Colin Pashia – Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40

Name: Colin Pashia
Company: ABB Motors & Mechanical, Inc.
Position: Project Engineer & Metallurgist

 Colin has a true passion for heat treatment and metallurgy. He was the former chief metallurgist for ABB/Baldor in the U.S. Southeast and took on the title of project manager at ABB Motors & Mechanical to gain practical experience on the shop floor. He brings experience in initial recipe development of induction heat treatment of bearing and gearing products; performing root cause failure analysis of bearings, gearings, and PT components; qualifying potential new raw material suppliers against internal and industry standards; evaluation of low pressure carburizing process for bearing product; maintaining a metallurgical lab for consumables for new lab equipment. He is currently engaged with new induction purchases and new batch I.Q. purchases. At 28, Colin is the future of our industry.

Nominated by: Baldor Electric