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About Us
Pugh Heating was established in 1939 by James Franklin Pugh. He was the oldest of three boys and two girls. In 1925 he decided to leave Tennessee and get into the automotive business and headed to Detroit. However, he ran out of money in Toledo and got his first job here picking strawberries. Later he went to work at the Baker Furnace Company. He took an electrical engineering course at the University of Toledo and built the first spot welder for the Baker Company. George Pugh followed in his father’s footsteps in the early sixties. His father insisted he learn the industry from the bottom up. George was President for twenty three years, passing the reins over to Mark Nowak in 1994. The common denominator between the three is their commitment to customer service, craftsmanship, education, quality suppliers and its employees. Less than one percent of businesses started in 1939 are still in business.
Pugh Heating and Air Conditioning History
James Franklin Pugh,
Founder
1947 Incorporated with Jean Cheetham, Earl Shelton and Warren Niswander
1953 Moved to new quarters at 2607 W. Central
1959/62 Janitrol Select Dealer
1963 Moved to 1130 Nebraska and reformed corporation
1968 Pugh Heating becomes Carrier Dealer
1971 James Pugh dies and is succeeded by George Pugh as President
1972 George Pugh reorganization of Company
1974 Mark Nowak joins Pugh Heating as an apprentice, eventually becomes CEO
1975 Moved to 4124 Secor
1977 George Pugh chairman of Carrier Dealer Council
1980 Pugh Heating employs fifteen employees
1982 George Pugh, President of Toledo Heating and A/C Contractors Assoc.
1983 Pugh Heating moves to 3317 Lagrange
1983 Mark Nowak becomes owner/ shareholder
George Pugh
President 1966-1994
1988 Employees Ed Weaver and Dave Gartz become owner/ shareholders
1989 Celebrate 50-year anniversary
1990 Thirty employees
1990 George Pugh, President of Air Conditioning Contractors of Ohio
1991 Purchase McKinney Heating and Air conditioning
1993 Forty employees
1994 Mark Nowak becomes third President and CEO of Pugh Heating
1995 Carrier Distinguished Dealer Award (Top ten dealers in nation)
1996 Purchase Skiver Heating and Cooling
Mark Nowak
President 1994-Present
1997 Mark Nowak selected to Carrier Great Lakes Process Improvement
Committee
1999 Celebrate 60-year anniversary
2000 George Pugh begins semi-retirement
2000 Mark Nowak becomes president of Toledo Heating and Air Conditioning
Contractors Assoc
2001 Mark Nowak, Chairman, City of Toledo Heating Board of Control
2004 Ground breaking for new 28,000 square foot building
2005 Grand Opening of new facility at 6400 Hamilton Dr. East, Holland, Ohio
2007 Mark Nowak appointment to the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board
