In an effort to create a testing environment that closely matches the reality out in the field, we’ve made some improvements to the LDAR Think Tank office.

Our Special Projects Manager, Derrick Mauk, went around the compound designating “units” and hanging LDAR tags. He used our SMARTflag program to set up routes with GPS coordinates, plotted to maximize efficiency.

“We’re planning to have hundreds of these scattered all over the place,” says Derrick. “We’re even planning on hanging one on Sam (the goat). That’s a DTM right there (Editor: not because of the elevation, but because of the difficulty of keeping Sam still).”

The benefits, aside from allowing Derrick to have a little bit of fun, include more in-depth activities when we host training sessions here at the LDAR Chateau. It also lets John test our software programs to produce more accurate scenarios.

And, as our CEO, Rex Moses, promised in an earlier blog, Derrick’s tagging activities will help develop a database that we will use to design, test, refine and perfect our most exciting software product ever: Chateau!

At LDARtools, we’ll always do our best to find a better way. We’ll also make it fun for everyone involved.

Happy 2015 from LDARtools!

We are more excited about 2015, the future of LDARtools and the LDAR industry in general, than we have ever been.

A major driver of that excitement is that 2015 is going to be the year when we roll-out Chateau, our new comprehensive LDAR Database Management Program. Our phx21 analyzer has changed the standard for what an LDAR detector should be. Chateau will do the same thing for the Database and Database Management side of our industry.

Seventy-six LDAR professionals, many of them members of our LTI Design Team, have contributed their insights, feedback and suggestions. Even more importantly, they have been generous with their encouragement and support.

Our friends have every reason to expect great things: phx21 was revolutionary; it raised the bar for innovation, value and creativity.

Chateau will do even more. In fact, I believe that it will transform what you expect from your Database and enable you to manage your LDAR program in new and exciting ways.

We will be announcing the specifics of how Chateau is designed later in the year. You will be amazed.

For instance:

• You will have access to 14 different Profile Settings that you can use to manage if and when a component can, should or will be available to be monitored. Chateau will enable you to harness these Profile Settings to avoid a chronic LDAR management failure and ensure that your Emissions Calculations are what they should be.
• You will be able to choose from 16 different Status Conditions that an LDAR component can be in at any given point in time. Chateau will enable you to track and maintain all 16, or it can allow you to manage your program with as few as 4 Status Conditions. Simplicity or Sophistication: the choice is yours.
• There are 29 different reasons to perform Method 21 monitoring on an LDAR component. There are powerful reasons for having a Database that can track and manage those different reasons for you. Chateau does.

And these are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Chateau has more than 50 customizable features with more than 120 possible settings. In addition, the user will have (secure and reliable!) control over the 160 different rule specifications.

The choice will be yours: you can have a simple, straightforward LDAR Management program that is based on pre-set options and stock rules OR you can craft your version of Chateau to manage your LDAR program as if it was just that: YOURS.

Simplicity or Sophistication at your discretion—that is the core value of Chateau.

And Chateau is coming in 2015!

We hope and pray that each and every one of our customers, our prospects, our competitors and our friends will have the most prosperous and blessed year ever!

 

Regards,

Rex Moses

We’re thankful for everybody who has joined us along the way. It’s been a fantastic year, and we hope to keep bringing the best products and services to the LDAR industry.

Thank you everyone!

With the New Year upon us, the LDARtools family would like to tell you about what was the best part of 2014 for them:

Rex: The best part of 2014, for me, was the way it became a year of doing happy business with so many men and women who had been my long-term competitors, co-workers and employees. I had admired and respected these folks for almost 20 years.

In 2014, I enjoyed, more than I can say, helping them find solutions to the problems that have vexed us all for so long!

Kim: It’s been lots of fun to see all the growth this past year:

• The relationships with our distributors continues to deepen.
• Our end users group is expanding.
• We’ve established the LDAR Think Tank.
• We’ve added support staff in Dickinson.

At the center of each of these areas of growth was the terrific people we connected with.

Mike: It was very energetic and the pace continued to be fast over the last year! There are several new customers using LDARtools products, and it has been great for business.

This has meant more traveling for installations. I enjoy getting out to the sites and training new personnel on our products. The feedback from these new customers and even those who have used our products in the past, make our products what they are: superior.

I look forward to what the New Year has to offer our LDARtools family, as we expand our reach to even more customers with our outstanding products.

Erica: The past year has flown by. We have experienced amazing growth and it has been a blast to be a part of it:

• We have amazing new customers, and have built stronger relationships with our established customers.
• We put the phx21 on a new continent: Africa!
• We added some great new members to our team.

I look forward to 2015 with great excitement!

Derrick: The year 2014 has been a year of major growth in my eyes. LDARtools has taken giant steps forward to become an industry leader in LDAR innovation.

Martin: 2014 has been exciting and challenging. Can’t wait for 2015!

Chris: It’s been great so far. I look forward to the New Year.

John: The year was all about change. Since coming on board, 2014 just kept getting better and better. This next one will be just as amazing.

Jada: My year of 2014 has been full of difficult and wonderful times. I look forward to 2015 for more wonderful times than difficult.

Amy: With the combination of LDARtools’ business growth and helping our CFO with additional duties, I have been kept very busy. That’s a good thing, right? May you have a blessed Christmas and a joyful New Year!

Tim: It has been a great year. The company has been expanding at a rapid pace. New challenges and learning how to resolve them made 2014 a very fun year.

Charles: Production has increased. Progress continues at a heightened pace. Improvements everywhere! 2014 was a blast!

Kevin: We’ve been having explosive growth! Looking forward to 2015!

Jeremy: The best part of 2014 would be reaching the 500 phx21 milestone a few months ago. I also got more tools to keep making improvements on our best products.

David: It’s an honor and privilege to be part of this great family and company. The year has been amazing.

Joe: I have had great experiences in 2014 as part of this great team and family that I’ve come to call my own.

Michael: I’ve had a lot of new experiences and opportunities in the past year. I just feel extremely blessed.

Wakeel: I found a great job as part of the LDARtools family. It was a very good year for me.

Warren: It’s been a wonderful journey with all the new experiences. Plus, I finished building my first phx21!

Maureen: Being part of the LDARtools family for the past few months has been a true blessing. I have enjoyed the opportunity to work with great people and contribute to this growing company for a few hours a week while having the time to focus on my own growing family.

This Christmas season, we’re happy to spread some cheer and help out your LDAR program at the same time.

One of our most valued Distributors traded in 48 competitor Bluetooth devices for c2s. So we decided to extend this offer to everyone:

For just $393.75, any TVA Bluetooth device can be traded in for a brand new c2!

Please contact sales@ldartools.com or call 1-877-788-1110 ext. 2 for more details.