History

About

As an entrepreneur, John F. Straitz, Sr. started our company in 1912 and we have been family owned and operated ever since. NAO started out under the name National AirOil Burner Company, and originally produced gas/oil burners for refineries and other industrial, commercial and residential installations. Today our business centers only on fully engineered solutions for combustion, pollution, safety and energy control.

We design and manufacture flares, burners, fabricated vessels, clean-air combustion systems, pollution control solutions, safety equipment, and other environmental components to the highest possible quality level that is consistent with the requirements of our client’s job specifications. Standard NAO burners are available for forced or natural draft firing in any position with oil, gas, combination fuels, and waste liquid/gas/vapors. NAO also manufacturers low noise, low NOx burners and high-intensity burners that can be fired with various fuels, including low-BTU waste gases. Still another accomplishment is the state-of-the art “self-diagnostic” fully automatic ignition and monitoring/control panels designed and manufactured for nuclear power plants and aerospace applications.

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

Our customers include all major energy corporation’s (oil, gas, LNG, LPG, petroleum refining), energy transportation, storage facilities (natural gas, hydrocarbon pipelines, gasoline loading terminals, crude-oil ships, and barges), and worldwide producers of chemical/petrochemical, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, basic metals, electrical power plants, government projects and many other process industries. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; we are pioneering technical innovations and providing safe, practical and quality solutions for our clients’ problems worldwide. We provide design, manufacturing, and testing operations with our Pennsylvania & Texas facilities. We also have trained local sales representatives from around the globe. Our management teams are direct descendants of the original founder. With over 106 years of experience the Corporate goal of NAO and its dedicated employees is to remain the worldwide leader in providing fully engineered and ultra-reliable solutions to problems involved in combustion, pollution, safety, and energy control. Over the years, NAO’s products, systems and services have earned a reputation for reliability and trouble-free performance throughout the world; we are proud of our products and make them to last.

Over the years, NAO’s products, systems and services have earned a reputation for reliability and trouble-free performance throughout the world; we are proud of our products and make them to last.

With over 100 years of experience NAO has earned a worldwide reputation for reliability and trouble-free performance.