Inductoheat Celebrates Douglass Brown's Career
Douglass R. Brown, president of Inductoheat, will retire after 42 years in the induction heating industry. Brown's contributions to the Inductotherm Group include 14 years as president/COO of Inductoheat, two years as president of Alpha 1, and 15 years as group forging technology manager.
Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Penn State, and an MBA from Kent State. He has multiple international patents in the field of induction heating for forging and was the founding chairman of the FIA (Forging Industry Association) Induction Heating School. He served on both the FIERF (Forging Industry Educational and Research Foundation) and FIA boards throughout his career.
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