President
CurrentGillespie & Powers, Inc. (G&P) is a world-renowned custom furnace manufacturer with over 85 years of experience in engineering, designing, supplying, installing, and maintaining high-temperature applications and process equipment. Our expertise includes developing homogenizing ovens, melting & holding furnaces, casting equipment, incinerators, and specialized de-coating equipment for non-ferrous metals and hazardous waste industries. G&P is a family-owned business operated by the great-great-grandsons of the company's founder, John Henry Gillespie. Our slogan, "Family Owned. Globally Known," reflects our commitment to manufacturing and customer service excellence.We have over 194 full-time employees, including over 150 union employees, and have exported our patented green technologies and equipment to over eight countries. G&P strives to provide a single point of contact to serve all types of furnace applications in all different markets. We maintain an extremely diverse customer base, primarily focusing on the Aluminum Industry.G&P's philosophy is "In the race to excellence, there is no finish line," We continuously strive to make each piece of equipment better than the previous version. Our expertise in furnishing equipment includes a comprehensive quantitative approach to all design phases. We look at our client's overall process and end product and listen to and assess their needs and expectations before designing a single item.Our unique patented process equipment help to increase production and decrease energy and maintenance costs. We work closely with our clients to design custom solutions without compromising flexibility in their process. Our scope of supply can be from large turnkey projects to modification contracts and general day-to-day maintenance. We are a well-established company with over 60 years of experience serving the aluminum industry, progressing from a refractory contractor to offering complete aluminum furnace services to our customers.