no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2012 chromalox inc. type private founded pittsburgh pennsylvania 1917 headquarters pittsburgh pennsylvania key people scott dysert ceo ; craig creaturo cfo ; mark copeland v.p. operations ; troy dixon v.p. marketing & business development ; william kennedy v.p. sales products industrial heaters temperature control products heat tracing products packaged heating systems . website www.chromalox.com chromalox inc. manufactures and supplies electric heat and control products for industrial heating applications in the u.s. and internationally . 1 based in pittsburgh pennsylvania the company has manufacturing facilities in ogden utah ; la vergne tennessee ; nuevo laredo mexico ; and soissons france . chromalox also provides engineering and sales expertise as well as warehousing throughout north america europe and asia . sales and service are provided through sales representatives and distributors globally . the company serves a wide variety of industries including alternative fuels biopharmaceuticals chemical processing commercial food equipment laboratory and analytical marine medical equipment nuclear energy and power generation petrochemical oil and gas solar energy transportation and wastewater treatment . it provides industrial heaters temperature control products heat tracing products and packaged heating systems that include heat transfer and vaporizor systems large tank heating systems boilers and steam generators air handlers and load banks . the company was acquired by sentinel capital partners from ccmp a division of j. p. morgan partners llc on april 14 2011 . 2 history edit the company traces its origin to 1915 when a pittsburgh engineer edwin l. wiegand received a patent for a resistance heating element embedded in an insulated refractory enclosed in a metal sheath . this electric heating method would eventually be applied to home cooking and heating as well as manufacturing processes . chromalox incorporated in 1917 with the company s first order for a strip heater used in a product that became the modern household clothes iron . the product had the word chrome stamped on the strip heater and used a cement mix to lock in the heating element hence the name chromalox . the company continued to grow and developed a pittsburgh manufacturing presence in the 1920s developing new industrial heating products and processes . it expanded into the nuclear industry in the 1950s supplying pressurizer heaters . chromalox was also a supplier to the aerospace support industry in the 1960s with a chromalox strip heater included on the first apollo lunar module . chromalox expanded into global markets by acquiring two manufacturing facilities grimwood in england and etirex in france . in 1977 chromalox industrial controls was born with the purchase of rosemount temperature controls in lavergne tn . the controls product lines were diversified and expanded positioning chromalox as a leader in the industry . international manufacturing acquisitions continued in the 1990s and a hong kong regional sales office was added in 1993 to service asian markets . references edit 1 2 external links edit www.chromalox.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chromalox inc. & oldid 742836585 categories manufacturing companies based in pittsburgh pennsylvaniaheating ventilating and air conditioninghidden categories orphaned articles from august 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 03 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view