Mike Vitols

ThermoFab's Mike VitolsMike Vitols' performance under pressure as a general manager at ThermoFab has been instrumental in making the company the industry leader it is today.Because of Mike's unique ability to channel the efforts of a diverse range of people toward a common goal, ThermoFab has risen to meet the needs of its customers in a challenging time in the manufacturing industry.

Under Mike's leadership, ThermoFab has achieved more than a 97% on-time shipping rate over the past two years without adding new staff.With such accomplishments, ThermoFab can continue to take on new customers and exceed client expectations.

Mike has spent his entire working life in the metal working and plastics industries.Before joining ThermoFab in 1983, Mike worked as a detail draftsman at Caramar Corporation drawing blueprints for turbines and scrubber towers to purge inert gasses from unloading oil tankers.Prior to that, he apprenticed at American Fabrication Corp as a heavy gage metal fabricator.

Mike attended Worcester Industrial Technical Institute to study mechanic tool design and drafting, and Central New England College for mechanical engineering.He also earned a certificate in Quality Management for Small Business from The Quality College.He has trained in several other areas, including lean manufacturing principles, visual manufacturing, DBR theories and methodologies, and CNC programming.

ThermoFab has honored Mike with awards for outstanding achievement and length of service.Mike has been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and was quoted in Product Design & Development magazine in an article about ThermoFab's complicated heart laser project.

"No plastic has better chemical resistance than this alloy," notes Mike Vitols, ThermoFab's General Manager."And, of course, with 500 to 600 units projected each year, injection molding was rejected as too expensive.Pressure forming seemed the only way to go.These thermoplastic alloys are exceptional in their capacity to maintain uniform wall thickness, even in the deepest of parts," he continues.

Mike Vitols, General Manager
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Mike VitolsGeneral Manager

Mike Vitols' performance under pressure as a general manager at ThermoFab has been instrumental in making the company the industry leader it is today.Because of Mike's unique ability to channel the efforts of a diverse range of people toward a common goal, ThermoFab has risen to meet the needs of its customers in a challenging time in the manufacturing industry.

Under Mike's leadership, ThermoFab has achieved more than a 95% on-time shipping rate over the past two years without adding new staff.With such accomplishments, ThermoFab can continue to take on new customers and increase profits.

Mike has spent his entire working life in the metal working and plastics industries.Before joining ThermoFab in 1983, Mike was the lead set-up person at Mayfield Plastics.He also worked as a detail draftsman at Caramar Corporation drawing blueprints for turbines and scrubber towers to purge inert gasses from unloading oil tankers.Prior to that, he apprenticed at American Fabrication Corp as a heavy gage metal fabricator.

Mike attended Worcester Industrial Technical Institute to study mechanic tool design and drafting, and Central New England College for mechanical engineering.He also earned a certificate in Quality Management for Small Business from The Quality College.He has trained in several other areas including lean manufacturing principles, visual manufacturing, DBR theories and methodologies, and CNC programming.

ThermoFab has honored Mike with awards for outstanding achievement and length of service.Mike has been a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and was quoted in Product Design & Development magazine in an article about ThermoFab's complicated heart laser project.