Global Insider 02/2010 - Seco-Warwick
Global Insider 02/2010 - Seco-Warwick
Global Insider 02/2010 - Seco-Warwick
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2/<strong>2010</strong><br />
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE<br />
WIn an industry that<br />
demands design precision<br />
for an ever-changing<br />
market, Retech satisfies the<br />
requirement for vacuum<br />
metallurgical equipment and<br />
processes that are both<br />
proven and state-of-the-art. Since 1963, Retech<br />
has supplied equipment to Europe, Asia and<br />
North America, with over half of our products<br />
built to service the international market in<br />
aerospace, energy, medical, nuclear, and<br />
powder metallurgical markets. A firm<br />
knowledge of our customers' needs, as well as<br />
an understanding of the importance of<br />
producing cost-effective technologies, is the<br />
foundation upon which Retech is built.<br />
The company was originally formed in<br />
1963 under the name of Schlienger<br />
Engineering, Inc. by Max Schlienger. In 1968,<br />
the company received its first patent for its<br />
Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) furnace design.<br />
The business was sold to Corning Glass in<br />
1973 and then reacquired by Schlienger in<br />
1975. At which time, it was moved to<br />
Mendocino County, CA, and renamed Retech,<br />
Inc. In 1995, the business was sold to<br />
Lockheed and became the Retech division of<br />
Lockheed Environmental Systems and<br />
Technologies Company. In December 1998,<br />
Retech Services, Inc. was formedas a wholly<br />
owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin<br />
Corporation.<br />
The company became Retech Systems LLC<br />
in January 2001 after a management buyout by<br />
Jim Goltz and Peter Ottmer. In May 2007,<br />
SECO/WARWICK Group and Retech Systems<br />
LLC entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement<br />
to combine resources and expertise to engineer,<br />
manufacture, sell and service Retech's vacuum<br />
processing equipment worldwide. The joint<br />
venture was a very logical step as many of<br />
SECO/WARWICK's customers are also Retech<br />
customers. Retech's equipment is seen in the<br />
melting, casting, and refining processes and S/<br />
W's in the heat treating and brazing operations.<br />
Thus, the complementary equipment that<br />
has been brought together in this alliance has<br />
broadened Retech and SECO/WARWICK's<br />
combined portfolio of product offerings.<br />
SECO/WARWICK has manufacturing<br />
facilities in Pennsylvania, USA and Poland that<br />
are complementary to Retech's USA facilities in<br />
California and New Jersey. Retech has recently<br />
established an office facility in New Jersey<br />
(USA) as the center of excellence for the Retech<br />
Vacuum Arc Remelt product group and to<br />
support joint efforts with the SECO/WARWICK<br />
S.A. Vacuum Team. In <strong>2010</strong> another new<br />
venture was formed in China. SECO/WARWICK<br />
Retech Thermal Equipment Manufacturing<br />
Tianjin Co., Ltd (SWR) in Tianjin China.<br />
With focused support from Retech and<br />
SWSA, SWR will launch aluminum<br />
brazing, vacuum, thermal, and Retech<br />
technologies to the Chinese market in the<br />
very near future.<br />
With approximately 12550m2 of<br />
engineering, manufacturing, R&D and<br />
assembly/test facility, Retech demonstrates<br />
a high level of comprehensive production<br />
capabilities. Our design flexibility allows us<br />
to create custom equipment for any<br />
processes which require close control of<br />
critical melting parameters. Our team of<br />
engineering, manufacturing and research<br />
specialists work with each customer to tailor<br />
relevant, reliable, cost-effective solutions for<br />
the production of specialty metals.<br />
Retech is nestled in the northern part of the<br />
wine country in Ukiah, California, two hours<br />
north of San Francisco. Northern California is<br />
home to Mendocino County, which is<br />
comprised of beautiful natural landscapes<br />
including lakes, rivers, mountains, redwood<br />
groves, rugged coastline and beaches that are<br />
enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.<br />
Besides being the world's leading supplier of<br />
Cold Hearth Melting Furnaces, Retech is also<br />
the most integrated manufacturer of a broad<br />
range of vacuum and controlled-atmosphere<br />
furnaces. Advanced process technologies<br />
offered by Retech for melting, refining and<br />
casting titanium, titanium alloys, and other<br />
reactive and refractory metals include: electron<br />
beam cold hearth melting, electron beam direct<br />
melting, electron beam welding, plasma cold<br />
hearth melting, consumable casting, cold wall<br />
induction, vacuum arc remelt, plasma<br />
consolidation, plasma welding, Rototrode®<br />
(non consumable casting), powder systems,<br />
laboratory systems and custom engineered<br />
systems.<br />
Given the complementary technologies and<br />
combined strengths of Retech and SECO/<br />
WARWICK, our strategic alliance has prepared<br />
us to better succeed in an ever-changing and<br />
fast-growing global market.<br />
Jim Goltz,<br />
President, Retech Systems LLC<br />
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