Company Profile
Hypertherm Associates
Company Overview
Our story
Our story is one of innovation, hard work, and customer focus begun more than fifty years ago, in a small two car garage, with an invention that shaped the future of plasma cutting. Our founder Dick Couch and colleague Bob Dean discovered a way to create a narrower plasma arc, capable of cutting metal more quickly and more accurately than ever before.
Customer focused innovation
Today, that founding principle of customer-focused innovation continues to drive the development of all Hypertherm products and is one of the reasons why Hypertherm plasma products consistently outperform the competition in cut quality, productivity, and cost-efficiency. The same ideals that fueled the inception of Hypertherm plasma all those years ago are still what drive us today: A passion for challenging what's achievable with the products we create, the culture we foster, and the experience we deliver to our customers.
Hypertherm Associates family
Hypertherm is part of the Hypertherm Associates family, a 100% employee-owned company composed of the industrial cutting technologies and solutions you know and trust—plasma, waterjet, software, and more—to help our customers succeed like never before. With a consistency of purpose, a drive to innovate, and a passion for customer success, Hypertherm Associates is leading the industrial cutting and shaping industry.
Notable Products / Brands
Hypertherm, Inc. OMAX Corporation
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
NH Manufacturing Business of the Decade - NH Business Magazine - 2020
Cornerstone Award and Hall of Fame for exemplifying the concepts of corporate social responsibility - NH Businesses for Social Responsibility - 2020, 2016, 2013, 2009
Forbes Magazine America's Best Midsize Employers - 2018
#1 Cutting Brand - Metal Center News Magazine - 2020, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013
A full list of accomplishments and more information about our 100% Associate-owned, global company with an over 50 year no layoff philosophy can be found at www.HyperthermAssociates.com.