Progas

Progas GmbH & Co KG
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	1949
Seat	Dortmund , Germany
management	Achim Rehfeldt; Peter Ellinghorst;
Number of employees	around 300
Branch	power supply
Website	www.progas.de

The Progas GmbH & Co KG (proper spelling PROGAS) is a German liquid gas utilities . The company's headquarters are in Dortmund . Progas is a full member of the German Liquid Gas Association (DVFG) and currently employs around 300 people nationwide in the office and in the field.

Company profile

Progas head office in Dortmund

Progas is a liquid gas supplier for private and commercial users. The company offers heating gas for stationary and semi-stationary containers as well as bottled gas in different bottle sizes.

Liquid gas is sold nationwide via 17 company-owned liquid gas storage facilities and around 2,500 sales outlets ( e.g. hardware stores and petrol stations ). Progas coordinates its business activities in three regional centers in Hamburg , Kassel and Munich , each of which has two to three sales areas assigned. There are a total of seven sales areas in which more than 60 technical advisors work in the field.

Progas also produces aerosol propellants in its own plant in Hanover for customers in the spray can manufacturing industry throughout Europe.

history

Progas was founded on March 9, 1949 by trained bricklayer Heinz Goch in Dortmund and entered in the local commercial register. Shortly after the Second World War , the central energy supply has not yet been rebuilt across the board. Bottled gas is popular as an alternative, mobile source of energy. With two employees, Goch fills propane gas into bottles in a factory hall in Dortmund-Körne and delivers it to customers. One year later, Progas opens the first liquefied gas storage facility in Kassel .

In the years that followed, the company expanded its sales across Germany. The liquefied gas supplier is supported by around 4,000 selected companies from the HVAC trade, which sell liquefied gas on behalf of Progas and mark the beginning of the sales point model.

1964 Progas expands its product range and offers heating gas. This is transported directly to the customer by tanker truck and filled into stationary containers there. Deliveries are made via various forwarding agents , including the company Transgas , in which PROGAS is a partner.

In 1983, liquefied gas was first used as a vehicle fuel . At that time there were around 600 liquid gas filling stations in Germany. In the meantime (as of 2015) there are around 7,000 LPG filling stations nationwide, around 500 of which are supplied by Progas.

In 2000 Progas took over the liquid gas distribution for private customers from Deutsche Shell .

With the Progas biosfair product, the company will be the first German liquid gas supplier to offer climate-neutral liquid gas from 2011 . In 2016, Progas is expanding its climate neutrality to include the entire range of bottled gas. Since April 2018, Progas’s entire liquid gas range has been CO ₂ -neutral.

Products and services

Progas offers the following products and services:

Heating gas (propane / butane ) for private customers, industry and commerce,
Autogas (LPG) for private customers, industry and commerce,
Bottled gas for private customers, industry and commerce,
Forklift gas for industry and commerce,
Technical gases (in cooperation with Air Liquide ),
Heating technology ( block-type thermal power stations , gas heat pumps , solar thermal systems in cooperation with various manufacturers),

Aerosol propellants for customers in the aerosol can manufacturing industry,

Technical testing of liquid gas systems (including in cooperation with regional specialist companies).

The company is a partner in Transgas Liquid Gas Transport and Logistics GmbH & Co. KG.

Climate protection

As the first German liquefied gas supplier, Progas will be offering climate-neutral liquefied gas from 2011 with the Progas biosfair product. In the course of this, the liquefied gas supplier is participating in a reforestation project in Panama . The Progas biosfair product received the Gold Standard in 2015 , a renowned certification for climate protection projects . In the same year, Progas extends its climate neutrality to the entire company and offsets the amounts of carbon dioxide generated by the company's business activities . In 2016, the switch to climate-neutral bottled gas will also take place. Since April 2018, Progas’s entire liquid gas range has been CO ₂ -neutral.

Web links

Commons : Progas - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Refueling. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
↑ "biosfair" - climate-neutral liquid gas from Progas: liquid gas magazine. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
↑ Progas: May 13, 2016 - Climate protection in bottles | Progas. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .
↑ Progas: biosfair quality standards - certified climate protection | Progas. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .

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[1] Refueling. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .

[2] "biosfair" - climate-neutral liquid gas from Progas: liquid gas magazine. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .

[3] Progas: May 13, 2016 - Climate protection in bottles | Progas. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .

[4] Progas: biosfair quality standards - certified climate protection | Progas. Retrieved February 21, 2017 .