Company History

Mr. W. E. Veenschoten founded Veenschoten and Company in 1953 as a Manufacturer’s representative for Copes-Vulcan, Incorporated in Alabama and NW Florida. His father, Mr. V. V. Veenschoten, was one of the original founders of Copes in 1912, and held patents on the original boiler feedwater regulators.

In 1954, Veenschoten and Company became Representative/Distributor for Electronics Corporation of America, Fireye Division for the state of Alabama. We have had this account, uninterrupted for 48 years.
The company was incorporated in January 1972.

Clyde H. Hunter and Ace Rickard purchased Veenschoten, in December 1997. The Knoxville office was relocated to Chattanooga Tennessee in August 1998.

Clyde and Ace have over thirty-five years of combined experience in the sale, design and application of industrial equipment primarily for the Utility, Pulp and Paper, and Petrochemical Industries.

"We provide design and engineering expertise in the sizing and application of general-duty and severe service valves for liquid and gas service; burner/boiler controls, flame safety devices and igniters; environmental monitors and CEM systems; gas/oil burner shutoff valves; and linear and rotary electro-hydraulic and pneumatic actuators for all types of valves, dampers and diverters"
Our application experience includes large fossil fuel fired utility and recovery boilers; Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Units; and Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG)