Maxum acquisition provides a boost to RelaDyne

RelaDyne reported that it successfully completed integrating its operating companies onto one system since purchasing Maxum-Great Lakes/Paulson Oil Company of Chesterton, Indiana, in May. RelaDyne is a provider of lubrication products, fuels and industrial field reliability management services.
On May 23, the transport and railroad fuel businesses of Maxum Petroleum-Great Lakes, comprised of Hartney Fuel Oil and Paulson Oil Company, were acquired by Mansfield Oil Company, and its lubricants and tank wagon fuel businesses were acquired by RelaDyne. Since the acquisition, RelaDyne and Paulson have worked together to expand the products and services portfolio that each company brought to the table.
RelaDyne noted its existing Chicago branch, formerly Mid-Town Petroleum, has helped expand bulk diesel exhaust fluid to the newly acquired Chesterton location through its current access by rail car. Paulson, which specializes in the industrial steel business, can also now provide its industrial clients with RelaDyne’s field reliability management services, including fueling services and PetroClean Solutions such as oil purification, contamination control and condition monitoring.
With Paulson’s tank wagon and bobtail fuel business, RelaDyne stated it can bring to its Great Lakes customers fuel products and services, including Paulson’s Fuel Performance Solutions (FPS), performance-based diesel fuel additives that successfully combat the ill effects of ultra-low sulfur diesel on fuel system operability and lubricity. The Chesterton location has also introduced bulk grease capabilities to RelaDyne’s existing Great Lakes branches.
Internally, in just one month, the Paulson business has been fully integrated into RelaDyne’s business management platform, along with RelaDyne’s other 20 branches located across the central corridor of the U.S. The integration began shortly after RelaDyne was formed in November 2010. “We’ve accomplished a tremendous amount of system and business procedural work in a short period of time,” stated Jess Brown, chief IT officer at RelaDyne.
(August 25, 2013)