collection, Magnet, ISO 7010, IBM 3592, NYSE, Cassette tape, Computer data storage

TOKYO and ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) and IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced the development of a 50TB native tape storage system, featuring the world's highest native data tape cartridge capacity1.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO and ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) and IBM (NYSE: IBM ) today announced the development of a 50TB native tape storage system, featuring the world's highest native data tape cartridge capacity1.
  • Fujifilm has commenced production of a high-density tape cartridge for use with IBM's newest enterprise tape drive, the TS1170.
  • The sixth-generation IBM 3592 JF tape cartridge incorporates a newly developed technology featuring fine hybrid magnetic particles to enable higher data storage capacity.
  • Fujifilm has succeeded in achieving this innovative cartridge capacity by evolving the technologies developed in previous tape generations.

Spectra Logic Extends Storage Scalability Leadership with New IBM TS1170 Drives

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Data management, IBM, Spectra Logic, TB, JF, TS, News, Computation, Computer data storage, Information technology, Spectra

Boulder, Colo., Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spectra Logic , a global leader in data management and data storage solutions, today announced support for the IBM® TS1170 tape drive in its enterprise-class libraries.

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  • Boulder, Colo., Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spectra Logic , a global leader in data management and data storage solutions, today announced support for the IBM® TS1170 tape drive in its enterprise-class libraries.
  • The incorporation of this latest generation of IBM tape drive and its corresponding media brings unprecedented new levels of storage density and capacity to Spectra Logic® TFinity® ExaScale, T950 and T950v libraries.
  • When fully populated with IBM TS1170 tape drives and JF media, a Spectra TFinity ExaScale library will store and enable access to a groundbreaking 2.15 exabytes of uncompressed data, making it the world’s largest tape storage system.
  • “We’re pleased to include the TS1170 as an exciting new option for Spectra Logic enterprise-class tape libraries.

JF Petroleum Group Acquires Miller Construction Management Inc., A Premier Florida General Contracting Firm

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Architecture, Utilities, Energy, Other Construction & Property, Convenience Store, Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Retail, Building Systems, Transport, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Interior Design, LEED, Professional, JF, Green building, Multimedia, General contractor, Vickers Petroleum Service Station, Acquisition, Project management, MCM, Growth, Environment, Renewable energy

The JF Petroleum Group (JF), the premier provider of maintenance & repair, equipment distribution, installation & construction services, and fueling system solutions in North America, announced today that it has acquired Miller Construction Management Inc. (MCM).

Key Points: 
  • The JF Petroleum Group (JF), the premier provider of maintenance & repair, equipment distribution, installation & construction services, and fueling system solutions in North America, announced today that it has acquired Miller Construction Management Inc. (MCM).
  • MCM offers a single-source solution for Design-Build Services, Preconstruction Services, Green Building (LEED) Design & Construction, Project Management and General Contracting.
  • The acquisition of MCM bolsters JF’s General Contracting offering and expands its General Contracting reach across the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230807181843/en/
    JF Petroleum Group Acquires Miller Construction Management Inc., A Premier Florida General Contracting Firm (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Keith Shadrick, CEO of The JF Petroleum Group, stated, “The growing demand for installation & construction services in the retail, commercial, institutional, and government sectors will continue for the foreseeable future as the country continues to invest in its infrastructure and expands the development of residential communities.

Watchtower Capital Partners Completes First Platform Investment in Ally Services

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Monday, June 26, 2023
Airline Allied Services, Maintenance, JF, Light, HVAC, Acquisition, Investment, Clearwave Communications, Growth, SPS, Cryptocurrency, Management, Ally, Watchtower

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Watchtower Capital Partners has simultaneously closed the acquisitions of SPS Mechanical (SPS) and JF Plumbing & Heating (JF), the two of which comprise a newly formed company, Ally Services ( www.allyservicesgroup.com ).

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Watchtower Capital Partners has simultaneously closed the acquisitions of SPS Mechanical (SPS) and JF Plumbing & Heating (JF), the two of which comprise a newly formed company, Ally Services ( www.allyservicesgroup.com ).
  • Ally is a regional provider of essential home and facility services, including repair, maintenance, and replacement of plumbing, water filtration, and HVAC systems.
  • "We are very excited to announce Ally Services as Watchtower's first platform investment," said Mike Minchella, Founding Partner of Watchtower.
  • This marks the first platform investment for Watchtower Capital Partners.

NWS Debuts First Elements of Corporate Rebranding Strategy

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Growth, NATE, Chapel Hill, Culture, NWS, DfI Rivers, Family, JF, Acquisition, Mobile telephony, Industrial design

Durham, N.C., Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NWS, a fast-growing telecommunications infrastructure solutions and logistics provider to carriers and contractors, is debuting the first elements of its comprehensive new corporate rebranding strategy at the NATE UNITE conference Feb. 20-23 in Orlando, Fla.

Key Points: 
  • Durham, N.C., Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NWS, a fast-growing telecommunications infrastructure solutions and logistics provider to carriers and contractors, is debuting the first elements of its comprehensive new corporate rebranding strategy at the NATE UNITE conference Feb. 20-23 in Orlando, Fla.
  • The rebranding, which is being developed by the creative team at Rivers Agency, reflects major changes and growth experienced by NWS in the past few years.
  • That growth includes the acquisition of two companies — Gap Wireless and JF TECH — in 2022 that expand the reach of Durham, N.C.-based NWS in Canada.
  • “Gap Wireless and JF TECH are now part of the NWS family,” said Xavier Williams, CEO of NWS.

NWS Partners with GreenPlaces to Grow Sustainability Efforts

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Minority business enterprise, Telecommunication, Minority, NWS, Carbon, JF, Policy, Mobile phone operator

Durham, N.C., Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NWS, a rapidly growing solutions and logistics provider to carriers and telecommunications contractors, is partnering with GreenPlaces to further develop and support NWS’s sustainability efforts.

Key Points: 
  • Durham, N.C., Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NWS, a rapidly growing solutions and logistics provider to carriers and telecommunications contractors, is partnering with GreenPlaces to further develop and support NWS’s sustainability efforts.
  • GreenPlaces is also helping NWS review and update some of its current policy documents related to carbon emissions and environmental stewardship.
  • NWS is a portfolio company of Grain Management, LLC, a leading Washington, D.C.-based investment firm focused on the global communications sector.
  • Since 2012, NWS has provided a wide array of mission-critical services to the wireless telecommunications industry.