Technology That Will Change the World: Thermo-Pur Technologies
Thermo-Pur Technologies
Jeff Hesla and Dee Wood Kivett
Jeff Hesla has spent a lifetime blending innovation and success to advance global markets. Texas native Hesla recently has added a third variable to his equation: Green — as in Green Technology and Greenville. His expert team of technologists and visionaries integrate innovation, success and Green Tech every day at Thermo-Pur Technologies on the Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research campus. They create metal-forming innovations that revolutionize heat exchangers for industries ranging from automotive and power generation to marine and aviation. TPT's top target — automobiles — average 12 exchangers, and its proprietary technology offers mind-bending possibilities for designers and engineers with increased capabilities for reliability and temperatures in radiators, intercoolers, EGR, and oil coolers, resulting in bolstered mileage as well as reduced CO2 emissions and diminished manufacturing costs, weight and space by forming stainless steel 16 times greater than current capabilities. "Heat exchange technology hasn't had a breakthrough in six decades, until Thermo-Pur put together global masters in thermodynamics, metals and lasers," Hesla says. "Every participant brings decades of successful research and, most importantly, applications to create this innovation. We will deliver a multi-lateral offering to markets by manufacturing heat exchangers, by collaborating on design and manufacturing, and by licensing our technology to big industry players." Dee Wood Kivett, who grew up in the pits of the NASCAR-legendary Wood Racing Team, applies quality and production expertise to TPT operations with the same passion she used to infuse quality in manufacturing Cadillacs and to direct testing, development and launch of the sixth-generation Pontiac Grand Prix. "At GM, you appreciate the value of even one little screw when building hundreds of thousands of cars in plants across the nation," Kivett, who is an entrepreneur, says. "Thermo-Pur Technologies brings pre-assembled components together into one part that will be worth millions in savings for car-makers." For Greenville and its start-up Thermo-Pur Technologies, that is worth high-technology jobs, new manufacturing at CU-ICAR, high-impact economic growth, and another high-profile corporate headquarters operation.
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