The Boulden Team

Brian Boulden

President; specialist for DuPont™ Vespel ® CR-6100 & Krytox® Lubricants; performance, efficiency and reliability expert for rotating equipment, pumps and compressors— Boulden Company & Boulden International

1013 Conshohocken Rd. Suite 308
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Email: Brian@BouldenCompany.com
Tel: 800-523-0569
Mobile: 610-420-4132
Fax: 610-825-5544

After almost three decades serving the petrochemical industry, my business philosophy is tried, tested and proven. It’s also simple: do what’s best for the customer. No matter what product you sell, what you’re really doing is building something—a solution and a relationship—and that takes time. It’s never about a one-time sell.

The customer always comes first, but there’s one more crucial rule: have fun. As president, it’s my job to be sure that my team feels empowered and prepared to do the best job they can, and that means always putting the customer’s needs first, always learning and always having fun. When you do all that, the business is successful.

George Gates

Rotating equipment specialist and sales representative for DuPont™ Vespel ® CR-6100 & Krytox® Lubricants - East Coast U.S

1013 Conshohocken Rd. Suite 308
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Email: George@BouldenCompany.com
Tel: 800-523-0569
Mobile: 610-420-4132
Fax: 610-825-5544

My career began as a millwright (industrial mechanic) apprenticeship and later went to work on power generation, turbine driven generators. After a number of years as a millwright foreman, I worked with a software company, analyzing manufacturing companies’ operations in order to customize systems management software for each customer. Through all of those experiences, I learned the intricacies of a wide variety of equipment and the systems that use that equipment.

Another thing I learned: the only thing that counts is a total solution. You can offer the best product around, but if the right procedures and systems aren’t in place, the customer won’t see optimal results. That’s why, in addition to offering DuPont™ Vespel® and Kytox®, Boulden provides supervisory and technical support and training.  I do all kinds of training, from pump reliability to pump repair, even cradle-to-grave pump operation and documentation. We’re invested in our customers’ business, not just in sales. That’s what you get with Boulden.

Ken Holmes

Technical sales specialist for DuPont™ Vespel ® CR-6100 & Krytox® Lubricants – pump performance, efficiency and reliability expert – Gulf Coast and Central U.S.

1525 Lakeville Dr. Suite 325
Kingwood, TX 77339
Email: Ken@BouldenCompany.com
Tel: 281-348-0888
Mobile: 281-844-3278
Fax: 281-749-8116

Pump reliability technology is constantly improving and in order to provide solutions to your customer, you have to be adaptable, responsive and eager to learn.

In the ‘90s, I was part of the first team that helped bring composite use in pumps into the mainstream for refining companies. A lot of the work was trial-and-error, and we worked closely with end users to determine the best approach for replacing metals with composite to minimize pump downtime, improve safety and increase the life, reliability and performance of their pumps. Over the next couple of decades, I specialized in technical sales, product line and business unit management, ensuring that I know where application of composite materials bring the best value. Today, I bring all that experience together to envision and create custom solutions for each client’s distinct set of requirements and goals.

Relationships are the key to my business philosophy. Success is all about listening carefully to a client’s needs, following through on every detail and creating a solution that delivers results both immediately and over a pump’s life cycle.

Jim Bradshaw

Technical sales specialist for DuPont™ Vespel ® CR-6100 & Krytox® Lubricants – pump performance, efficiency and reliability expert – Gulf Coast and Central U.S.

1525 Lakeville Dr. Suite 325
Kingwood, TX 77339
Email: Jim@BouldenCompany.com
Tel: 281-348-0888
Mobile: 713-724-0995

When you call Boulden, you don’t get an automated answering service or voicemail. You always get an experienced, knowledgeable specialist, and a lot of times, you’ll get me. The bulk of my expertise is in rotating equipment, in particular centrifugal pumps that are designed to the API 610 standard. I’ve been working with rotating equipment for more than two decades, and I apply my long-term experience to our clients’ challenges every day.

Whether we are providing reliable access to composite materials, creating a turnkey solution from challenge to design to manufacturing, or offering design assistance on a particular part, our focus is service. Pump reliability is our area of expertise, but we specialize in serving our clients, whatever they might need.

Robert Aronen

Managing director, pump performance, efficiency and reliability expert, Boulden International

Succursale Luxembourg
L-8399 Windhof
Luxembourg
Email: Robert@BouldenCompany.com
Tel: +352-26-39-33-99
Mobile: +352-621-29-4321
Fax: +352-24-61-16-62

My work is focused on the reliability of rotating equipment. Since 1992, I have worked in multiple roles within the rotating equipment industry, both as a supplier of materials and components and as a customer. For four years, I worked as a refinery rotating equipment engineer which helped me understand what it takes to maximize machinery reliability.

I started using composite materials (specifically Vespel® CR-6100) to upgrade pumps in 1998. I am now recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on the application of composite materials to improve pump reliability and efficiency. My work on upgrading pumps with Vespel® CR-6100 has been published in Hydrocarbon Processing, Pumps & Systems, and at the Texas A&M Pump & Turbomachinery Symposium.

What I have learned from traveling to several hundred plants is that nearly all refineries and petrochemical plants face similar problems. Most plants in the western hemisphere were built more than 20 years ago. The pumps and other rotating machines are old and often frequently operating far from their original design point. By applying Vespel® CR-6100 along with good shop practices, plants can achieve world-class reliability with this older equipment.

David Vittes

GCC regional manager; sales engineer for synthetic, high-pressure lubricants; pump performance, efficiency and reliability expert, Boulden International FZE

Boulden International FZE

RAK Free Zone

Ras Al Khaimah

PO16111

UAE
Email: david@bouldencompany.com
Mobile: 971 561 390 157

As a Boulden International Regional Sales Manager, I am a solutions provider for rotating equipment and associated instrumentations. Ultimately my job is to add value and reduce the long term cost of running the plant equipment, reducing MTBR (mean time between repairs), and increasing the output of each machine - whether it includes one of our products or not. The ultimate goal is to provide a complete cost effective solution proposal to fit each customer’s needs.

I’m a technical expert and project manager specialist, but the most important skill I bring to my job is the ability to adapt to each customer and react to their needs. Creating solutions for mechanical equipment reliability is a process that occurs over time, so the relationship is just as critical as the product. Trust and openness in the relationship is key to ongoing communication to build the right solutions over the long term.

Andy Boulden

Technical sales specialist to the Power Generation Industry

1013 Conshohocken Rd.
Suite 308
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Email: andy@bouldencompany.com
Tel: 800-523-0569
Fax: 610-826-5544