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Company History
Management
Associations
Locations
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Telfer Companies specialize in the manufacture, distribution, and
transportation of asphalt products. Our
services include: chip sealing, NovaChip® ,
dust control, fabric installation, sand sealing/scrub sealing, fog
sealing, tack coat, prime coat and CTB cure. Our services are performed
by following divisions : Continental Western Transportation,
Telfer Geosynthetics, Telfer Oil Company, Western Oil and Spreading
and Windsor Fuel Company. The Telfer Companies' products include:
emulsions, dust palliatives, cutbacks, geotextiles, paving fabrics,
paving grids, paving mats and PASS®. Founded in 1958
with roots that go back to the heart of the very first roads in
the 1920s, the Telfer Companies have what it takes to get
the job done and done right. We are proud to service clients in
Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Utah and Oregon
from our eight California locations. Contact
us today to see what we can do for you.
The Telfer Companies were founded
in 1958 by John (“Jack”)
W. Telfer, but its roots extend deep into the history of California’s
road construction industry
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Company History
 In
1946, Jack worked for Shell Oil Company in Martinez, a small town
in Northern California that played host to great industrial expansion due
to the proximity of shipping and rail services. At Shell, Jack was involved
in product research and development. The 1950s and 1960s were boom times
for California’s
construction industry and in 1958, Jack had purchased Blomquist
tank lines and eventually changed the name to Telfer Tank Lines.
In the ensuing years, Telfer Tank Lines acquired two other tank truck companies:
J.P. Breen and Co. and Allyn Transportation Co.
In the mid-1970s, the business grew internationally
when it was hired to transport asphalt from Los Angeles refineries
to Mexico for the legendary Baja 1000 road race, which takes
place annually to this day in Ensenada, Baja California.
In the late-1970s under the new direction of then-General
Manager, Michael S. Telfer, the Asphalt Service Company, (a wholly
owned subsidairy of Telfer Tank Lines) opened an asphalt emulsion
facility to focus on manufacturing and application of road grade
asphalt emulsions. In
1980, Mike and John Telfer started Continental Western Transportation
based in Fontana, California. 2 years later, the operation moved
to San Diego, where it is today.
 In
1984, to expand their service area, Mike and John Telfer acquired
Windsor Fuel of Windsor, Calif. ; in 1985, they purchased Western
Asphalt/Moore Bros. of of Sacramento, Calif. (renamed to Western
Oil & Spreading); and the Douglas Oil Terminal of Pittsburg, Calif.
 The
Telfer Companies have continued to grow into the new millennium.
In 2001, the Telfer Companies (through Windsor Fuel Company) became
a licensee for the NovaChip® paving process by Koch Pavement Solutions.
NovaChip® is widely used in Europe, but is relatively new to the
United States. The Telfer Companies are now distributors and applicators
of the product. Also in 2001, the company formed its Telfer Geosynthetics
division. In 2003, the Telfer Companies
sold their Pittburg operation (The world's largest liquid polymer modification facililty)
to Valero Energy Corporation, the second
largest producer of petroleum products in the United States.
 Today,
the company’s
commitment to excellence, quality and integrity continues. With $40M
in revenue, eight locations, 300 full-time and seasonal employees
(many with a tenure of over 20, 30, even 40 years), a fleet of over
100 vehicles, and hundreds of clients in the Western United States,
the Telfer Companies are leading the industry. The companies’ clients
include government agencies, private property owners and commercial
businesses in agriculture (including vineyards and winemakers),
general contractors and other construction-related companies.
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Locations
 The
Telfer Companies specialize in highway and street construction
and maintenance; manufacturing; distribution and transportation.
The companies
service clients in Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho, Washington,
Utah and Oregon through these divisions
-Continental Western Transportation
-Telfer Geosynthetics
-Telfer Oil Company
-Western Oil and Spreading
-Windsor Fuel Company
 Our services include:
-Chip Sealing
-Bonded Wearing Course (NovaChip®)
-Dust Control
-Fabric Installation
-Sand Sealing/Scrub Sealing
-Fog Sealing
-Tack Coat
-Prime Coat
-CTB Cure
Our products include:
-Emulsions
-Dust Palliatives
-Cutbacks
-Geotextiles
-Paving Fabrics
-Paving Grids
-Paving Mats
-PASS® (emulsified asphalt surface treatment)
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Associations
 The Telfer Companies are members of:
-Asphalt Interlayer
Association (AIA)
-The Associated General Contractors
of America (AGC of America)
-CALTRANS Certificate of Compliance
Task Group
-CALTRANS Rubber Concrete Task Group
-California Chip Seal
Association (CCSA)
-IECA (International Erosion
Control Association)
-Maintenance Superintendents
Association
-Northern
California Asphalt Producers Association (NCAPA)
-Pacific
Coast User Producer Group
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Management
Telfer Companies
Michael S. Telfer
President
Telfer Companies
mstelfer@telfercompanies.com
John A. Telfer
Executive
Vice President
jtelfer@telfercompanies.com
 Telfer Oil Company
Dan Frankel
Vice President, Operations
dfrankel@telfercompanies.com
Hans Ho, Ph.D.
Technical and Environmental Director
hans.ho@telferoil.com
Continental Western Transportation
Greg Smith
General Manager
gsmith@telfercompanies.com
Telfer Geosynthetics
Rick Morey
General Manager
rmorey@telfercompanies.com
Western Oil and Spreading
Bob Putz
Sales Manager
bputz@telfercompanies.com
Windsor Fuel Company
Karl Meyers
General Manager
kmeyers@telfercompanies.com
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