L-R: Kenneth Taylor, Paul Taylor, Joe Watkins and Chris Taylor

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    “Before I bought Air Depot, I ran another company, retired and came out of retirement to start over again,” Taylor said. 

“Since taking over, revenue has increased 100 percent.  We have grown every year.  The most recent changing event was merging with another company called Air Remedies.  We folded their organization and their people into our company.”

According to Taylor, the best part of his job is seeing the growth of the city and being able to meet and talk to the people who help make it happen.

Air Depot has an annual Christmas party where employees and their spouses get together for dinner.

“It is a challenge every year to pick an interesting place to go eat,” Taylor said.  “This year we went to a lodge near Kuykendahl and FM 1960.”

Taylor says Joe Watkins was the owner of Air Remedies and is now driving sales for Air Depot.

“My brother Paul is the service and production manager and Daniel Weber is the controller.

In his free time, Taylor says he used to do a lot of coaching for his son’s baseball and basketball teams.

“My older son Chris is working full time with me as a parts procurement manager,” he said.  “My youngest son, John, chose another profession in a different industry.”

Air Depot provides air conditioning service, repair and replacement for commercial and residential jobs. The company also provides commercial air conditioning installations.   -ab