Established in 1920 in NY City with manufacturing on Long Island, Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation leads the industry in the production

The corporation's main division, Preferred Utilities, produces heavy-duty #2 through #6 oil and natural gas burners for industrial, commercial and institutional applications. Its second division, Preferred Instruments, is a manufacturer of combustion instrumentation, flame safe guard systems, microprocessor-based electric actuators, controllers, and instruments and consists of two acquisitions: General Controls and Reliance Instruments. Founded in 1890 and purchased in 1972, the corporation's...

The corporation's main division, Preferred Utilities, produces heavy-duty #2 through #6 oil and natural gas burners for industrial, commercial and institutional applications. Its second division, Preferred Instruments, is a manufacturer of combustion instrumentation, flame safe guard systems, microprocessor-based electric actuators, controllers, and instruments and consists of two acquisitions: General Controls and Reliance Instruments. Founded in 1890 and purchased in 1972, the corporation's third division, W. N. Best Combustion Equipment, also produces industrial #2 - #6 oil and gas burners, along with specialty burners and systems for the thermal decomposition of contaminated petroleum products for heat recovery and product regeneration such as sulfuric acid.