If ThermTech was a person, they would make it into Heat Treat Today's 40 Under 40 Class of 2022 as a notable company at 40 years old. In May, ThermTech of Waukesha, Wisconsin celebrated 40 years, having been founded in 1982 by Charles E. Wiberg. Wiberg’s previous company, Midland Metal, was sold in 1980 and he used his industry knowledge to start ThermTech and in turn worked with his son and daughter, Steven Wiberg and Mary Wiberg Springer, who now own and run the company.
The company specializes in everything except induction hardening, and they have three operating business units: carburizing/bath unit, vacuum/tool steel unit, and the austemper/foundry products unit. ThermTech believes in investing in their people, so that they will invest in the company. This has proven to be true as over 70 of their 137 employees have over 10 years of experience.
ThermTech has grown significantly since the beginning when they had only a couple of used furnaces, including two Ipsen T11s from the 60s. Mary and Steve’s father always told them to “Witness the turtle: he moves forward slowly with his neck fully extended.” Though it may be slow movement, their goal is to never stop moving forward. Every couple of years they take on equipment and physical expansion projects. Current projects include a new office facility and a new austemper line for the austempering facility.
This Waukesha company serves the automotive and aerospace industries as well as military, mining, agriculture (heavy equipment), and construction (housing). Processes include hardening, tempering, vacuum treatments, annealing, and surface treatments such as flame hardening, carburizing, and
more. They can also perform blast cleaning, cryogenic treatments, normalizing, straightening, and stress relieving.
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The company focuses on partnering with customers on the front end of projects to help them understand complex specifications. Their job launch team is composed of metallurgical engineers, quality experts, and people with excellent practical knowledge. The internal maintenance department is headed by an engineer with 30 years in the industry.
Many different things can pass through a heat treatment facility, whether that be parts up to 6,000 lbs., parts that have come from all over the world, or a robot! Right now, the company is most excited about their first robot which they will receive in September. They are eager to see how robotic technology can help during this labor shortage, hopefully gaining efficiency and decreasing costs.
ThermTech wants to be known as a company that does not live in the past, but moves forward in innovation, vitality, and creativity driven by a core of younger employees in the management group, always striving for quality, fair pricing, excellent service, and technical partnership.
As they look to the future, the team plans to continue taking on new customer challenges and serving them into the next century as the hands of the third generation and many dedicated staff guide the company forward with innovation and efficiency.
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