The Power Service Story

When Al Kramer mixed up the first batch of Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement in his garage in 1956, he knew he was onto something. It simply worked better than anything he had seen during his years as a chemist for a major oil company.

Al’s son, Ed Kramer, helped market Power Service, taking it directly to the truckers who needed it. With a simple shaker test in the parking lot of a local truckstop, he put Power Service up against the leading diesel fuel additives. The results were undeniable. Power Service simply worked better than anything on the market. The truckers took note and so did the truckstop owner who agreed to carry the product.

When Ed took over management of the business in 1971, he had only one product to sell. He knew that a strong distributor network was essential to the company’s growth and success, so he used the same resourcefulness he showed early on in his career, and immediately began securing new warehouse distributors. By 1976, Power Service Diesel Fuel Supplement was available throughout the U.S.A, and by 1981 was the nation’s best seller — a title still held today.

The distribution network in place, Power Service then began developing diesel-fuel treatments to meet the needs of major fleets wanting reliable winter-fuel operability at a low per-gallon treatment cost. About that same time, premium diesel fuel sales were just taking off, so Power Service started developing products to give fuel-jobbers and truckstops the competitive edge they needed for premium fuel sales.

Today, Power Service Products of Weatherford, Texas, offers a complete line of diesel fuel additives. What started over 50 years ago in a small, one-car garage has grown into one of the industry’s biggest and most endearing success stories. Power Service Products is a recognized leader in diesel fuel additive technology — a company dedicated to giving more power to you.