WAUCONDA – Almost on a daily basis, Todd and Beverly Hendrix of Mundelein have an opportunity to teach someone something new about alternative fuel.

Through their family business, Hendrix Industrial Gastrux, the husband-and-wife team work on converting gasoline engines to instead run on alternative fuel, such as compressed natural gas (CNG) and propane.

Hendrix Industrial Gastrux had its beginnings in Evanston, where Todd’s father, Cleve Hendrix, began supplying propane conversion systems for forklifts in 1954.