History

Early Days

Dale Swanson founded Pyrotek in 1956 in Spokane, Washington, USA on an idea. Dale’s concept was to use fibreglass fabric technology to create a filter designed to capture impurities in molten aluminium. 

In June 1968, Dale partnered with Allan Roy when Allan joined Fibrous Glass Products, a small manufacturing company making cloth filters to clean molten aluminium. In 1976, the company changed its name to Pyrotek and Allan’s responsibilities evolved from Vice President, Technical to encompass management and administration. In 1995, Allan was named President, then CEO in 1998. In 2003, Allan became the sole owner of Pyrotek Inc.

Today

From humble beginnings, Pyrotek now has offices in 35 countries with over 2,700 employees. Pyrotek operates globally wherever aluminium is produced and processed and is now a world leader serving the aluminium industry with equipment, products and services. The original filtration system on which Pyrotek was founded is now a global standard. Pyrotek also produces solutions for glass, steel, zinc, advanced materials, and acoustic and thermal insulation.

Our Mission

To provide innovative solutions to customer needs utilizing our global resources.

Our Vision

These values guide the way we do business:

Customer Satisfaction

We serve customers and exceed their expectations.

Profitable Growth

We use money wisely, as if it is our own.

Reliability, Quality and Service

We focus on quality, cost, and speed to set us apart in the industry. We are as dependable on the first job as we are on the 1000th job.

Partnerships with Customers and Suppliers

We continuously seek to improve our processes and offerings, and we value the contributions of others.

Employee Development

We set high goals for ourselves and expect to achieve them.

Integrity

Always, always, always have uncompromising integrity — we do the right thing even when nobody is watching.

Environmental Awareness

We will treat the environment as a valued legacy for future generations.

The Pyrotek Advantage

Pyrotek’s engineered solutions enable customers to improve their performance with increased profitability, reduced energy costs, increased quality and efficiencies.

Pyrotek is a privately owned, international organization, specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of high-temperature materials for industrial applications. An international sales force gives us the resources to form a strategic partnership with our customers that is focused on profitable growth in a global economy.

Since the company's inception in 1956, Pyrotek has worked to offer its customers a diversified selection of materials. Our dynamic product range, combined with customized in-plant engineering services, is aimed at helping customers continually achieve higher quality standards and improve their operating efficiencies at lower total costs.

Our team of product specialists and scientists help us refine existing products and create new materials to meet changing customer needs. This effort is supported by strategic alliances with our suppliers and backed by ISO Quality Assurance Standards in our major facilities.

This organization structure is designed to support Pyrotek's people in their pursuit of our mission: Pyrotek’s mission is to provide innovative solutions to customer needs utilizing our global resources.