Monarch Oil Company Inc. Email Format
AutomotivePennsylvania, United States11-50 Employees
Monarch Oil Company Inc. is a privately held firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a workforce of 11 to 50 employees. It operates in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry and serves a regional market within approximately 1.5 hours of its Washington Boulevard office. The company was founded in 1934 when Maurice Lyon signed an agreement with Empire Oil Co., which later became Wolf's Head Oil Co.; Monarch became one of the nation’s first Wolf’s Head distributors and has maintained Wolf's Head products through three generations of family ownership. Leadership is currently under president Harry Zionts, with prior family transitions, and the company added a full-time sales manager in 2008, Ron Wickwire. Over time, Monarch expanded its product lines to include Kendal, Pennzoil, Shell, Mobil 1, and Berkebile chemicals, added fuel treatments, and launched its own line of lubricants, Monarch Performance Products, in 2009.