History of Cannon Boiler Works, Inc.

A tradition of excellence…

Cannon Boiler Works, Inc. was founded on November 7, 1972 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to conduct business as a specialty manufacturer and service company. In 1976, Cannon expanded it’s capabilities to include an ASME Code program for specialty manufacturing of boilers and pressure vessels – skills that allowed Cannon to remain viable through two severe recessions.

In 1978, the worldwide energy crisis prompted Cannon to focus on developing energy recovery products. The experience gained in the field construction and service business provided us with the insight to the requirements for a long lasting serviceable equipment design. Our equipment could be retrofitted to existing boilers, or sold to a boiler manufacturer for use on new equipment. As Cannon’s marketing and engineering efforts were increasing, natural gas prices began to rise dramatically, opening a large market for our equipment on packaged firetube boilers.

In 1980, during the development of Cannon’s small heat recovery unit, they simultaneously developed the manufacturing facility for producing the heart of all energy recovery equipment – finned tubing. The capability to produce their own finned tubing enabled Cannon to become more self reliant in manufacturing it’s heat recovery products with the added tremendous potential of producing custom finned tubing for others. Cannon’s unique and proven manufacturing process for producing brazed finned tubing has established them as a leader of brazed finned tube products in the United States.

In 1985 Cannon expanded its product base to include the design, manufacture and installation of our forced circulation waste heat boilers. Cannon built two (2) 35,000#/hr waste heat boiler operating at 450 psig with superheat at 580 º F for the municipal sanitary authority in Pittsburgh. Cannon recently also built ten (10) waste heat boilers for Duke Power at their Mobile Bay Co-Generation Plant in Alabama. Cannon has also designed and built waste heat boilers for other projects such as gas turbines, diesel engines and incinerators. These projects have typically ranged in cost from $100,000 to $2,500,000. Since the company was founded, Cannon has engaged in field construction projects that range from building and installing large pressure vessels & heat exchangers to the installation of complete boiler rooms.

In 1995, the Cannon LTO Environmental System was introduced. This technology was based upon our newly developed low temperature chemical process combined with our established waste heat recovery technology. Since then, Cannon’s patented system has been installed on numerous applications reducing flue gas emissions to zero. This will enable Cannon to offer custom engineered units that can provide pollutant free emissions from industrial boilers at an actual savings in costs of ownership and operation.

In 1998 Cannon purchased and expanded the facility it currently occupies. We have been an aggressive and progressive force in our marketplace. Cannon continues to look for more market opportunities and develop new products for those markets while continuing its tradition of excellence.