for the purpose of general manufacturing and assembly as well as sales of machined parts . operations began using the latest cnc machinery available at the time . as of 2015 the company employs 65 people and manufactures for multiple industries including aerospace and compressors . 1 sertco industries type private industry energy founded 1979 headquarters okemah oklahoma united states key people ceo rick crouch president mikko crouch chief operating officer joe harrington vp of sales tony vaughn director of marketing matt smith products natural gas number of employees 40 website www.sertco.com contents 1 aerospace division 2 high performance division 3 energy division 4 facility expansions 5 references 6 external links aerospace division edit sertco was among the first aerospace machine shops to use one hundred 100 percent cnc machines when manual milling machines were predominantly used.still the norm customers sertco worked with included cessna mcdonnell douglas boeing the united states department of defense and others . 1 the aerospace industry requires very specific weights and strengths in parts and components and are made from aluminum billet stainless steel or other high stress alloys . 2 high performance division edit in may 1984 sertco developed an improved motorcycle engine cylinder for race applications that increased the reliability and maximum displacement available to racers . following the big block sertco developed a shock absorbing rear sprocket that drastically reduced transmission breakage . the torsion sprocket received the murdoch award in 1993 as the year s most significant new product in the sport of motorcycle racing . 1 energy division edit the methods developed to support the aerospace and high performance industries led to the formation of the energy division in late 1997 which became sertco s main focus . the application of the technology from the aerospace and high performance divisions were deployed in the development of a reciprocating natural gas compressor . this represents a significant cost savings to small and medium size natural gas producers . one compressor design is based on the rotating assembly from the chevrolet 350 5.7 l automobile motor packaged in a split case horizontally opposed cylinder arrangement . 3 to date over 1 000 units have been produced logging millions of hours of continuous service . sertco utilizes several distributors and currently has units operating worldwide . besides hundreds of units operating in the united states many more are operating in mexico south america europe russia and indonesia . other emerging markets such as australia are also being studied and investigated for their potential opportunities . 4 facility expansions edit in november 2005 and july 2010 sertco expanded its operations adding a total of 60 000 square feet of additional fabrication and assembly area that include 4 separate manufacturing facilities . the additional space and staff have allowed the company to quadruple production rates from pre expansion levels . independent areas include a 9 machine cnc shop weld and engine building a 6 line 32 station production building as well as a blast and paint booth and test loop area . a new load dock and automated paint and blast booths are in the works . 4 references edit a b c sertco s journey okemah company moves from aerospace to motorcycles to oil field by tuttle d ray the journal record march 3 2015 online research library questia reader . www.questia.com . retrieved 2016 02 24 . engineering ardel . aerospace machine shop precision cnc machining ardel engineering . www.ardelengineering.com . retrieved 2016 02 24 . sertcoindustries 2012 07 13 sertco model 350 hp natural gas compressor package retrieved 2016 02 24 a b writer emi staff . energy and mining magazine sertco . www.emi magazine.com . retrieved 2016 02 24 . external links edit sertco s official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sertco & oldid 732615113 categories natural gas companies of the united states 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 2 august 2016 at 03 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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