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About Kirschner Associates, Inc Kirschner Associates was begun on July 1, 1984 and was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 14, 1986. The company began as the result of Patterson-Kelley Company closing its Regional New England Sales Office. Prior to that Mr. Robert F. Kirschner, owner of Kirschner Associates was the Regional Sales Manager for Patterson-Kelley Company and had been employed by them since January 7, 1957. Occupying the former Patterson-Kelley offices in Middleboro since 1986, business growth resulted in Kirschner Associates building an office and warehouse and relocated there in January 2000. Presently they warehouse some boilers, boiler parts and chimney materials for all types of fuels. Having a strong background in heat transfer, heat exchangers, water heaters and boilers Kirschner Associates, Inc now represents 1. Patterson-Kelley Company, manufacturer of boilers and water heaters, 2. Rite Manufacturing and Engineering, a manufacturer of steel boilers, 3. National Combustion Company, a manufacturer of gas-fired water heaters and boilers, 4. Shaw-Perkins, a manufacturer of heavy-duty radiation, 5. Ameridex, a manufacturer of plate heat exchangers, and 6. Security Chimneys, a manufacturer of all types of chimney and vent material for boilers and other fired equipment. Robert F. Kirschner, President, and Margaret J. Kirschner, holds ownership of all stock of the corporation. A Board of Directors consists of the stockowners and David P. Kirschner, Vice President, Robert F. Kirschner, Jr., Assistant Treasurer, and Alan R. Kirschner who is a registered professional engineer with another company. Mr. Robert F. Kirschner is a mechanical engineer with extensive experience in the design and sales of heat transfer equipment of all types. He holds several U.S. Patents on water heaters and heat exchangers that were manufactured by Patterson-Kelley. He was Manager of Technical Services of Patterson-Kelley Company and Regional Manager of branch offices in East East Stroudsburg PA, Chicago, IL and Boston, MA. Prior to employment with Patterson-Kelley, Mr. Kirschner was with the Whitlock Manufacturing Co., Inc in Elmwood, CT as a design and sales engineer of shell and tube heat exchangers for the pulp and paper industry, power plant and nuclear power industry.

Buckley Associates is a leading manufacturer, distributor and manufacturer representative of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products. The company manufactures a wide range of HVAC products, including duct access doors, duct take-off fittings, equipment supports, fire dampers, flexible aluminum duct, louvers, plenums and transitions, roof curbs, security, and burglar bars and silencers. Buckley Associates products are manufactured at its headquarters in Hanover, Mass. The company also has plants in Connecticut, New York and New Hampshire. Buckley Associates operates Buckley Air Products Incorporated, the manufacturing arm of Buckley Associates. Buckley Air Products distributes its products throughout New England and upstate New York.