PTTG introduces new style composite tank

PTTG introduces new style composite tank

In keeping true to fashion, Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group President Ben Johnston has once again used a napkin over dinner to start the beginning of a new style composite tank that three years later resulted in the patent-pending of …
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Thermal Energy Storage Tanks

Thermal Energy Storage Tanks

Thermal energy tanks are reservoirs for storing energy in chilled water district cooling systems. Water has a better thermal transfer than air. Thermal energy storage has been around for decades and continues to prove an efficient and economical storage method. …
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PTTG named a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador

PTTG named a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador

Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group wants to be prepared for whatever Mother Nature might produce. The National Weather Service recently recognized PTTG, the Henderson County Public Library, and AMG Aluminum North America as Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors. Each organization had to …
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Building Our Community One Step At A Time

Building Our Community One Step At A Time

Blue Shirts Dominate Tri-Fest 5K Dozens of people donning blue shirts crossed the finish line in Downtown Henderson on April 23 – helping signal a return to normalcy. After two years of pandemic-related-cancellations, Habitat for Humanity Tri-Fest 5K race officials …
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Understanding the Tank Fabrication Process

Understanding the Tank Fabrication Process

Aboveground storage tanks (AST) are used in a variety of industrial, commercial, and residential applications to hold everything from water to hazardous chemicals. ASTs are designed to provide reliable containment in indoor and outdoor conditions, including rain, wind, UV exposure, …
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Tank Safety Evolution  By Erin Schmitt

Tank Safety Evolution By Erin Schmitt

Ernie O’Nan has just about seen it all during his decades in the storage tank industry. By the time he retired for the final time (a few times didn’t take) in 2014, he had seen the tank industry evolve from …
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PTTG Couples – OUR VALENTINES!

PTTG Couples – OUR VALENTINES!

It takes a special couple that can not only live together but work together as well. These Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group couples have found  the best way to achieve a life-work balance is to work at the same company. …
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How to Help Prevent Natural Disasters From Impacting Storage Tanks

How to Help Prevent Natural Disasters From Impacting Storage Tanks

The United States averages about 1,200 tornadoes per year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  EF0 and EF1 tornadoes account for roughly 80 percent of all tornadoes, according to ustornadoes.com.  EF2 makes up another 14 percent, EF3 accounts …
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Top 5 Reasons You Should Choose a Field-Erected Tank

Top 5 Reasons You Should Choose a Field-Erected Tank

Our shop-built prefabricated tanks are great, dependable vessels, but sometimes you need a tank perfectly tailored to your needs. Field-erected tanks are, much like the name suggests, tanks built in the field rather than prefabricated in a shop.  They are …
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