Chuck Hartwig – Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40

Chuck earned his undergraduate degree in Finance from Georgetown University and his BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. He has presented at ASM Heat Treating Society and ForgeFair by invitation.  As Plant Metallurgist at Therm-Tech of Waukesha, Inc., he has managed internal quality assurance, production planning, process design & optimization, and technical sales consultation, leading the company through rapid growth and unprecedented profitability and providing state of the art training to managers and production personnel. Chuck's metallurgical skills have garnered him accolades from a wide swath of the customer base from solving difficult mechanical properties on projects. His understanding of quench capabilities in relation to the section sizes of various alloys is a highly needed skill, vital to the success of the heavy manufacturing community in the upper midwest. He is viewed as a valuable asset by several executive layers from purchasing through sales, engineering, COOs and CEOs of major customers.