May 1, 2011
Engel & Gray, Inc. begins a year of celebration in recognition of their 65th anniversary. Located in the same building Carl Engel and Joe Gray started their partnership back in May of 1946. Both worked for Union Oil Company Carl running the local transportation division and Joe running the gasoline station at the corner of Broadway and Stowell Roads. The story goes that Carl drove into the station and asked Joe if he wanted to go into the trucking business, and Joe just pulled the doors closed and jumped in the truck. That partnership lasted for over 50 years. 65 years has seen a lot of changes to the trucking business and evolved into a small diversified business that works to compliment each segment of the operation. Today owned by the Engel family and run by Carl Engel Jr. and Bob Engel the company consist of a trucking, construction service and regional composting facility serving the Central Coast.
