Entries by Rick Potratz

Summer Bridge: Creating Opportunities for Engineering Students

Career opportunities for engineers abound, yet for certain underrepresented groups, these opportunities can feel beyond reach. For businesses, finding qualified engineers to fill positions while developing a diverse workforce can often be a challenge. Ergon is proud to sponsor the Summer Bridge Program at the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU), along […]

Process Oils Enters Into Marketing Agreement with Cross Oil Refining & Marketing

Process Oils to market and sell Cross Oil naphthenic base oils, expanding access to high viscosity and solvency solutions and strengthening security of supply for customers. Flowood, Miss. — Cross Oil Refining & Marketing, Inc. (“Cross Oil”) and Process Oils, Inc., an Ergon company (“Process Oils”), have entered into an offtake and marketing agreement effective August […]

Ergon Finalizes Acquisition of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P.

Ergon’s agreement to purchase all of the common and preferred units of Blueknight is approved by unitholders; Blueknight operations include 9 million barrels of liquid asphalt storage capacity across 54 terminals in 26 states Flowood, Miss. — Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions Inc. (Ergon) has announced that the transaction contemplated by the merger agreement with Blueknight […]

Ergon Refining & Marketing Supports Advancement, Professional Growth Among Employees

At Ergon, we believe purposeful growth starts with the individual desire to learn more, be more and contribute more. Ergon Refining & Marketing (R&M) is dedicated to encouraging, supporting and nurturing this desire, helping employees reach their professional potential. The following are just a few of many who have benefitted from Ergon R&M’s commitment to […]

Supporting Professional Development at Ergon

The idea of purposeful growth has been driving change within Ergon for decades. Whether attracting the right talent or developing our talent within, both are focused on meeting needs for future growth. Ergon management has always been passionate about creating opportunities to further develop our talented workforce. In this blog post, Blaine Totty, Vice President […]

Ergon Asphalt is Developing the Next Generation of Leaders

Purposeful Growth is a core value we hold dear at Ergon. We are dedicated to providing resources and opportunities for employees to reach their full professional potential because we understand employee success and organizational success go hand in hand.(You can read more about our organization-wide commitment to Purposeful Growth value here.) “People are Ergon,” said Patrick […]

Ergon Adds Esters to HyVolt Product Portfolio

Ergon is proud to announce the addition of natural soy-based and synthetic esters to the HyVolt product portfolio. HyVolt NE and HyVolt SE are engineered with high fire point and excellent moisture tolerance, making them an ideal choice for applications that require increased fire safety and/or biodegradability. Natural and synthetic esters are readily biodegradable dielectric […]