WINGENS LLC – INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY CONSULTANCY

Focus

TECHNICAL ADVISING – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT – MARKET ENTRY

HEAT TREATER

Deep theoretical and practical experience in heat treating of metals

METALLURGIST

Experienced in metallurgical problem solving

BUSINESS DEVELOPER

Market study and market entry for new regions and products

CONSULTANT

Providing macroeconomic analysis and strategic positioning to a global network of heat treat industry

VALUE ADD

Combine academic credentials with a broad skill-set across various industries at the interface of international metals, heat treat and industrial furnace industry – with highest level access to an international network of global business leaders and decision-makers

ABOUT WINGENS CONSULTING

Consulting to the international, metals, thermal processing and industrial heating industry.
I help my clients accomplish their most important goals and make improvements to their performance.

- International business development
- Market entry / Market research and studies
- Mergers & acquisition / technical due diligence / integration
- Heat treat shop planning and start-up
- Equipment selection, recommendation, advise
- Heat treat process development
- Heat treat audits
- Material selection and supplier consulting
- Problem solving for heat treatment processes and equipment
- Education / Training / Seminars / Workshops

30+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HEAT TREAT INDUSTRY
15+
STRATEGIC AND EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
100+
PARTICIPATION IN HEAT TREAT CONFERENCES
40+
PRESENTATIONS ON HEAT TREAT RELATED TOPICS

REFERENCES

About

THOMAS WINGENS

I am the president of WINGENS International Industry Consultancy in Pittsburgh, USA and Stuttgart, Germany.

I graduated and hold my engineering degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in material science from the University of Applied Science in Dortmund/Germany and a MBA from the University of Economy and Management in Stuttgart/Germany.
My my professional career began in 1987 as a metallurgist and heat treater in the Thyssen Specialty Steel mill in Germany and have worked in management and executive positions at leading companies in the metal and heat treat Industry such as Bodycote, Ipsen, Tenova Group, Seco/Warwick, VTN/IHI Group and executed research projects with ThyssenKrupp Germany, Volvo Corporate Research Sweden and Böhler Voestalpine Steel Austria.
I am a member of ASM, HTS, AIST in the US and their equivalent societies in Germany (VDI, VDEH, AWT).

Memberships

ASM International

Member

ASM International is the world’s largest association of metals-centric materials engineers and scientists. They are dedicated to informing, educating, and connecting the materials community around the world.

HTS – HEAT TREAT SOCIETY

Board member

HTS is the world’s largest network of heat treaters. They provide events and services, serving their worldwide membership of captive and commercial heat treaters, equipment manufacturers.

AIST – Association for iron & steel technology

Committee Member

The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is a non-profit organization with 18,000 members from more than 70 countries. With 30 Technology Committees and 22 Local Members Chapters.

AWS – AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY

Member

AWS mission is to advance the science, technology and application of welding, brazing and cutting processes worldwide. They provide leading-edge industry knowledge, resources and tools needed.

VDI – German Engineering Association

Member

VDI (est. 1856) is an organization with over 150,000 engineers and natural scientists, more than 12,000 honorary experts process the latest findings every year to promote the technology location.

VDEh – German Steel Institute

Member

The Steel Institute is dealing with technical-scientific and technical-economic aspects of the steel industry. It has about 6,600 members, as well as 160 collaborative member companies in the steel and supplier industry.

AWT – German Heat Treat Society

Member

The AWT is the leading European heat treat association and part of the IFHTSE (Intern. Federation of Heat Treat and Surface Engineering)

AHK – GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Member

The AHK promotes and supports bilateral trade between Germany and the US as a non-profit organization and serves as the official representative of German trade, as part of 130 foreign chambers in 90 countries.

Focus

HEAT TREATER

METALLURGIST

BUSINESS DEVELOPER

CONSULTANT

VALUE ADD

ABOUT WINGENS CONSULTING

REFERENCES

About

THOMAS WINGENS

Memberships

ASM International

HTS – HEAT TREAT SOCIETY

AIST – Association for iron & steel technology

AWS – AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY

VDI – German Engineering Association

VDEh – German Steel Institute

AWT – German Heat Treat Society

AHK – GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Meet me at the following events:

AWS Brazing Conference 2021

IMAT 2022 – Worlds largest Material fair

Ceramics Expo 2021

AIST TECH 2022

Rapid + TCT 2022

THERMPROCESS 2023

Heat Treat Show 2021

How can my expertise help you?