STURGEON BAY, Wis. — Darin Ploor is the middleman between the ideas of Therma-Tron-X’s customers and the company’s engineers and production staff.
He’s been a sales engineer with the Sturgeon Bay company for more than three years.
“Everything we do is totally custom. We’re listening to each customer and their requirements and designing stuff to suit them,” Ploor said. “We don’t do anything cookie cutter. Everything is designed to suit our customer’s needs.”
Much of Therma-Tron-X’s (TTX) business is centered on designing and building paint finishing systems for customers throughout North America.
“There’s a lot of front-end work and a lot of brain busting that goes into some of these designs,” Ploor said. “To see those come to fruition, and to see those solutions — the long days, the long meetings that were put in to designing this equipment — in the field up and running and working well for our customers, that’s very rewarding.”
TTX has been growing in recent years, adding both new equipment and a new production facility. As it grows — and as some of its staff retire — the business has openings.
Positions range from fabricators and machine operators to an electrical engineer and PLC programmer.
Tim Splingaire is the engineering manager. Like Ploor, he sees the projects evolve from ideas to a finished product.
“To see it come to life and start running, that’s one of the biggest things,” he said. “With manufacturing you get to see it come to fruition, you get to see it come to life. The customer is turning out their product, and you got to be a part of that.”
Each of the systems built by TTX is unique and the business serves a wide range of industries.
“We do anywhere from automotive to agricultural, general industry,” Splingaire said. “It can even be pots and pans, fasteners and even into aviation.”
The company also operates a division specializing in industrial water and wastewater treatment.
Ploor said part of the appeal of TTX is the familial feel and camaraderie of the staff.
“If somebody is going through some rough times in their personal life or what have you, they’re there to support you in any way possible,” he said. “Even if it’s just, ‘My son’s got a doctors appointment or a concert at school,’ they’re there to support you and to make sure that you’re there to take care of your family needs.”
A list of open positions at TTX can be found, here.
