A History of Cannon Boiler Works, Inc.

Cannon Boiler Works, Inc. was founded on November 7, 1972 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to conduct business as a specialty manufacturer and service company. In 1976, Cannon expanded it’s capabilities to include an ASME Code program for specialty manufacturing of boilers and pressure vessels – skills that allowed Cannon to remain viable through two severe recessions.

In 1978, the worldwide energy crisis prompted Cannon to focus on developing energy recovery products. The experience gained in the field construction and service business provided us with the insight to the requirements for a long lasting serviceable equipment design. Our equipment could be retrofitted to existing boilers, or sold to a boiler manufacturer for use on new equipment. As Cannon’s marketing and engineering efforts were increasing, natural gas prices began to rise dramatically, opening a large market for our equipment on packaged firetube boilers.

In 1980, during the development of Cannon’s small heat recovery unit, we simultaneously developed the manufacturing facility for producing the heart of all energy recovery equipment – finned tubing. The capability to produce our own finned tubing enabled Cannon to become more self reliant in manufacturing it’s heat recovery products with the added tremendous potential of producing custom finned tubing for others. Cannon’s unique and proven manufacturing process for producing brazed finned tubing has established us as a leader of brazed finned tube products in the United States.

In 1985 Cannon expanded its product base to include the design, manufacture and installation of our forced circulation waste heat boilers. Cannon built two (2) 35,000#/hr waste heat boiler operating at 450 psig with superheat at 580 º F for the municipal sanitary authority in Pittsburgh. Cannon also built ten (10) waste heat boilers for Duke Power at their Mobile Bay Co-Generation Plant in Alabama. Cannon has also designed and built waste heat boilers for other projects such as gas turbines, diesel engines and incinerators. These projects have typically ranged in cost from $100,000 to $2,500,000. Since the company was founded, Cannon has engaged in field construction projects that range from building and installing large pressure vessels & heat exchangers to the installation of a single boiler or complete industrial boiler rooms.

In 1995, the Cannon LTO Environmental System was introduced. This technology was based upon our newly developed low temperature chemical process combined with our established waste heat recovery technology. Since then, Cannon’s patented system has been installed on numerous applications reducing flue gas emissions to ZERO. This enabled Cannon to offer custom engineered units that can provide pollutant free emissions from industrial boilers at an actual savings in costs of ownership and operation.

In 1998 Cannon purchased and expanded the facility it currently occupies.

In the year 2000, Cannon began to enhance its service and construction capabilities. Through representation agreements with select manufacturers, we increased our ability to provide the latest, most energy efficient boiler room products on the market. We also expanded our skills in the construction of larger boiler plants including several "Greenfield" projects such as a complete co-generation facility.

In 2006 we become the exclusive North American licensee for manufacturing and sales of the patented Spinheat Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler.

In 2007 we underwent our first expansion of our current offices to accommodate our growth in the equipment sales and service area, and in 2008 we negotiated an agreement for an additional manufacturing facility to be occupied in 2009 as our advancement into the alternate and renewable energy segments continue.

Cannon has and will continue to be a progressive and aggressive force in our industry. We continue to develop more market opportunities, as well as developing new products and services for those markets, while continuing our tradition of quality and excellence.