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1912   National Airoil Burner Company -- FOUNDED -- Philadelphia
                     Ninth & Thompson Streets - Sales / Manufacturing

1912   Burners -- Oil Residential

1913  Oil Burners for Commercial & Industrial Applications

1913  Oil Burners for Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotives

1913   National Airoil Burner Company -- OPENS
                BURNER SHOWROOM & SALES OFFICE
                  Previous Flower Shop -- Girard Ave, Philadelphia

1913  Installation/Service Crews for Oil Burner Installation
             - Replace COAL FIRED -- due to MINER STRIKES

1913  NABCO -- first used as short name for National Airoil Burner Co.

1917   National Airoil Burner Company -- INCORPORATED

1917   Burners -- Gas Fired & Packaged

1917   Developed Advanced Steam Atomizers for OILS & TARS

1917   Portable Field Oil Fired Cook Stoves for US Marines

1920   Burners -- Refinery

1923   Special Linear Oil Burner Valves

1931  National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. -- PURCHASES
              Previous Textile Mill (3 Stories -- CONCRETE - Fireproof - Built 1923)
              for Offices / Showroom / Manufacturing / Testing / Construction Office

1933   Oxidizers -- Liquid Waste Disposal

1938   Heating & Pumping Units for Oil Firing

1939   Sprayers -- Oil & Quench -- Synthetic Rubber Production -- WWII

1941   NAO Pedestal Burner Developed in Texas for Liquid Waste Disposal

1943   Flares -- Flamefront Ignitors, Windproof Pilots & Steam Injectors

1945   Jet Engine Test Stand for General Electric / Westinghouse

1950  National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. -- Builds formal test area & lab

1951  NABCO abbreviation for National Airoil Burner Co. was replaced by NAO

1952   Burners -- Recirculation - Reduced Emissions

1957   Special Burner for Arnold Air Force Base -- Engr Development Center

1960   Updated AIROCOOL and HYDROCOOL Burners for Ammonia Reformers

1962   Burners -- High Efficiency, Low Noise

1968   Flare Systems -- Derrick, Guyed, Self-Supporting

1970   Fluidic Seal for Longer Flare Life & Less Purge

1971- 72   Ignitors -- Remote, Manual/Automatic, Non-Electric,
                                     No Compressed Air, Solar Powered

1972   Internal Thermocouple for Flare Pilot -- Longer Life, Eliminate False Alarms

1973   Ignitor -- Flamefront Type Automatic Compensating

1974   Bubble Type Water Seal Drum

1975 National Airoil Burner Company, Inc. ---> Changed name to NAO, Inc.
            due to the increased range of products -- no just BURNERS

1976   Steel Plant Flare Solved Internal Burning

1976   NAO First Enclosed Flare installed

1976   Vents -- Tips & Flame Snuffing Systems

1976   Enclosed Flare -- Smokeless without Steam

1977   Low NOx Oil Integrated Burner

1977   Energy Conservation Systems for Flares --- Pilot Gas, Purge, Steam

1978   Arrestors -- Flame & Detonation

1978   NAO Well Test Burner -- CB-12 Designed and Tradenames for
             OTIS Engineering  (Division of Haliburton)

1979   Ignitor -- High Energy Solid State (Carbon, Dirt & Moisture Proof)

1980   Fluidic Flare -- Improved for Longer Life with Heat/Windshield

1980   Thermocouple Well Pilot Monitoring

1980   Detonation Type Water Seal Drum

1980   Retractable Flare Pilot Thermocouple to Grade

1981   Portable Propane Burner Ignitor -- Compact & Inexpensive

1982   Retractable Ignitor

1984   Portable Flares -- Tripods, Trailers & Temporary Stacks

1986   Quiet Steam Flare

1987 Sub-Sea Flare Ignitor with Special Pilots for Liquid Carryover

1990 Sonic Flares -- Long & Short (Concealed) Flame Types

1993  NAO Builds Large Enclosed Flares in Taiwan -- 18 Units

1994  Flare Testing - 1/4 Scale for NOx Reduction Flare
                                      -- Develop Design/Performance

1994  Staged High Temperature NOx Reduction Flare

1995  Shrouded Flares for Low Btu Streams - Steel Industries & Others

1996   Portable Test Trailers & Chambers

1998   Burners -- "Your Way" -- Custom Low & Easy Maintenance/Operation

2000   Burners -- Single Digit NOx

2001   High Energy Burner Ignitors -- Automatic & Portable

2002   Super Sonic Ultra Low Radiation Flares

2003 Expanded Ultra Low NOx Burners -- Flat Flame & Low Btu Types

2003 Dual Phase Sonic Offshore Smokeless Flare

2003  Back-Up Redundant Ignitor for Existing Flamefront Panel - Quick Field Installation

2003  Expanded Fleet of Flare Trailers -- Smaller Quick Flare Units

2004  Ultra Energy Electronic Ignitors -- 24 Joules for Pulverized Coke Boilers

2004  Light Off Lances -- High Energy Ignition with Combination Gas/Oil Firing

2004  Small Portable Liquid Flare for Pipeline Service

2004 Expanded Thermal Oxidizer Product Line
            with Electronic Monitoring & Data Collection

2004 Special Remote Severe Duty Electronic Pilot/Ignitor for Offshore Flares

2004 Low Rate Steam Tips & Injectors for Very High Flare Turndown

2004 Improved Flare Maintenance System

2004 Zero Elevated Flaring - No Continuous Pilot/Purge
            Electronic Control with Safety PLC's & SIL's

2005 Expanded & Improved -- PILOTS TO GO

2005 New Flame Burst - Portable Ignitor

2005 Hybrid Ignitors - High Voltage or High Energy & Gas

2005 Expanded Fire Training Props

2005 Solid State (On A Chip) High Energy Ignitors

2005 Expanded NAO Texas Rentals & Service

2005 Expanded Flame & Detonation Arrestors Product Line
            -- Micro Line (Very Small Units) & Liquid Service

2005 Expanded Burner & Flare Lines with "E" Type --
           Economy Type - Simple for Less Severe Applications

2006 Hybrid Smokeless Flares - Combination Air Assisted or
           Steam Assisted for Low Rates / Sonic for High Flare Rates

2006 New Flame Burst - Portable Ignitor with Heavy Duty Battery Spark

2006 De-Bottlenecking Flares for Naptha Cracker Plants in Asia

2007 Advanced LOW STEAM Flares Types

2007 Large Steel Mill Flares and High Performance Pilots / Ignitors

2008 Micro Flamefront Ignitors Developed for Steel Industry -- Rolling / Forming

2008 Advanced SHROUDED FLARES for Low Rate Operation
          Reduced Steaming / Eliminated Wind Quench -- IMPORTANT at
          Everyday Low Flaring Rates -- REDUCE EMISSIONS

2009 Modular Enclosed Flares

2009 Low Cost Modular Burner / Flare Systems

2009 Large ENCLOSED FLARES

2009 NAO Box Oxidizer - Large Capacity Portable Oxidizer

2009 Large 4 Flare - Lowering Type -- ONE PIECE Lift / Lower

2010 New Flexible High Energy Spark Ignitor - for Tight Locations

2010  NAO Sonic Ultra Stages Flares with VERY HIGH TURNDOWN &
            Full Smokeless Operation -- Also can use HYBRID TECHNOLOGY

2011 World Technology Flares -- Low Cost Flare Kits -- For local fabrication,
          use local labor and reduce shipping -- allows for QUICK DELIVERY.

2011 NAO Portable Enclosed Flares - NO LIGHT, NO VISIBLE FLAME, SAFE HEIGHTS,
            NO HEAT PLUME PROBLEMS, LOW NOISE, MEASURE EMISSION for
            Drilling and Well Testing in Congested or Built Up Areas - such as GAS SHALE

2011 New Flexible Portable Ignitor - Gas Flame - Regular / Flame Burst for Tight Locations

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