Enquirer Consulting Group
David Crawford | Atlas Hose & Gasket | October 2026
As of 13 Oct 2026
Atlas Hose & Gasket supplies and fabricates industrial hose, gaskets, belting and sealing products from New Orleans and Baton Rouge, with custom hose assembly, CNC gasket cutting and emergency fabrication around the clock.
This map lays out the organizations that should know about that work: the groups they sit in, how large each group is where a clean public count exists, and who usually signs off inside each one.
The groups follow the industries Atlas Hose & Gasket names on its own site, from refineries and shipyards to breweries, utilities, contractors and the hotels and venues of the Gulf South.
Counts are firms across the United States, not only the Gulf South, and are banded on purpose. A firm with several plants or yards counts once. City, parish and state utilities, public universities and other public bodies sit outside these counts, and the venue group spans too many kinds of owner for one clean count.
| Group | Organizations in the US | Under 20 staff | 20 to 99 | 100 to 499 | 500 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refineries and other petroleum product makers, and plants making basic chemicals, resins and synthetic rubber | about 3,200 | about 1,500 | about 780 | about 470 | about 500 |
| Shipyards, vessel operators, and port and terminal operators | about 3,900 | about 3,000 | about 500 | about 230 | about 180 |
| Food and beverage plants, breweries and distilleries among them | about 37,000 | about 28,000 | about 6,500 | about 1,700 | about 770 |
| Power plants and electric utilities, and water and wastewater systems | about 6,400 | about 5,000 | about 870 | about 330 | about 180 |
| Plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractors | about 110,000 | about 96,000 | about 9,400 | about 1,200 | about 220 |
| Hotels, casinos, convention centers, stadiums, hospitals and universities | no clean public count |
US firm counts by industry code, banded deliberately.
Titles vary with size. At a smaller firm the owner or general manager often holds most of these seats, and at a large plant the order may run through a central purchasing team.
| Group | Who usually signs off | Who also weighs in |
|---|---|---|
| Refineries and chemical plants | Maintenance manager or reliability manager, with the plant's purchasing lead | Turnaround planner, process safety and EHS, the plant manager on larger programs |
| Shipyards, vessel operators, ports and terminals | Port engineer at a vessel operator, purchasing manager at a shipyard, maintenance manager at a terminal | Vessel chief engineers, the yard's production lead, safety and compliance |
| Food and beverage plants, breweries and distilleries | Maintenance manager or plant engineer, the head brewer or owner at a craft brewery | Quality and food safety lead, purchasing, the plant manager |
| Power plants, utilities and water systems | Maintenance superintendent or plant manager, with procurement at larger and public utilities | Plant engineers, operations supervisors, the bid and contracts office at a public utility |
| Plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractors | Owner or purchasing manager, the project manager on a large job | Field superintendents and the service manager |
| Hotels, casinos, venues, hospitals and universities | Director of engineering or chief engineer, the facilities director at a hospital or campus | General manager, purchasing, the maintenance supervisors on each shift |
| Group | What moves the decision |
|---|---|
| Refineries and chemical plants | Planned shutdowns on tight windows, hose and gaskets rated for heat, pressure and aggressive chemicals, and test records that hold up in a safety audit |
| Shipyards, vessel operators, ports and terminals | Saltwater corrosion, vessels that cannot sit idle waiting for a part, and pressure tested assemblies with the papers to prove it |
| Food and beverage plants, breweries and distilleries | Food-grade hose and gaskets that pass inspection, clean-in-place and hot transfer lines, and a line that cannot stop mid batch |
| Power plants, utilities and water systems | Steam, cooling and treatment systems that run around the clock, parts that fit older equipment, and a supplier who answers at night |
| Plumbing, heating and air conditioning contractors | Parts on the job site when the schedule says, gaskets and fittings cut to the drawings, and one supplier who picks up the phone |
| Hotels, casinos, venues, hospitals and universities | A leak during a full house or a big event, kitchen, plumbing and HVAC repairs done overnight, and a vendor who shows up the same day |
In most of these groups the maintenance or engineering lead picks the supplier, often after one emergency job goes well, and purchasing turns that into an approved vendor and a standing order. At a large plant or utility a new vendor may first need to clear a safety and approval process before any order can be placed.
Contractors and venues decide faster and closer to the work: the owner, the project manager or the chief engineer calls whoever answers and delivers, and keeps calling them.
The people who usually sign at the groups above, one a company. Work emails and phone numbers checked on Oct 13, 2026.
| Name | Role | Company | Where | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruben Alonso Jr. | Maintenance Manager | Refined Technologies | Houston, TX | +1 346 702 2792 | |
| Andrew Cruz | Maintenance Manager | Enterprise Products | Houston, TX | +1 210 279 4981 | |
| Verl Johnson | Maintenance Manager | Dragon Products Ltd | Orem, UT | +1 801 623 2235 | |
| Darrall Harris | Maintenance Manager | Alabama Power Company | Quinton, AL | +1 205 542 5263 | |
| Bruno Santos | Plant Engineering & Maintenance Manager | OneSubsea | Daphne, AL | +1 850 867 1548 | |
| Ralph Fusco | Purchasing Manager | Economy Polymers & Chemicals | Houston, TX | rfusco@economypolymers.com | +1 281 221 2356 |
| Seán Williams | Sr Global Purchasing Manager | Verdant Specialty Solutions | Plainfield, IL | sean.williams@verdantspecialty.com | +1 866 828 0799 |
| Anita Jones | Plant Manager | Kuraray America, Inc. | Houston | +1 832 439 3621 | |
| Keith Hopkins | Plant Manager | ALTIVIA | Houston, TX | khopkins@altivia.com | +1 713 376 1637 |
| Russell Whitehead | Site Director (Plant Manager) | Ecoservices | Baton Rouge, LA | russell.whitehead@eco-services.com | +1 225 937 2390 |
Built from public federal registries and the company's own website, counts banded deliberately.
If a walk-through is useful, pick a time at cal.com/ecg.
Prepared by Ben Beattie, ben@enquirerconsulting.com.