The short version. If you are searching for the Enerpro Tank Panel System, you are in the right place. The system is currently manufactured and marketed as the MaxFab Tank Panel System by Max Thermal Fabricators, Edmonton, Alberta. Direct contact: 1-780-717-2956 or office@maxfab.ca. The product is unchanged.
Brand history in three paragraphs
The Enerpro Tank Panel System was developed over multiple decades by the Enerpro insulator team across the oil and gas, pulp and paper, mining, and petrochemical sectors. The system — pre-fabricated double-lock standing-seam panels, insulation laminated to pre-formed metal jacketing, sealed envelope with Surlyn moisture barrier, cable-and-clip attachment, no penetrations of the weather face — was refined in the field through hundreds of installations across Western Canada and abroad. The original entity, Enerpro Insulation Ltd, established the brand recognition for the product among industrial procurement and engineering teams.
Max Thermal Fabricators (MaxFab) is the active manufacturing entity. The fabrication facility at 24511 - 34 Street NW, Edmonton, runs the CNC plasma cutting, metal forming, lamination, and seam fabrication that produces the panels. The install crews are the same experienced industrial insulators familiar with the system, the standing-seam tooling, and the safety requirements of working at height on industrial tanks. The founding insulator team remains the system's principal technical authority.
Consolidating product branding under MaxFab matches the brand to the entity that designs, manufactures, and installs the system today. The Enerpro name is retained as the legacy product mark in recognition of the system's history and to bridge prior client documentation, project specifications, and procurement records that reference the original brand. The product, the people, the engineering, and the install methodology are unchanged.
What this means for procurement teams
For active projects already specified under the Enerpro name — no change is required. Max Thermal Fabricators manufactures to either name. Quotes, drawings, fabrication records, and installation will all reference both names where appropriate.
For new project specifications — reference the system as MaxFab Tank Panel System (formerly Enerpro Tank Panel System). The bridge formula matches industry brand-migration practice and preserves traceability to prior procurement records.
For CSI MasterFormat specifications — a Section 07 21 16 spec insert is available at maxfab.ca/resources/MaxFab_CSI_Section_07_21_16.docx for direct insertion into project specifications.
What this means for prior clients
If you previously procured the Enerpro Tank Panel System for an existing installation and need replacement panels, warranty documentation, install records, or technical support — contact Max Thermal Fabricators directly at 1-780-717-2956 or office@maxfab.ca. The fabrication and install team are the same.
If you have documents that reference the legacy domain enerproinsulation.com, please update the website reference to maxfab.ca. The legacy domain is no longer under the operation of Max Thermal Fabricators and content currently appearing there is unrelated to the manufacturer of the MaxFab Tank Panel System.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The system is now manufactured and marketed as the MaxFab Tank Panel System by Max Thermal Fabricators in Edmonton, Alberta. Same product, same fabrication team, same engineering, same install specification. Only the brand name on the product has changed.
Enerpro Insulation was the original trade name under which the founding insulator team developed and delivered the standing-seam tank panel system across the oil and gas, pulp and paper, mining, and petrochemical sectors over multiple decades. The manufacturing operation is now consolidated under Max Thermal Fabricators (MaxFab), the same Edmonton facility with the same fabrication and install crews. The Enerpro name is retained as the legacy product mark; new specifications should reference MaxFab Tank Panel System.
Max Thermal Fabricators (MaxFab), located at 24511 - 34 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T5Y 6B4. Contact: 1-780-717-2956 or office@maxfab.ca. The product, fabrication process, and install specification are unchanged. The current product name is MaxFab Tank Panel System.
No. The enerproinsulation.com domain is no longer operated by Max Thermal Fabricators and any content currently appearing on that domain is unrelated to the MaxFab Tank Panel System or the Giardino-family manufacturing operation. The current official site is maxfab.ca. Procurement teams referencing prior documents that cited enerproinsulation.com should update to maxfab.ca.
Yes, going forward. Replace “Enerpro Tank Panel System” with “MaxFab Tank Panel System (formerly Enerpro Tank Panel System)” in any new specification documents. For active projects already specified under the Enerpro name, no change is required — Max Thermal Fabricators manufactures to either name. A CSI Section 07 21 16 spec insert is available at maxfab.ca/resources/MaxFab_CSI_Section_07_21_16.docx for direct insertion into project specifications.
Max Thermal Fabricators is the active manufacturing entity. Consolidating product branding under MaxFab matches the brand to the entity that designs, manufactures, and installs the system. The Enerpro name is retained as the legacy mark in recognition of the system's history and to bridge prior client documentation.
Yes. The double-lock standing-seam jacketing, the insulation core options (closed-cell polyisocyanurate, mineral wool, or fibreglass specified to operating temperature), the Surlyn moisture barrier construction, the cable-and-clip attachment, and the install methodology are unchanged. Material specifications, ASTM references, gauges, and tolerances are unchanged. The product is the product.
Call 1-780-717-2956 or office@maxfab.ca. Quote response within 1 business day, direct from the project team. More about the team at maxfab.ca/team/.