cnc routers and software founded dale indiana u.s. 1969 headquarters dale indiana usa key people kenneth j. susnjara chairman and ceo david j. hildenbrand president dennis palmer vice president of sales 1 revenue us 22.37 million 2009 net income us 858 000 2009 number of employees unknown website www.thermwood.com thermwood corporation was founded in 1969 in dale indiana . it was established as a plastic molder of wood grained parts for the furniture industry . 2 contents 1 early years 2 uses 3 technology 4 products and services 5 facilities 6 competition 7 mergers acquisitions and divestitures 8 references early years edit thermwood incorporates a lot of technology into its business . it developed a unique molding process to make its plastic parts . most of its plastic molding and trimming machinery is designed and built in house . in the 1970s thermwood developed cnc machine tool control and used it to create machinery that would trim its plastic parts . it began selling this trim equipment for various applications and the cnc router was created . thermwood is now known as one of the oldest cnc router companies . uses edit its machines are used for many applications in the wood furniture and cabinet industries but are also used for other well known products . its products are also used to create the interior of commercial airliners helicopter blades parts for military aircraft and underlayment for space shuttles . its machines create parts for bowling alleys bicycle helmets spas motorcycle parts and truck bodies . they are also used on broadway sets including batman jurassic park 3 and star wars . its products have helped rebuild windsor castle and the opera house in london . they were also used by nasa to produce the mars lander . technology edit thermwood is also involved in cnc technology and technology development . it includes a lot of next generation technology into its products . it is the only cnc router company in the world that creates its own high end cnc control . it has more patents than all other cnc router companies combined . its control has become a widely used standard in aerospace and defense applications . products and services edit thermwood develops manufactures and distributes technology based products for manufacturing companies . it targets the woodworking aerospace molding plastics and composites industries as well as the boating entertainment and medical industries . 3 its main products are based around the cnc router market . its product offering includes machines hardware tooling software components and materials . its cnc routers are sold through a dealership network . it also manages over 25 000 custom cabinet shops called ecabinet systems . 4 it supplies these shops with advanced cabinet design and room layout software for free . facilities edit thermwood s corporate headquarters are located in dale indiana . its main facility consists of 175 000 square feet 16 300 m2 which includes an office showroom and an engineering and manufacturing plant . it has a second building 1 mile 1.6 km north of dale which contains the software development team . 5 the 20.400 square foot 1.8952 m2 two story office showroom contains executive offices dining rooms conference rooms a showroom and customer demonstration area . it also has rooms for formal training classes . it also contains the it department for the company . this part of the building has the web servers and network hardware for the company . its modern manufacturing facility does many processes from steel cutting bending forming and welding . it also does electronic board assembly and cnc control manufacturing . thermwood develops most of the systems in house . it uses many advanced manufacturing techniques including finite element analysis vibration stress relief and three dimensional laser interferometers . image of thermwood corporation headquarters and logo competition edit according to hoover s an online d & b company thermwood s competitors include 6 georg fischer ag based in schaffhausen switzerland giddings & lewis machine tools llc based in fond du lac wi united states pmc global inc. based in sun valley ca united states mergers acquisitions and divestitures edit while thermwood hasn t merged into or acquired any other companies it has had one divestiture . it sold its digital sky division an avionics division to king radio corp. for an undisclosed sum . 7 8 references edit thermwood executives . history of thermwood corporation . industries involved in . information on ecabinet systems . thermwood expands . thermwood competitors . divesture . sale of digital sky to king radio corp . the new york times . 1993 04 05 . retrieved 2010 05 25 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thermwood corporation & oldid 704630526 categories manufacturing companies based in indianahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged 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