NOCO Energy Corporation is a family-owned and operated corporation based in Tonawanda, New York (a suburb of Buffalo). The company specializes in gasoline, commercial fuels, industrial lubricants, bio-products, home energy fuel, and heating and cooling systems.
Until 2019, NOCO operated 39 gas stations in Western New York, under the NOCO Express banner. They exited out of the convenience store business and sold 33 of them to Marathon Petroleum Corp. under the Speedway (store) banner. The other 6 were leased to private owners under their own banners. [1]
History
The company was founded in 1933 by Reginald B. Newman; it was incorporated as R.B. Newman Fuel Company on January 12, 1948. Donald F. Newman and Reginald B. Newman II, his sons, joined the company in 1954 and 1960, respectively. With the sons there, the company acquired a new terminal facility and expanded the product lines. The company's first gas station was opened in 1964.[2]