2001 brought new labs into the organization first as Coal Strip, Montana with Tom Crook as manager followed by Dickie Greg, Dusty Nagel, Ken Rolf and Levi Greer. And secondly, another lab at Bickmore, WV was started with Al Taylor as manager but closed after only one year of operation. Chuck Vidas is named manager […]
In 2000 the company opened the Amherstdale, WV lab and named Tom Jeffrey as its manager. A lab at the Coal Creek mine, WYO was also re- opened with Barb Kari as manager. Melissa Wrigley and Tanya Reynolds were also managers at some time. With the award of the national contract with Arch Coal in
A partnership of Std Labs, SAI and Kanawha Scales of Poca, Wv was formed in 1999 with key personnel from each company providing consulting services. (Discussed in the “Partnership” Section under ENSA.) A lab at Marrowbone, Wv was opened with Randy Cassidy as manager.
During the year, 1998, Appalachian States Analytical was established as a partnership of Std Labs, Gilbert Coal Testing of Gilbert, WV and Ama Bentley. Ama Bently was previously with McCoy and McCoy (a water testing firm out of Lexington, KY) and Terry Sammons was the owner of Gilbert Testing in Gilbert, WV. This new venture
In 1997 a new lab was established in Fairfield, Texas with Neil Sesco initially as manager and later with Sharon Swinson as manager. This lab was in operation until 2015 when the customer’s requirements were changed.
This year SEER Services was opened by Mick Samples which is discussed under the “Diversification” section. Mick was assisted in engineering by Tom Moore formerly of Amax Coal Co. A lab in Lookout, Wv was installed in 1996 and David Denny became manager. He was later succeeded by Clay Fields. Std Labs acquires National Laboratories
The year 1995 brought Todd Stallard into PSI as Sales Manager. Todd had obtained a degree in entrepreneurship from Gettysburg College. He then spent a couple of years working for Commercial Insurance of Charleston, WV. There he developed sales, marketing and organizational skills under the tutorship of Frank Baer who had long been a supplier
The year 1994 brought about many changes as the Coalscan Technologies partnership was officially dissolved and Kirby Martin left the business to pursue other options. About this time the Ashland Division was created with Mick Samples as Vice President. The customer, Ashland Coal Company had three labs to support their mining and transportation facilities. Two
The lab at Big Sandy, KY was closed in 1993. 1993 saw the establishment of Vanguard Technologies under Lee Rigsby to be discussed under the “Partnership” Section.
Gould Energy of New York owned by Greg Gould sold its laboratories in Cresson, Pennsylvania, Gormania, West Virginia and a saellite facility in St. Louis, Mo. to Std Labs in 1992. In addition to the new facilities, Std Labs received managers that have had tremendous impact on the parent company. Steve Miladinovich, who was Gould
