When Al Pekelney started selling Bock Water Heaters out of the back of his car while driving around New Jersey and New York in 1947, he likely wasn’t aware it was the start of what would become a 75-year-old company now representing 23 product lines.
The grassroots business Pekelney began has transformed into manufacturer’s rep agency Altherm Inc., which is celebrating 75 years in business in 2022. In 2000, Tom Gallagher, president, Vinnie Smith, vice president and Doug Adams, vice president, bought the company from Pekelney and have maintained its impressive list of long-term lines while setting the company on a path for growth.