Having spent years working for industrial coatings manufacturers, Hi-Temp
Coatings Technology co-founders Fred Zupicich and Bob Warren understood that clients were using
antiquated and inadequate technology to attempt to solve their high heat coatings problems.
Industrial heat resistant coatings constitute only a small percentage of a plant's overall
coatings requirements, yet historically, these applications have accounted for a high percentage
of the site's overall coatings failures. It had been this way for generations simply because
generic industrial heat resistant coatings have numerous deficiencies and application limitations.
Fred and Bob came up with the following two goals;
- Develop technology to provide solutions to all 10 of the deficiencies inherent of generic heat resistant coatings.
- Change the industry's opinion about industrial heat resistant coatings.
From giant headaches »» versatile problem solvers
Bob was assigned the first task.
A year later, he successfully developed a line of industrial heat resistant
coatings that unequivocally corrected all of the deficiencies that had been plaguing the market
for decades—the most significant of these problems being corrosion under insulation.
The industry was searching for a practical solution to the growing CUI
problem—one that allows for easy maintenance in the long term. Bob's crowning moment
was the independent
testing by one of world's largest petrochemical companies which resulted in the approval
of our Hi-Temp 1027 for the prevention of CUI in their global under insulation program.
Today, HTC has the world's most technologically
advanced line of elevated temperature resistant coatings, and more importantly—they
work.
With the first goal achieved, it was now up to Fred Zupicich to begin working
on the second goal: telling the world. In 6 years, Hi-Temp Coatings Technology has steadily
grown from two men with a vision to the current status as North American sales leader of industrial
heat resistant coatings.
In 2006, HTC became the sole vendor of high temperature coatings for one
of North America's largest paint manufacturers. Over the years, both companies have enjoyed
the satisfaction of helping thousands of clients solve their nagging high temperature coatings
problems.
Although we are pleased to have helped these clients, we realize that they represent only a small fraction of the overall market. While global sales are strong, many people in the coatings community are unaware that this new, proven technology exists. Our international division has been working hard to ensure that our paint can be found at every corner of the globe.
Although a lot has changed at HTC since the early days, we continue to move towards the goal of raising the bar of the industrial heat resistant coatings.
